Imran Khan is a former Pakistan cricket team captain and a
great Pakistani politician. He was born on 25 November 1952 in Lahore. He studied at Oxford and became a Champion
cricketer. He played international cricket for about 2 decades in the late 20th
century. He led Pakistan to the 1992 Cricket World Cup. After retiring from
cricket, he joined Politics and formed his own political party “PakistanTehreek-i-Insaaf”. Besides his political activities he is also a Cricket Commentator, Philanthropist, Chancellor of University of Bradford and the
Founding Chairman of Board of Governing of Shoukat Khanum Memorial CancerHospital and Research Center.
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| Imran Khan - Chairman of PTI |
Imran Khan belongs to Niazi Shermankhel tribe of Mianwali. He
is the son of Ikram Ullah Khan, who was a civil engineer. His family is settled
in Lahore. He is the only brother of four sisters. He was educated at Cathedral
School in Lahore and Royal Grammar School Worcester in England. He was enrolled to study Politics and Economics
in Keble College, Oxford. Where he graduated in Politics with a second-class degree
and third in economics. His mother Shoukat Khanum belongs to a Burki family
which has produced hockey players and also cricketers like Javed Burki and
Majid Khan.
In his early life, Imran Khan developed an interest in
Cricket, which is an extremely popular sports in Pakistan. While at University,
Imran was also the captain of Oxford University cricket team in 1974. He played
Test Cricket between 1971 to 1992 for Pakistan. He is among the finest
all-rounder and the greatest fast bowler. He was one of the most popular
captain of Pakistan and under his leadership team won the maiden Cricket World
Cup in 1992.
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| Imran Khan with World Cup 1992 Trophy |
After getting retirement from cricket, Imran founded Shoukat
Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center in Lahore on 29 December
1994 in the memory of his mother “Shoukat Khanum” who died of the cancer. It is
a charitable cancer hospital with 75% free care. Imran Khan is currently
working as a chairman of the hospital and raise funds through charity and
public donations.
In 1995, Imran Khan married Jemima Goldsmith the daughter of
late British Billionaire. Jemima embraced Islam before she married to Imran
Khan. As an agreement of marriage, Imran spent four month per year in England.
In 2004, it was announced that they have divorced because it was difficult for
Jemima to adopt life in Pakistan. They have 2 sons Suleman Khan and Qasim Khan.
In 1997, Imran Khan started a socio-political movement known
as Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf. The purpose of this party is to bring justice to
the country, specially via an independent judiciary. As a politician, his
vision is to turn up Pakistan into a just society based on the human values by
creating an independent and honest judiciary that will uphold judiciary,
protect human rights and ensure the rule of law and order by promoting a merit
based system. His political ideal is famous poet-philosopher Allama Dr Mohammad
Iqbal.
Imran Khan has now appeared as a savor for youth and most of
the young people have come together under his banner to get rid of the family
politics and other ruling elites of the country. He was elected Member of
National Assembly (MNA) in the elections of 2002. During his entire political career, present period is
the peak hour for him and now he enjoys a strong support by people from all
over the Pakistan especially his base power is the youth of the country and
this is the reason that many international observers has named Imran Khan as
the most favorite and beloved leader of Pakistan.
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