Islamabad: Opposition leader and former Pakistan cricket captain Imran Khan is believed to have tied the knot for the third time with a woman he used to visit for spiritual guidance, Pakistani daily The News claimed today.

However, leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party rejected the report.

The News said the PTI chairman tied the knot on January 1 in Lahore and next day went straight from there to appear before the anti-terrorism court in Islamabad that granted him bail.

The daily claimed that the wedding was performed by Mufti Saeed, a member of the party's core committee.

The report said the wedding took place in Lahore at the residence of a close confidant of the bride who also happens to be a friend of the leader. It claimed that the bride filed for the dissolution of her marriage with a government servant some months back.

The News said that Khan consulted the woman for spiritual guidance a couple of years ago.

Khan's political secretary Awn Chaudry and his party's spokesman Naeem Ul Haq categorically denied the reports. "Ridiculous! When SC (Supreme Court) deprives IK's detractors from doing accusatory stories of corruption, they create stories of his "marriage"! "Somewhat pathetic too!" tweeted Khan's party leader Shireen Mazari.

This is Khan's third marriage. He had first tied the knot with Jemima Goldsmith on May 16, 1995, that ended in divorce nine years later on June 22, 2004. His second marriage was with Reham Khan, then a TV anchor, which lasted barely 10 months. PTI