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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

As PTI Chairman Imran Khan's caravan is on its way to famous D-Chowk after entering Islamabad on Thursday, the federal government has called in the Army for the security of the capital's Red Zone

Updated On: 01 Aug 2023 | 6:16 PM IST

My message for the imported government is to dissolve assemblies and announce elections, otherwise, I will come back again to Islamabad after six days: Imran Khan

Updated On: 01 Aug 2023 | 6:30 PM IST

A large number of party workers and supporters were present at Islamabad toll plaza to welcome their leader

Updated On: 26 May 2022 | 8:31 AM IST

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Updated On: 07 Oct 2022 | 5:21 PM IST

Imran Khan leads party to sit-in in Islamabad demanding fresh elections

Updated On: 26 May 2022 | 3:16 AM IST

After several hours of political drama and chaos across Pakistan in the wake of PTI's much-anticipated 'Azadi March', the federal government and PTI have both refuted claims of striking an agreement

Updated On: 02 Aug 2023 | 10:05 AM IST

The Pakistan government on Wednesday struck a deal with Khan to peacefully hold his party's "Azadi March" in Islamabad at the mediation of the army, amid clashes between police and his supporters

Updated On: 02 Aug 2023 | 10:08 AM IST

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the authorities to provide an alternate place to the supporters of ousted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party for their "Azadi March" protest

Updated On: 02 Aug 2023 | 10:10 AM IST

Condemning the crackdown on party workers, particularly in Punjab, to prevent them from participating in the long march, Imran Khan on Tuesday vowed to reach Islamabad at all costs

Updated On: 02 Aug 2023 | 10:50 AM IST

Ahead of ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan's Azadi March scheduled today, police arrested key members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and cut off the capital Islamabad

Updated On: 02 Aug 2023 | 11:03 AM IST

Pakistan government has taken a decision to stop the long march and decided to launch a crackdown against the members of PTI throughout the country

Updated On: 25 May 2022 | 9:17 AM IST

The Pakistan government on Tuesday banned ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan's party from holding a massive rally on May 25 to prevent them from propagating their misleading agenda

Updated On: 24 May 2022 | 11:09 PM IST

Pakistan's coalition government has rejected ousted prime minister Imran Khan's demand that early elections be held in the country

Updated On: 23 May 2022 | 11:05 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has issued a warning against PTI's Chairman Imran Khan saying that the ousted former prime minister wants a civil war in the country

Updated On: 23 May 2022 | 10:14 PM IST

The nation will never forgive him [for the sin] and will hold him by the collar, Prime Minister Shehbaz said on Monday, while addressing questions from the press

Updated On: 23 May 2022 | 6:35 PM IST

Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan asked his supporters to march peacefully to Islamabad on May 25 to press for the dissolution of the National Assembly and fresh elections in the country.

Updated On: 22 May 2022 | 11:52 PM IST

During his jalsa, Khan, referring to Maryam's Sargodha rally on May 19 in which she continually berated him, said: "Someone had sent me the speech delivered by Maryam Nawaz in Sargodha yesterday"

Updated On: 21 May 2022 | 4:00 PM IST

Khan met President Putin in the Kremlin on February 24, the day the Russian leader ordered a special military operation against Ukraine

Updated On: 20 May 2022 | 11:49 AM IST

The provisional GDP grow­th rate for the year 2021-22 is estimated at 5.97 per cent, ann­ounced the Planning Ministry after a meeting of the National Accounts Committee

Updated On: 20 May 2022 | 2:15 AM IST

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday accused the federal government of using means to "stifle the voices" of its opponents, media reports said.

Updated On: 16 May 2022 | 11:00 PM IST