Imran Khan

Cricketer-turned-politician, Imran Khan is one of the prominent leaders of Pakistan known for blunt stance on political matters. He is the top opposition figure in the country.

Imran Khan was born in Lahore on November 25, 1952, and was educated at Lahore’s elite Aitchison College where he excelled at cricket. A fine batsman, he made his first-class debut for Lahore against Sarghodha at the age of 16.

Imran was selected for the Pakistan national team in 1970, where he soon won a permanent place. He finished his high school education at the Royal Grammar School in Worcester, England, and went on to study Economics and Politics at Keble College, Oxford. He captained the Oxford University XI in 1974.

As the 1970s rolled on, Imran developed into a world-class cricketing “all-rounder”, and became captain of the Pakistani national side in 1981. Declared international cricketer of the year in 1989-90, he led Pakistan to victory in 1992 World Cup.

After that triumph, he retired with a total of 3,807 runs and 362 wickets in test matches. He also played for the English counties of Sussex and Worcestershire.

In 1996, Imran started a political party in Pakistan known as Tehrik-e-Insaaf (Movement for Justice). The party has Islamic overtones and was inspired partly by his renewed commitment to Islam.

Around the same time, he opened the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust Cancer Hospital in memory of his mother who had died from the disease. Today it has won international recognition as one of the leading institutions for free cancer treatment in the world.

He lost a first parliamentary election in 1997, before finally winning a seat in 2002. He resigned in 2007 along with other members, in protest at Pervez Musharraf’s re-election as president while still army chief.

Imran went into hiding soon after Musharraf declared a state of emergency on November 3. Police detained him on November 14 after he had emerged from hiding to lead a student protest.

The  turning point for his party was PTI’s mammoth public gathering in Lahore on October 30, 2011. The massive attendance of his well-wishers and his supporters pronounced Khan’s arrival in the mainstream politics and virtually posed a threat to other political forces of the country. The rally prompted assumptions among political circles that Khan’s party would likely win the 2013 general elections, but it didn’t go that way. His party though received second largest number of votes after PML-N.

The Imran Khan-led PTI appears strong force to claim power in the general elections of 2018.

Imran Khan Age,Height,Net Worth,Political Party PTI – Bio & Wiki

Name	Imran Khan Niazi
Age	65 Years
Sun Sign	Libra
Born in	Lahore, West Punjab, Dominion of Pakistan
Height	1.85 m
father	Ikramullah Khan Niazi
mother	Shaukat Khanum
Net worth	$50 million
political ideology	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
religion	Islam
children	2 (Sulaiman, Qasim)
Education:	Keble College, Oxford
Date of Birth:	5-Oct-52
Marital Status:	Divorced (Reham Nayyar)
Nationality	Pakistani

 

 

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