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Imran Khan

Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022 and former cricketer

Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi (Urdu: عمران احمد خان نیازی) (born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician. He was the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022 and was the Founder and Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from 1996 to 2023.

Imran Khan

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عمران خان‎
Khan in 2019
22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan
In office
18 August 2018 – 10 April 2022
President
Preceded byNasirul Mulk (caretaker)
Succeeded byShehbaz Sharif
36th Minister for Interior
In office
19 August 2019 – 18 August 2018
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Arif Alvi
DeputyShehryar Khan Afridi (as State Minister)
Minister for Power
In office
18 August 2018 – 11 September 2018
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Arif Alvi
Succeeded byOmar Ayub Khan
Minister for Communication
In office
18 August 2018 – 18 September 2018
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Arif Alvi
Succeeded byMurad Saeed
Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
In office
25 April 1996 – 2 December 2023
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byGohar Ali Khan
Member of the National Assembly
In office
16 October 2022 – 21 October 2022[a]
Preceded byFarrukh Habib
Succeeded byChangaiz Ahmed Khan Kakar
ConstituencyNA-108 Faisalabad-VIII
Majority24,625 (13.51%)
In office
13 August 2018 – 11 April 2022
Preceded byObaidullah Shadikhel
Succeeded byJamal Ahsan Khan Isakhel
ConstituencyNA-95 Mianwali-I
In office
19 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
Preceded byHanif Abbasi
Succeeded bySheikh Rashid Shafique
ConstituencyNA-56 Rawalpindi-VII
Majority13,268 (8.28%)
In office
10 October 2002 – 3 November 2007
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byNawabzada Malik Amad Khan
ConstituencyNA-71 Mianwali-I
Majority6,204 (4.49%)
Chancellor of the University of Bradford
In office
7 December 2005 – 8 December 2014
Preceded byBetty Lockwood
Succeeded byKate Swann
Personal details
Born
Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi

(1952-10-05) 5 October 1952 (age 72)
Lahore, West Punjab, Pakistan
(present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (since 1996)
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1995; div. 2004)​
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(m. 2015; div. 2015)​
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(m. 2018)​
Children2
RelativesFamily of Imran Khan
Residence
EducationKeble College, Oxford (BA)
AwardsSee list
Signature
Nickname(s)Kaptaan (Captain)
Qaidi No. 804 (Prisoner No. 804)[4][5]
Personal information
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[6]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 88)3 June 1971 v England
Last Test2 January 1992 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 175)31 August 1974 v England
Last ODI25 March 1992 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 88 175 382 425
Runs scored 3,807 3,709 17,771 10,100
Batting average 37.69 33.41 36.79 33.22
100s/50s 6/18 1/19 30/93 5/66
Top score 136 102* 170 114*
Balls bowled 19,458 7,461 65,224 19,122
Wickets 362 182 1287 507
Bowling average 22.81 26.61 22.32 22.31
5 wickets in innings 23 1 70 6
10 wickets in match 6 0 13 0
Best bowling 8/58 6/14 8/34 6/14
Catches/stumpings 28/– 36/– 117/– 84/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Pakistan
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner 1992 Australia and New Zealand
World Championship of Cricket
Runner-up 1985 Australia
ACC Asia Cup
Runner-up 1986 Sri Lanka
Austral-Asia Cup
Winner 1986 United Arab Emirates
Winner 1990 United Arab Emirates
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 November 2014

Khan was born in Lahore and went to Aitchison College. He began having a skill for cricket in his school years. He started his cricket career in 1968 and played for international cricket for two decades in the late 20th century. He became captain for the Pakistan team in 1982.

He created the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital in 1994. He entered politics in 1996 by creating the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2018. As Prime Minister, he handled COVID-19 in Pakistan and launched welfare programs. He was removed from office in 2022.

After being Prime Minister, he survived an assassination attempt, was arrested in 2023, and has been kept in prison on several charges.

