Jab They Met: Jemima and Imran Khan

New Delhi: Life is all about the choices we make. The rights and the wrongs, together decide the course of one's life. But when in love everything seems to be falling in place, the world seems so right.The famous proverb "everything is fair in love and war" fitted so accurately when 19-year-old billionaire heiress Jemima and 43-year-old playboy cricketer Imran fell in love with each other.Although the bond could not hold them tight together for long and resulted in a divorce, yet their love saga remains an epic one.It all began in the year 1995, when Imran and Jemima met for the first time. Both had an age difference of more than 20 years. But little did they care about it.They were struck by Cupid's arrow then and there.Jemima was a Jewish and born to U.K's billionaire Sir James Goldsmith. Imran was a famous cricketer at that time.Both hailed from completely opposite religious and cultural backgrounds.Religious boundaries and massive age difference created hurdles in their relationship. But their seamless love survived despite all odds.Jemima studied Islam and converted to Imran's religion. Being a genius with academics, Jemima also studied Urdu and reached a level where she could communicate in Urdu effortlessly.The year 1995, the same year they first met, marked the beginning of their married life. The couple tied the knot in Paris at a Muslim wedding ceremony and a lavish reception followed in London.The very next year Jemima gave birth to their first son Suleiman and after three years their second son Qassim was born.In the initial phases of their married life, Imran moved to Pakistan to seek a career in politics. As a supportive wife, Jemima backed her husband in his political endeavors.It was during those days Jemima became associated with various organizations like UNICEF etc.In the later days, when Imran grabbed the glare of media and became a prominent personality in Pakistan politics. Jemima started feeling left out.She associated herself with Imran's Cancer Hospital, Shaukat Khanum Memorial, which was named after her mother-in-law.All this time, while Imran was busy striving for a successful career in politics, Jemima was leading a life she had never lived before. She was trying to come to terms with the conservative Muslim culture. She maintained a low profile in public.With Imran gaining high media attention, Jemima's origin became a problem for her. She was pestered by many Pakistani dailies questioning her citizenship. Demands were made to cancel her Pakistani citizenship. Smuggling charges were also pushed against her which later proved to be false.Troubled and perturbed by the kind of treatment she received in Pakistan, Jemima called it quits.To add to the agonizing situation of their relationship, Imran's relation with Sita White proved a major setback for their marriage.The couple filed a divorce and settled on a rotational custody of their two sons.After nine years of togetherness, the couple finally decided to walk on different paths and got divorced in the year 2004.The relationship which once seemed to last till eternity, fell prey to the hands of materialistic desires.Let's have look at the golden moments from the nine year long journey of the couple.Imran Khan with sons Suleiman and KassimImran with JemimaImran with Jemima with their baby boyThe couple looks as charming as everImran and Jemima on their wedding dayThe adorable sons of Imran and JemimaJemima with her sonOn their wedding day