Imran Khan, Imran Ahmad Khan in full, (born October 5, 1952, Lahore, Pakistan), Pakistani cricketer, politician, philanthropist, and Pakistani prime minister (2018-22) became a national hero by leading Pakistan national team. Winning the Cricket World Cup in 1992 and later entered politics as a critic of government corruption in Pakistan. Early life and cricket career Khan was born into a wealthy Pashtun family in Lahore and attended high schools in Pakistan and the United Kingdom, including the Royal Grammar School in Worcester and Aitcheson College in Lahore.
There were several successful cricket players in his family, including two older cousins, Jived and Majid Khan, both of whom served as captains of the Pakistan national team. Imran Khan played cricket in Pakistan and the United Kingdom at a young age and continued to play while studying philosophy, politics, and economics at Oxford University.
Khan played his first Pakistan national team game in 1971, but did not fully take over the team until graduating from Oxford in 1976. By the early 1980s, Khan had established himself as a professional soccer player and thrower, and in 1982 he was named captain of the Pakistan national team. Khan's athletic ability and appearance made him famous in Pakistan and England, with his frequent appearances in fashion. London's nightclubs have provided food for the British tabloid printing press.
In 1992 Khan achieved great athletic success when he led Pakistan to their first World Cup title, beating England in the final. He retired that same year, earning a reputation as one of the greatest cricketers in history. After 1992 Khan became a respected figure in the community as a philanthropist. He faced a religious uprising, embraced Sufism and destroyed his former image of a playful boy. In one of his charitable endeavors, Khan worked as a donor to Memorial Cancer Hospital, a special cancer hospital in Lahore, which opened in 1994.
The hospital was named after Khan's mother, who died of cancer in 1985. Political entry After retiring from cricket, Khan became an outspoken critic of government mismanagement and corruption in Pakistan. He founded his own political party, the PTI (Pakistan Justice Movement; PTI), in 1996. In next year's general election, the newly formed party won less than one per cent of the vote and failed to win seats. In the National Assembly, but it got better with the 2002 election, winning one seat that Khan had filled. Khan emphasized that vote-rigging was a factor in his party's failure. In October 2007 Khan was among a group of politicians who resigned from the National Assembly, protesting against the President. Musharraf in the next presidential election.
In November, Khan was briefly detained during a crackdown on critics of Musharraf, who had declared an emergency. The PTI condemned the emergency, which ended in mid-December, and boycotted the 2008 general election to challenge the Musharraf regime. Despite PTI's problems in the election, Khan's positions have received support, especially among the youth. He also denounced corruption and economic inequality in Pakistan and opposed the cooperation of the Pakistani and US governments in fighting militants on the Afghan border. He also launched a series of protests against Pakistani political and economic officials, accusing them of being Westerners and integrating Pakistani religious practices and customs. Khan's writings included Warrior Race: A Journey Through the Land of the Tribal (1993) and Pakistan: A Personal History (2011). Political growth In the months leading up to the 2013 general election, Khan and his party drew many people to the rally. It attracted the support of several experienced politicians from Pakistan-based groups. Further evidence of Khan's political progress came from a 2012 opinion poll that found him to be one of Pakistan's leading politicians. A few days before the general election in May 2013, Khan suffered head and neck injuries while collapsing on stage during a campaign rally. He appeared on television in his hospital bed hours later to make a final complaint to voters. The election has revealed the highest PTI figures yet, but the party has won less than half of the seats won by the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), led by Sharif. Khan accused PML-N of rigging the election. After his appeal was rejected, he and other opposition leaders led a four-month strike in late 2014 to force Sharif to step down. Protests have failed to overthrow Sharif, but allegations of corruption grew as the Panama Papers linked his family to maritime rivals. Khan organized new protests in late 2016, but suspended them at the last minute after the Supreme Court agreed to open an investigation. The investigation removed Sharif from office in government in 2017, forcing him to resign. Meanwhile, Khan is said to have owned shares but, on the other hand, has not been released by the High Court. The by-elections took place the following year, in July 2018. Khan ran in the by-elections against corruption and poverty, as he had to fight allegations that he was no longer in the army. The PTI won a majority of seats in the National Assembly, which allowed Khan to seek unity with independent members of parliament. He became prime minister on August 18. Premiership As prime minister, Khan faces a growing wage problem. Although the economy is growing, export obligations and debt from before his time have increased significantly over the years, mainly due to China-
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