Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi Biography
Pakistan's 22nd Prime Minister, Politician, and Cricketer.
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IMRAN KHAN LIFE OVERVIEW
Imran Khan was one of the popular cricketer of Pakistan. He is 22nd Prime Minister of Republic of Pakistan.
He possessed extra ordinary talent in cricket and has got leadership qualities. He Lead Pakistan cricket team to their 1st ever cricket world cup title win in 1992. After this win he became, from one of the talented cricketer to one of the most successful captain of Pakistan cricket team.
He left the cricket in 1992 after winning the world cup title, and entered into the politics of Pakistan by making a new political party named Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf. Imran Khan's mother died due to the cancer so he decided to to establish the first Cancer hospital in Lahore Pakistan named after his mother Shaukat khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital.Whole Pakistani nation helped him raising funds for the cancer hospital. Shaukat khanum memorial Cancer hospital serving the unprivileged and deserving people of Pakistan.
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EARLY LIFE AND CHILDHOOD
Imran Khan was born in well of Pashto family Ikramullah Khan Niazi and Shaukat Khanum known as his parents. His birth date is October 5th 1952 and the birthplace is Lahore Pakistan.
He has got four siblings Aleema khanum, Rani khanam, Rubina khanam, Uzma khanum. He went to English medium school (Aitchison college school)in Lahore and after completing his schooling he went to Royal Grammar School Worcester England for higher studies.
Khan graduated in politics and economics and philosophy from Keble college, university of Oxford in 1975 he started his cricket from Pakistan as a teenager and continued in England.
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PERSONAL LIFE
He got married thrice his first spouse was Jemima khan from 1995 to 2004, second spouse Reham khan from 2015 to 2015, and current spouse name is Bushra manika (2018).
Imran Khan got two sons Qasim khan and Suleman khan. Jemima khan his first spouse is the mother of his sons.
- Imran Khan got married to his first spouse Jemima goldsmith in a traditional Islamic ceremony in Paris in may 1995 who converted to Islam before marriage. In a civil ceremony in Richmond after a month of his marriage the couple remarried . They have two sons Sulaiman isa 1996 and Qasim 1999.
- The couple filed for divorce in June 2004 due to some personal issues as the reason.
- In January 2015 he got married to a former BBC weather girl a British Pakistani divorcee Reham khan in a secret ceremony at his residence in a Capital city of Pakistan,the couple filed for the divorce after few months of the marriage this marriage was short lived.He married again in February 2018 with his spiritual advisor Bushra Manika.
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IMRAN KHAN'S CAREER
1971 English series in Birmingham this was the series he debuted his test cricket. He made his one day international debut in 1974 in the Prudential trophy and was selected in the national team after returning to Pakistan. His bowling performance against Australia and New Zealand cricket teams during 1976 to 1977 earned him rapid success which made him the leading fast bowler in Pakistan cricket team during the 1980s.
· He became captain of the Pakistan cricket team in 1982 to due to his all round performance in cricket. After becoming captain he lead his team in the first test victory against England at lords after 28 years.
· As a captain of the cricket team of Pakistan, he won 14 out of 48 test matches losing out 8 test matches and 26 resulting in a draw. He played 139 one-day international matches for the Pakistan cricket team, won 77 matches,57 losses, and 1 tie.
· During the late 80s he suffered a shin fracture that kept him away from the cricket for nearly two years. after recovering from the fracture he came back to cricket in 1987 and win the first-ever test series against India and after that produced another win against England in the test series.
· He decided to retire in 1987 but Pakistan's president journal Zia Ul Haq requested him to come back. He came back in 1988 won the test series against West Indies,
· He established Shaukat Khanum memorial trust a charity organization facility with research and development of cancer field. The organization was named after his mother.
· Finally retired from cricket after winning the world cup title for Pakistan in 1992 with 362 wickets in test cricket and 3807 runs,182 wickets in one-day internationals 3709 runs.
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| Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi Biography |
POLITICAL CAREER
· He started his own political party known as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 1997 as an initiative to eradicate corruption and mismanagement in Pakistan.
· He contested in elections for the first time in October 2002 and became a member of parliament from Mian wali.
· Imran khan Niazi's party posed a threat to the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz group during the 2013 election campaign when he started Naya Pakistan Resolution.
· Pakistan Peoples Party offered him to collaborate but he rejected the offer.
· During the election campaign he injured his head and back upon tumbling from the stage 4 days prior to the elections.
· His party lost to PML Nawaz in the 2013 elections.
· He took oath as the 22nd prime minister of Pakistan on August 18 2018 after winning the Pakistan general elections by the large number of seats defeating the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz group.
· Different British and Asian newspapers and Indian publications including guardian outlook telegraph independent published his views on cricket in different articles.
· He has been involved in the commentary on cricket matches for different sports networks like BBC Urdu Ten sports and Star TV.
- The Pakistani nation accepted him as a hero of Pakistan in 1992 one he accomplished his greatest success winning the first one-day international world cup title for Pakistan defeating England in the final match at Melbourne despite suffering from a shoulder injury.
- He possessed a world record as a captain to include most wickets, best bowling average in test cricket best bowling strike rate, and best bowling figures 8 wickets for 60 runs.
- He was honored with the second-highest civilian award Hilal Imtiaz from the Government of Pakistan
- He was awarded the Humanitarian award in 2007 at Asian sports awards in Kuala Lumpur for setting up the first cancer hospital in Pakistan.
- Along with other cricketing legends, he received the special silver jubilee award at the inaugural Asian cricket council awards in 2009 in Karachi.
- He was awarded by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh with an honorary fellowship towards his effort for cancer treatment in Pakistan in 2012.
- He received the award of Person of the year in 2012 by Asia society and was listed as number 3 in the top 9 world leaders by global post.
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