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Bushra Bibi
Bushra Bibi Khan (née Bushra Riaz Wattoo, born 1971) is a Pakistani faith healer and politician. She is married to Imran Khan who was the prime minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022.
Bushra Bibi was born in the early 1970s into a conservative, politically active landowning family in central Punjab. Her family belongs to the Wattoo clan, a landowning Jat group, of whom the Manekas are a sub-clan. Her grandfather was a landowner, while her father later sold his land and opened a Chinese restaurant.
Bushra and her sister, Maryam, were sent to Lahore to live with relatives. According to her sister, they attended Queen Mary College, though the school reportedly has no record of their attendance. Accounts from this period describe her as "ultra-modern," and her sister has disputed claims that she "ran wild" in her youth.
Disturbed by her troubled arranged marriage, Bushra Bibi turned to Sufi Islam. As her children grew older, she spent increasing time at the shrine of Baba Farid, a 12th-century Sufi poet and mystic, in Pakpattan.
By her late 20s, Bushra Bibi had begun establishing herself as a pir, advising a close circle of friends and family. She reportedly dedicated time to all-night prayers and the study of Islamic mysticism. During this period, she also led pilgrimages. Her then-husband, Maneka, once accompanied her on a week-long barefoot pilgrimage from Lahore to Pakpattan. According to her sister, Bushra Bibi became increasingly religious, and more people began seeking her advice.
In 1989, at the age of 18, Bushra had an arranged marriage with Khawar Maneka, a son of Ghulam Muhammad Maneka and brother of Ahmad Raza Maneka. After the marriage, she managed the Maneka family's homes in Lahore, Islamabad, and their ancestral town of Pakpattan. The couple had five children, two sons and three daughters. Her eldest daughter Mehru Maneka is the daughter-in-law of politician Mian Atta Muhammad Manika and has been a member of PTI since 2018.
The couple divorced in 2017.
Khan and Bushra met in 2015 through Bushra's sister, Maryam Riaz Wattoo. Wattoo has been involved in Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). She has worked in the United Arab Emirates as an advisor for higher education affairs in the Ministry of Education. She also led the Higher Education Development Project, a World Bank-funded initiative in Pakistan.
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Bushra Bibi
Bushra Bibi Khan (née Bushra Riaz Wattoo, born 1971) is a Pakistani faith healer and politician. She is married to Imran Khan who was the prime minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022.
Bushra Bibi was born in the early 1970s into a conservative, politically active landowning family in central Punjab. Her family belongs to the Wattoo clan, a landowning Jat group, of whom the Manekas are a sub-clan. Her grandfather was a landowner, while her father later sold his land and opened a Chinese restaurant.
Bushra and her sister, Maryam, were sent to Lahore to live with relatives. According to her sister, they attended Queen Mary College, though the school reportedly has no record of their attendance. Accounts from this period describe her as "ultra-modern," and her sister has disputed claims that she "ran wild" in her youth.
Disturbed by her troubled arranged marriage, Bushra Bibi turned to Sufi Islam. As her children grew older, she spent increasing time at the shrine of Baba Farid, a 12th-century Sufi poet and mystic, in Pakpattan.
By her late 20s, Bushra Bibi had begun establishing herself as a pir, advising a close circle of friends and family. She reportedly dedicated time to all-night prayers and the study of Islamic mysticism. During this period, she also led pilgrimages. Her then-husband, Maneka, once accompanied her on a week-long barefoot pilgrimage from Lahore to Pakpattan. According to her sister, Bushra Bibi became increasingly religious, and more people began seeking her advice.
In 1989, at the age of 18, Bushra had an arranged marriage with Khawar Maneka, a son of Ghulam Muhammad Maneka and brother of Ahmad Raza Maneka. After the marriage, she managed the Maneka family's homes in Lahore, Islamabad, and their ancestral town of Pakpattan. The couple had five children, two sons and three daughters. Her eldest daughter Mehru Maneka is the daughter-in-law of politician Mian Atta Muhammad Manika and has been a member of PTI since 2018.
The couple divorced in 2017.
Khan and Bushra met in 2015 through Bushra's sister, Maryam Riaz Wattoo. Wattoo has been involved in Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). She has worked in the United Arab Emirates as an advisor for higher education affairs in the Ministry of Education. She also led the Higher Education Development Project, a World Bank-funded initiative in Pakistan.