Imran Khan

Imran Khan HI PP
عمران خان‎
Khan in 2023
22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan
In office 18 August 2018 – 10 April 2022
President	Mamnoon Hussain Arif Alvi
Preceded by	Nasirul Mulk (caretaker)
Succeeded by	Shehbaz Sharif
36th Minister for Interior
In office 19 August 2019 – 18 August 2018
President	Mamnoon Hussain Arif Alvi
Deputy	Shehryar Khan Afridi (as State Minister)
Minister for Power
In office 18 August 2018 – 11 September 2018
President	Mamnoon Hussain Arif Alvi
Succeeded by	Omar Ayub Khan
Minister for Communication
In office 18 August 2018 – 18 September 2018
President	Mamnoon Hussain Arif Alvi
Succeeded by	Murad Saeed
Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
In office 25 April 1996 – 2 December 2023
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Gohar Ali Khan
Member of the National Assembly
In office 16 October 2022 – 21 October 2022[a]
Preceded by	Farrukh Habib
Succeeded by	Changaiz Ahmed Khan Kakar
Constituency	NA-108 Faisalabad-VIII
Majority	24,625 (13.51%)
In office 13 August 2018 – 11 April 2022
Preceded by	Obaidullah Shadikhel
Succeeded by	Jamal Ahsan Khan Isakhel
Constituency	NA-95 Mianwali-I
In office 19 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
Preceded by	Hanif Abbasi
Succeeded by	Sheikh Rashid Shafique
Constituency	NA-56 Rawalpindi-VII
Majority	13,268 (8.28%)
In office 10 October 2002 – 3 November 2007
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan
Constituency	NA-71 Mianwali-I
Majority	6,204 (4.49%)
Chancellor of the University of Bradford
In office 7 December 2005 – 8 December 2014
Preceded by	Betty Lockwood
Succeeded by	Kate Swann
Personal details
Born	Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi (1952-10-05) 5 October 1952 (age 72) Lahore, West Punjab, Pakistan (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Political party	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (since 1996)
Spouse(s)	Jemima Goldsmith ​ ​ (m. 1995; div. 2004)​ Reham Khan ​ ​ (m. 2015; div. 2015)​ Bushra Bibi ​ (m. 2018)​
Children	2
Relatives	Family of Imran Khan
Residence	Bani Gala, Islamabad, Capital Territory Zaman Park, Lahore, Punjab
Education	Keble College, Oxford (BA)
Awards	See list
Signature
Nickname(s)	Kaptaan (Captain) Qaidi No. 804 (Prisoner No. 804)[4][5]
Personal information
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[6]
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Pakistan (1971–1992)
Test debut (cap 88)	3 June 1971 v England
Last Test	2 January 1992 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 175)	31 August 1974 v England
Last ODI	25 March 1992 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 88 175 382 425 Runs scored 3,807 3,709 17,771 10,100 Batting average 37.69 33.41 36.79 33.22 100s/50s 6/18 1/19 30/93 5/66 Top score 136 102* 170 114* Balls bowled 19,458 7,461 65,224 19,122 Wickets 362 182 1287 507 Bowling average 22.81 26.61 22.32 22.31 5 wickets in innings 23 1 70 6 10 wickets in match 6 0 13 0 Best bowling 8/58 6/14 8/34 6/14 Catches/stumpings 28/– 36/– 117/– 84/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  Pakistan ICC Cricket World Cup Winner 1992 Australia and New Zealand World Championship of Cricket Runner-up 1985 Australia ACC Asia Cup Runner-up 1986 Sri Lanka Austral-Asia Cup Winner 1986 United Arab Emirates Winner 1990 United Arab Emirates
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 November 2014

Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi (Urdu: عمران احمد خان نیازی) (born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician. He was the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022. Before entering politics Khan was a cricketer and played for international cricket for two decades in the late 20th century.

Khan started his career as a first-class cricketer in Lahore in 1968. During his studies at the University of Oxford, he also played for their Blue's Cricket team.^[7] In 1971, he played his first international test match for Pakistan against England.^[8] In 1974, he played his first One-day international against England.^[8]

Khan also became the second fastest all-rounder to reach the mark of 3000 runs and 300 wickets. He also has the second best batting average in test cricket at position 6.^[9]

Khan became the captain of Pakistan side in 1982, becoming one of the most successful captains with 91 wins in tests and ODIs.^[10]

Khan became a politician in the mid-1990s by founding his political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in 1996. He made a cancer hospital, Shaukat Khanum, in memory of his mother who also died of cancer. He supported president Pervez Musharraf from 1999.^[11] In 2007, he changed his view and then opposed Musharraf.^[12]

On July 26, 2018, Khan was elected Prime Minister despite many people accusing Khan's campaign of rigging the election.^[13] Khan took oath as Prime Minister of Pakistan on 18 August 2018.^[14]

As Prime Minister of Pakistan, Khan started an anti-corruption campaign and improved security. His government rebuilt minority religious sites.^[15] He also focused on education, improved health and began large welfare programs. The biggest welfare programs he launched were the Ehsaas Programme and Sehat Sahulat Program.^[16] His government also created the Zainab Alert Bill to increase the safety of women and children in Pakistan.^[17][18] He began the Plant for Pakistan project to help the environment. He also handled the COVID-19 Pandemic and helped revive the economy.^[19] While Khan was the prime minister, the collection of tax rose, austerity measures were taken and a worldwide economic recession due to COVID-19 happened.^[19][20]

On April 3, 2022, he told President Arif Alvi to dissolve the National Assembly after a no-confidence motion against him failed.^[21] However, four days later on April 7, the Supreme Court later said what Khan did was illegal.^[22] A motion of no confidence was soon passed against Khan on April 10, 2022 becoming the first prime minister in Pakistan to be removed from office by a vote of no confidence.^[23][24][25]

On November 3, 2022, in Wazirabad, Punjab, Khan was shot while giving a speech, but he survived the assassination attempt.

On May 9, 2023 Imran Khan was arrested for corruption at the High Court in Islamabad.^[26] On January 30, 2024, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for revealing state secrets.^[27][28]