ISLAMABAD: Noted lawyer and television personality Naeem Bukhari on Saturday joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
Imran Khan visited Bukhari at his residence before Iftar after which the formal announcement was made during a press conference.
Speaking on the occasion, Imran Khan thanked the lawyer for joining the PTI and expressed the hope that he would be helpful in party’s struggle against corruption.
He said Naeem Bukhari was his old friend who helped him in fundraising.
Bukhari hosted many TV Shows at different TV channels including Geo News comedy show Khbarnak till 2015.
Bukhari is a younger brother of former Pakistan fast bowler Altaf Bukhari.
Naeem Bukhari, father of five, married twice in 1975 and 1995. He tied the knot in 1975 with a famous singer Tahira Syed and ended the marriage in 1990 and married to Tamanna Khan in 1995.
His open letter to former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry led to the dismissal of the Supreme Court judge in 2007.
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