Early life

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He was born in Lahore on 5 October 1952.[7] but some reports say he was born on 25 November 1952,[8][9][10][11] and he has said that this is a mistake from his passport.[12] He had four sisters and no brothers. His father was Ikramullah Khan Niazi, a civil engineer, and his mother was Shaukat Khanum.[13]

Khan was a quiet and shy boy when he was young, and grew up with his sisters in an upper middle-class situation.[14] He went to school at the Aitchison College and Cathedral School in Lahore.[15][16] In September 1971, Khan went to the Royal Grammar School Worcester in England, where he was skilled at cricket.[17][18]

Cricket career

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Khan started his career as a first-class cricketer in Lahore in 1968. During his studies at the University of Oxford, he also played for their Blue's Cricket team.[19] In 1971, he played his first international test match for Pakistan against England.[20] In 1974, he played his first One-day international against England.[20]

He also became the second fastest all-rounder to reach the mark of 3000 runs and 300 wickets. He also has the second best batting average in test cricket at position 6.[21]

Khan became the captain of Pakistan side in 1982, becoming one of the most successful captains with 91 wins in tests and ODIs.[22]

In 1992, he led the Pakistan cricket team to victory at the world cup. His leadership as captain of the winning Pakistan team and the picture of him holding the world cup trophy for Pakistan was called “inspirational”.[23][24][25]

Charity work

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In 1991, he created the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust in memory of his mother, who died of cancer. In 1994, he built a cancer hospital called the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in Lahore to help thousands of cancer patients, it was Pakistan’s first cancer hospital.[26][27] After this, he built another cancer hospital in Peshawar,[28][29] and a third one in Karachi.[30]

Political career

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Early Career

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Khan became a politician in 1996 by founding his political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in 1996. He supported president Pervez Musharraf from 1999.[31] In 2007, he changed his view and then opposed Musharraf.[32]

Prime Minister of Pakistan

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On July 26, 2018, Khan was elected Prime Minister despite some opposition parties accusing Khan's campaign of rigging the election.[33] Khan took oath as Prime Minister of Pakistan on 18 August 2018.[34]

As Prime Minister of Pakistan, Khan started an anti-corruption campaign and improved security. His government rebuilt minority religious sites.[35] He also focused on education, improved health and began large welfare programs. The biggest welfare programs he launched were the Ehsaas Programme and Sehat Sahulat Program.[36] His government also created the Zainab Alert Bill to increase the safety of women and children in Pakistan.[37][38] He began the Plant for Pakistan project to help the environment. He also handled the COVID-19 Pandemic and helped revive the economy.[39] While Khan was the prime minister, the collection of tax rose, austerity measures were taken and a worldwide economic recession due to COVID-19 happened.[39][40]

On April 3, 2022, he told President Arif Alvi to dissolve the National Assembly after a no-confidence motion against him failed.[41] However, four days later on April 7, the Supreme Court later said what Khan did was illegal.[42] A motion of no confidence was soon passed against Khan on April 10, 2022 becoming the first prime minister in Pakistan to be removed from office by a vote of no confidence.[43][44][45]

After Being Prime Minister

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On November 3, 2022, in Wazirabad, Punjab, Khan was shot while giving a speech, but he survived the assassination attempt.

On May 9, 2023 Imran Khan was arrested for alleged corruption at the High Court in Islamabad.[46] On January 30, 2024, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for revealing state secrets.[47][48]

