WHO IS IMRAN KHAN?
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.
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Imran Khan's party to contest bypolls in all 33 vacant parliamentary seats
Earlier, on Friday, The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced that bypolls to 33 NA seats would be held on March 16| January 30, 2023, Monday -
Pak opposition leader Fawad Chaudhry arrested for publicly censuring govt
Pakistani authorities on Wednesday arrested Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party senior leader Fawad Chaudhry, hours after he publicly ...| January 25, 2023, Wednesday -
Only elections can avert Sri Lanka-like crisis, says former Pak PM Khan
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan warned that the country could slide into Sri Lanka-like situation if "free and fair" elections ...| January 20, 2023, Friday -
Imran Khan says PM Shehbaz Sharif will have to take trust vote: Report
Khan's remarks came after the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) threatened to leave the present coalition government| January 14, 2023, Saturday -
Pak: Imran wins in Punjab as govt fails to prevent CM's confidence vote
Imran Khan and his party's coalition partner PML (Q) have emerged victorious as Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi has signed a ...| January 14, 2023, Saturday -
Pak: Punjab CM Parvez Elahi receives 186 votes to secure trust vote
In a midnight drama in Pakistan's Punjab Assembly, Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi managed to obtain a vote of confidence ...| January 12, 2023, Thursday -
Contempt case: Pak election body issues arrest warrants against Imran Khan
Pakistan's top election body on Tuesday issued bailable arrest warrants for former prime minister Imran Khan and other top ...| January 10, 2023, Tuesday -
Firing on Imran Khan by four shooters from four sites, finds probe
Shots were fired by three unknown shooters, from unknown weapons from a considerable height other than the gun attack carried out ...| January 03, 2023, Tuesday -
General Bajwa called me playboy during our last meeting: Imran Khan
Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan has said that retired Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa called him a playboy ...| January 03, 2023, Tuesday -
Pakistan will default if it doesn't enter IMF programme, warns Imran Khan
Khan, before coming into power in 2018, had been a severe critic of approaching the IMF and other countries for loans| January 02, 2023, Monday