What Happened: Fawad Chaudhry claims Imran Khan’s ties with the Trump family began in the 1980s, citing photos with Ivana Trump as evidence of their long-standing connection.
What you need to know: Former PTI minister Fawad Chaudhry has claimed that Imran Khan’s connection with the Trump family goes back to the 1980s. In a recent interview on a private TV channel, Chaudhry noted that photos of Imran with Donald Trump’s first wife, Ivana Trump, can be found online, suggesting a long-standing acquaintance between Imran and the Trump family.
What more: To provide context, Ivana and Donald Trump had a widely publicized divorce in 1992, following Ivana’s accusations of sexual assault against Trump. These allegations were eventually resolved in a settlement. In 2015, Ivana addressed a Daily Beast article that referenced her divorce deposition, where she had alleged Trump had raped her. She clarified in the statement that they were now “the best of friends.”