 
Imran Khan speaking at the Chatham House

References

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Footnotes

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  1. ↑ De Seated By ECP[1][2][3]
  1. ↑ "NA-108 Faisalabad-VIII by-election result 2022". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  2. ↑ "Imran Khan defeats PML-N's Abid Sher Ali in Faisalabad by-election". ARY NEWS. 2022-10-16. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  3. ↑ "Abid Sher Ali admits defeat in NA-108 Faisalabad by-election". The Nation. 2022-10-17. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  4. ↑ Sajjad, Wasim (10 April 2024). "In Peshawar, 'Qaidi No 804' sandals named after jailed ex-PM a big Eid hit".
  5. ↑ "Qaidi Number 804 is challenging Pakistani establishment. Who is he?". 10 September 2024.
  6. ↑ Tim McGirk (15 April 1995), "Imran's Dangerous New Game" Archived 27 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine, The Independent. 27 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "#HappyBirthdayIK: PTI Chairman Imran Khan turns 62". Dawn. 5 October 2014. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "Newsmaker: Imran Khan". The National. 12 November 2015. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  9. ↑ Khan, Aamir (28 February 2015). "What song was No. 1 the day you were born?". The Express Tribune. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Twitter alert: Happy Birthday Imran Khan". The Express Tribune. 25 November 2012. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "Imran Khan". Dawn. 13 January 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "Imran Khan celebrates his 70th birthday". Bol News. 5 October 2022. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023. 'My actual birthday date is October 5. It was mistakenly written as November 25th on my passport,' the former prime minister said on the occasion.
  13. ↑ Khan, Imran (1993). Warrior Race. London: Butler & Tanner Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7011-3890-5.
  14. ↑ Ali, Syed Hamad (23 July 2008). "Pakistan's Dreamer". New Statesman. UK. Archived from the original on 2 August 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
  15. ↑ "Imran Khan ─ from flamboyant cricketer to prime minister". Dawn. 17 August 2018. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  16. ↑ Christopher Sandford (6 August 2009). Imran Khan: The Cricketer, The Celebrity, The Politician. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 68–. ISBN 978-0-00-734104-7. Imran had, meanwhile, left Aitchison College, whose vaunted enthusiasm for sports seems not to have extended to sharing one of their own with a professional cricket team. He spent his sixth-form year at the nearby Cathedral School.
  17. ↑ Merrifield, Ryan (27 July 2018). "Former RGS schoolboy Imran Khan declared Pakistan prime minister". Worcester News. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  18. ↑ Kelly, Francis (August 2016). "Schoolboy Imran".
  19. ↑ ""THE INTERVIEW: ANYTHING HE KHAN'T DO?"". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2019-01-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Kuchibhotla, Akshaj (14 August 2014). "Imran Khan's debut in International cricket".
  21. ↑ "Best averages by batting position". Cricinfo. 11 October 2005.
  22. ↑ "OPF". 4 October 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-04.
  23. ↑ Radley, Paul. "On this day, March 25, 1992: Imran Khan inspires Pakistan to World Cup glory". The National. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  24. ↑ "1992 Cricket World Cup revisited". ICC. 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  25. ↑ "World Cup 1992: Imran Khan inspires Pakistan to World Cup glory". India Today. 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  26. ↑ "Imran Khan: 'What I do now fulfils me like never before' | The Sunday Times". web.archive.org. 2016-10-23. Archived from the original on 2016-10-23. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
  27. ↑ "How Imran Khan's mission to build cancer hospital inspired a South African boy". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
  28. ↑ web.desk (2013-03-09). "Imran Khan announces second Shaukat Khanum hospital". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
  29. ↑ "History | Imran Khan | Cancer | Donate | Zakat". web.archive.org. 2016-07-04. Archived from the original on 2016-07-04. Retrieved 2025-02-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  30. ↑ "PM Imran visits site of Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital in Karachi". Daily Pakistan English News. 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
  31. ↑ Walsh, Declan (2011-10-31). "Imran Khan laps up acclaim in Pakistan". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  32. ↑ "Pakistan MPs in election boycott". 2007-10-02. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  33. ↑ "Pakistan election: Imran Khan claims victory amid rigging claims". BBC. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  34. ↑ "Imran Khan to take oath as PM of Pakistan on August 18". The News International. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  35. ↑ "Pakistan returns 200-year-old temple to Sikhs in Quetta". gulfnews.com. 2020-07-23. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  36. ↑ Kazmi, S. Kamal Hayder (2021-09-26). "The growing of Ehsaas Programmes". Pakistan & Gulf Economist. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  37. ↑ "PM Khan launches Sehat Sahulat Programme in KP". Profit by Pakistan Today. 2020-08-20. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  38. ↑ "'Not Allowed To Touch' campaign is raising awareness about child abuse in Pakistan". Global Voices. 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 Rana, Shahbaz (2020-09-24). "Pakistan's budget deficit improves to Rs440b". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  40. ↑ Iqbal, Shahid (2020-07-22). "CAD shrinks 78pc in 2019-20". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  41. ↑ "Imran Khan advised President Alvi to dissolve assemblies". 3 April 2022.
  42. ↑ "Pakistan Court Scraps Khan's Election Plan, Boosting Opposition". Bloomberg.com. Bloomberg. 7 April 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  43. ↑ Chaudhry, Fahad (2022-04-09). "Imran Khan loses no-trust vote, prime ministerial term comes to unceremonious end". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  44. ↑ "Live updates: NA votes out PM Imran Khan in a historic first for Pakistan". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  45. ↑ "No-trust motion: Imran Khan becomes first prime minister to be voted out of pow". Latest News - The Nation. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  46. ↑ "Imran Khan:Dozens of police seize ex-PM outside court in Pakistan". BBC News. 9 May 2023.
  47. ↑ "Imran Khan: Pakistan former PM jailed in state secrets case as election looms". 2024-01-30. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  48. ↑ "SC Adjourns Hearing of Grab Amendments Case | Imran Khan's Appearance". The Pakistan Times. 2024-05-16. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
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