Spotted: Imran Khan With Wife Bushra Maneka 

Lahore: Legendary cricketer Imran Khan was spotted with his new wife Bushra Maneka at Bani Gala, the palatial residence of Imran Khan.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) reported that Imran Khan will not travel abroad following his marriage but remain in Pakistan in view of his political commitments. On Tuesday, he is expected to visit Peshawar to attend to political activities.

On Sunday, the PTI chief married Bushra Maneka, in a simple ceremony. Khan's previous two marriages ended in divorce. His first marriage was with Jemima Goldsmith, daughter of a British billionaire, in 1995, which lasted nine years. Khan has two sons from her. His second marriage with TV anchor Reham Khan in 2015 ended after a brief 10 months.

A source in the party said Khan was under immense pressure from the PTI to disclose his third marriage after a humiliating defeat in Punjab's Lodhran district last week. “The PTI leadership was of the view that strong rumours about his third marriage had played a role in the defeat of the party's strong man Jahangir Tareen's son at the hands of a candidate of ruling PML-N," he said.

"Khan was advised to disclose his marriage as early as possible because the general elections are not far away and the PTI may suffer more politically if this news was broken just before the polls," he said. Maneka is in her late 40s and has five children from her first marriage. She is a resident of Pakpatan district, some 250 km from Lahore, which is known for the shrine of Baba Farid Ganj Shakar. According to a source, Khan had started visiting her over a year ago to seek spiritual advice.

"He got closer to her when some of political predictions she made about his party came true. Later, both developed some 'intimacy' and finally Bushra took divorce from her husband and contracted marriage with Imran early last month," the source said. Last month, Khan had admitted that he had proposed marriage to Maneka.