IMRAN KHAN

MR IMRAN KHAN

Imran Khan Niazi (born 25 November 1952 is a retired Pakistani cricketer who played international cricket for two decades in the late twentieth century and has been a politician since the mid 1990s Currently, besides his political activism, Khan is also a charity worker and cricket commentator. Khan played for the Pakistani cricket team from 1971 to 1992 and served as its captain intermittently throughout 1982 1992 After retiring from cricket at the end of the 1987 World Cup, he was called back to join the team in 1988 At 39, Khan led his teammates to Pakistan’s first and only World Cup victory in 1992 He has a record of 3807 runs and 362 wickets in Test cricket, making him one of six world cricketers to have achieved an ‘All rounder’s Triple’ in Test matches

In April 1996, Khan founded and became the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (Movement for Justice), a small and marginal political party, of which he is the only member ever elected to Parliament He represented Mianwalias a member of the National Assembly from November 2002 to October 2007 Khan, through worldwide fundraising, helped establish the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre in 1996 and Mianwali’s Namal College in 2008

Awards and honours

In 1992, Khan was honoured with Pakistan’s prestigious civil award, the Hilal i Imtiaz Before that, he had received the Presidents Pride of Performance Award in 1983 Khan is featured in the University of Oxford’s Hall of Fame and has been an honorary fellow of Oxford’s Keble College On 7 December 2005, Khan was appointed the fifth Chancellor of the University of Bradford, where he is also a patron of the Born in Bradford research project

In 1976 as well as 1980, Khan was awarded The Cricket Society Wetherall Award for being the leading all rounder in English first class cricket He was also named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1983, Sussex Cricket Society Player of the Year in 1985, and the Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year in 1990 Khan is currently placed at Number 8 on the all time list of the ESPN Legends of Cricket On 5 July 2008, he was one of several veteran Asian cricketers presented special silver jubilee awards at the inaugural Asian cricket Council (ACC) award ceremony in Karachi.On 8 July 2004, Khan was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2004 Asian Jewel Awards in London, for “acting as a figurehead for many international charities and working passionately and extensively in fund raising activities On 13 December 2007, Khan received the Humanitarian Award at the Asian Sports Awards in Kuala Lumpur for his efforts in setting up the first cancer hospital in Pakistan In 2009, at International Cricket Council’s centennial year celebration, Khan was one of fifty five cricketers inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.

IMRAN KHAN

IMRAN KHAN

IMRAN KHAN

IMRAN KHAN

IMRAN KHAN

IMRAN KHAN

IMRAN KHAN

IMRAN KHAN

IMRAN KHAN

IMRAN KHAN

                                                                                       

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