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Who is Imran Khan?

Imran Khan is a former international cricketer and is the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan. Other than being the captain of the Pakistan national cricket team, he was chancellor of the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom from 2005 and 2014. In 1996, Khan founded the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and serves as its chairman. In memory of his mother, he launched a fundraising campaign to set up a cancer hospital in Lahore and raised $25 million.
 
Born in Lahore, his paternal family are of Pashtun ethnicity and belong to the Niazi tribe. Khan grew up with his four sisters in upper-middle-class circumstances. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School Worcester in England, where he excelled at cricket. He enrolled in Keble College, Oxford in 1972 where he studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, graduating in 1975.
Cricketing years
 
Khan made his Test cricket debut against England in 1971 at Edgbaston. In 1976, he returned to Pakistan and secured a permanent place on the national team. During the late 1970s, Khan was one of the pioneers of the reverse swing bowling technique. He also has the second-highest all-time batting average of 61.86 for a Test batsman playing at position 6 in the batting order.
 
Khan took over the captaincy of the Pakistan cricket team in 1982 till his retirement.
 
Khan played his last Test match for Pakistan in January 1992, against Sri Lanka at Faisalabad, ending his career with 88 Test matches, 126 innings, and scored 3807 runs at an average of 37.69, including six centuries and 18 fifties.
 
Coming to politics
 
On 25 April 1996, Khan founded Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and ran for the seat of National Assembly of Pakistan in 1997 Pakistani general election as a candidate of PTI from two constituencies – Mianwali and Lahore – but was unsuccessful and lost both the seats to candidates of Pakistan Muslim League.
 
He again participated in the October 2002 Pakistani general election and was prepared to form a coalition if his party did not get a majority of the vote. He was elected from Mianwali.
 
On 30 October 2011, Khan addressed more than 100,000 supporters in Lahore, challenging the policies of the government. Another successful public gathering of hundreds of thousands of supporters was held in Karachi in 2011. Since then, he became a real threat to the ruling parties in Pakistan. Between 2011 and 2013, Khan and Nawaz Sharif began to engage each other in a bitter feud.
 
Becoming PM
 
In the 2018 General Elections, Khan contested the poll from Bannu, Islamabad, Mianwali, Lahore, and Karachi East. On July 28, the Election Commission of Pakistan announced that the PTI had won a total of 116 of the 270 seats contested.
 
During his victory speech, he laid out the policy outlines for his future government. Khan said his inspiration is to build Pakistan as a humanitarian state based on principles of the first Islamic state of Medina. On foreign policy, he praised China and hoped to have better relations with Afghanistan, the United States, and India.
 
On February 22, 2022, Khan said that he would like to have a TV debate with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to resolve differences between the two neighbouring countries.
 
He made the remarks during an interview with Russia's state-run television network RT on the eve of his maiden two-day visit to Moscow - the first by a Pakistani premier in over two decades during which he would hold talks with President Vladimir Putin and review exchange views on major regional and international issues.

Latest Updates on Imran Khan

The unrest erupted nationwide last year after Imran Khan was detained by paramilitary Rangers from the Islamabad High Court during a corruption case proceeding.

Updated On: 16 Jul 2024 | 4:25 PM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will be presented at New Police Guest House, Police Lines Headquarters in H11/1 instead of the F8 Court Complex, Islamabad and Judicial Complex G 11/4

Updated On: 11 May 2023 | 4:51 PM IST

Former Pakistan PM and PTI chief Imran Khan once again lauded India's foreign policy and said that Islamabad "wanted to get cheap Russian crude oil just like India"

Updated On: 10 Apr 2023 | 6:41 AM IST

According to sources, Khan will via a video link address, issue a white paper on the country's economic situation

Updated On: 09 Apr 2023 | 8:31 PM IST

A Pakistani court on Saturday fixed April 12 as the date for the much-awaited hearing on the Toshakhana corruption case against ousted prime minister Imran Khan

Updated On: 08 Apr 2023 | 11:32 PM IST

"What confidence can they have when govt itself casting aside SC orders? This happens in a banana republic," he tweeted

Updated On: 08 Apr 2023 | 8:30 AM IST

An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan's Punjab province on Tuesday extended the interim bail to Imran Khan until April 13

Updated On: 04 Apr 2023 | 3:55 PM IST

In a huge relief, embattled former Pakistan Prime Minister and PTI chief Imran Khan was granted interim bail by a Lahore anti-terrorism court on Tuesday in three cases, reported Geo News

Updated On: 04 Apr 2023 | 2:04 PM IST

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said former army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa had pressurised him to restore friendship with India, the media reported

Updated On: 02 Apr 2023 | 10:35 PM IST

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has lashed out at the federal government for trying to clip the discretionary powers of the country's chief justice

Updated On: 29 Mar 2023 | 3:03 PM IST

The watchdog observed that satellite television channels run live footage/images of violent mobs attacking police and law enforcement agencies

Updated On: 27 Mar 2023 | 6:38 PM IST

Khan asserted that the country needs to take difficult decisions to improve its tax collections and exports

Updated On: 26 Mar 2023 | 9:57 PM IST

In a letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Atta Bandial on Monday, the embattled PTI chief also urged him to club the cases registered against him

Updated On: 21 Mar 2023 | 11:50 AM IST

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Updated On: 21 Mar 2023 | 8:00 AM IST

The interior minister said that 65 people have been arrested from the outer part of the building, most of them do not belong to Punjab and their role is suspicious

Updated On: 19 Mar 2023 | 7:14 PM IST

Clashes erupted outside the Islamabad Judicial Complex on Saturday when Khan arrived in Islamabad from Lahore to attend a much-awaited hearing in the Toshakhana case

Updated On: 19 Mar 2023 | 4:55 PM IST

Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan was allowed by a local court here to go back without his indictment in a corruption case after he marked his attendance outside the court complex

Updated On: 18 Mar 2023 | 8:11 PM IST

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) restricted live coverage of events outside the Islamabad Judicial Complex, where PTI chairman Imran Khan will be arriving for a court hearing

Updated On: 18 Mar 2023 | 5:54 PM IST

Clashes erupted between security forces and supporters of Imran Khan outside the judicial complex ahead of the ousted premier's appearance before the court in connection with a corruption case

Updated On: 18 Mar 2023 | 5:49 PM IST

Hours after PTI Chairman Imran Khan made his way to attend the Toshakhana case hearing in Islamabad, Punjab Police finally made their way into his residence and arrested party workers, media reported

Updated On: 18 Mar 2023 | 4:54 PM IST