Reham Khan

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ريحام خان

British-Pakistani journalist, author and filmmaker, born in Ajdabiya, Libya, in 1973 to a family from Baffa in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A BBC weather presenter from 2008, she moved to Pakistani television in 2013, produced the film Janaan (2016), published a memoir in 2018, and in 2025 launched the Pakistan Republic Party.

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Journalist · presenter · writer
Region
South Asia · al-Andalus & Europe · Maghreb
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    Summary

    Reham Nayyar Khan (born 3 April 1973) is a British-Pakistani journalist, author and filmmaker. A BBC weather presenter from 2008, she moved to Pakistani television in 2013, hosted The Reham Khan Show, produced the film Janaan (2016), published a memoir in 2018, and in 2025 launched the Pakistan Republic Party. 1

    Life

    Khan was born in Ajdabiya, Libya, on 3 April 1973, to a family from Baffa, in the Hazara country of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; her father was Nayyar Ramzan. 1 2 3 She took a bachelor's degree in education from Jinnah College for Women, Peshawar. 1 She married Ejaz Rehman in 1993, with whom she has three children, and after their divorce married the cricketer and politician Imran Khan in a ceremony on 6 January 2015; that marriage ended in divorce on 30 October 2015. 1 On 23 December 2022 she married Mirza Bilal. 1

    Work

    Khan began presenting in 2006 on Legal TV and in 2007 on Sunshine Radio in Hereford and Worcester, and in 2008 she joined the BBC as a weather presenter. 1 In 2013 she returned to Pakistan, working for News One, Aaj TV and PTV before joining Dawn News, where she presented the current-affairs programme In Focus and, from May 2015, The Reham Khan Show, a programme celebrating Pakistani heroes; she then hosted Tabdeeli on Neo TV until June 2016. 1 She produced the romantic comedy film Janaan, set in Swat, which premiered on 13 September 2016. 1 Her memoir, Reham Khan, appeared in 2018 and drew wide attention in Pakistan ahead of that year's general election. 1 On 15 July 2025 she launched the Pakistan Republic Party at the Karachi Press Club, saying it would represent marginalised groups and challenge dynastic politics. 1

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    Sources

    1. Reham Khan — English Wikipedia
    2. Reham Khan — Urdu Wikipedia
    3. Reham Khan — Wikidata
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    islam.museum contributors. “Reham Khan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/reham-khan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.

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