Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi is a politician and former cricket captain who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 until April 2022.
194 Facts About Imran Khan
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Imran Khan is the founder and chairman of the political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
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Imran Khan began his international cricket career at age 18, in a 1971 Test series against England.
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Imran Khan played until 1992, served as the team's captain intermittently between 1982 and 1992, and won the 1992 Cricket World Cup, in what is Pakistan's first and only victory in the competition.
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Imran Khan founded cancer hospitals in Lahore and Peshawar, and Namal College in Mianwali, prior to entering politics.
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Imran Khan presided over a shrinking current account deficit, and limited defence spending to curtail the fiscal deficit, leading to some general economic growth.
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Imran Khan enacted policies that increased tax collection and investment.
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Imran Khan's government committed to a renewable energy transition, launched the Ehsaas Programme and the Plant for Pakistan initiative, and expanded the protected areas of Pakistan.
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Imran Khan presided over the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused economic turmoil and rising inflation in the country, and threatened his political position.
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Amid a constitutional crisis, Imran Khan became the first Prime Minister to be removed from office through a no-confidence motion in April 2022.
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On 9 May 2023 Imran Khan was arrested on corruption charges at the High Court in Islamabad.
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Imran Khan is the only son of Ikramullah Khan Niazi, a civil engineer, and his wife Shaukat Khanum, and has four sisters.
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Maternally, Imran Khan is a descendant of the Sufi warrior-poet and inventor of the Pashto alphabet, Pir Roshan, who hailed from his maternal family's ancestral Kaniguram town located in South Waziristan in the tribal areas of northwest Pakistan.
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Imran Khan made his first debut at the age of 16 in Lahore.
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Imran Khan played English county cricket from 1971 to 1976 for Worcestershire.
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Imran Khan made his Test cricket debut against England in June 1971 at Edgbaston.
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Imran Khan imparted this trick to the bowling duo of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, who mastered and popularised this art in later years.
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Imran Khan attained his prime as a fast bowler in January 1980 till 1988 when he became out and out fast bowler.
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Imran Khan achieved the all-rounder's triple in 75 Tests, the second-fastest record behind Ian Botham's 72.
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Imran Khan has the second-highest all-time batting average of 61.86 for a Test batsman playing at position 6 in the batting order.
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Imran Khan played his last Test match for Pakistan in January 1992, against Sri Lanka at Faisalabad.
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Imran Khan retired permanently from cricket six months after his last ODI, the historic 1992 World Cup final against England in Melbourne, Australia.
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Imran Khan ended his career with 88 Test matches, 126 innings and scored 3807 runs at an average of 37.69, including six centuries and 18 fifties.
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At the height of his career, in 1982, the thirty-year-old Imran Khan took over the captaincy of the Pakistan cricket team from Javed Miandad.
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Imran Khan played 139 ODIs, winning 77, losing 57 and ending one in a tie.
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Imran Khan topped both the bowling and batting averages against England in three-Test series in 1982, taking 21 wickets and averaging 56 with the bat.
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In 1987 in India, Imran Khan led Pakistan in its first-ever Test series win and this was followed by Pakistan's first series victory in England during the same year.
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Imran Khan retired from international cricket at the end of the World Cup.
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Imran Khan was declared Man of the Series against West Indies in 1988 when he took 23 wickets in 3 Tests.
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At the age of 39, Imran Khan took the winning last wicket himself.
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Further, Imran Khan argued that umpires in his 21 years of cricket had not complained about his conduct, Imran Khan remarked that "The sole judge of fair and unfair play on the cricket field is the umpire".
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Since retiring, Imran Khan has written opinion pieces on cricket for various British and Asian newspapers, especially regarding the Pakistani national team.
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Imran Khan's contributions have been published in India's Outlook magazine, Guardian, The Independent, and Telegraph.
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Imran Khan sometimes appears as a cricket commentator on Asian and British sports networks, including BBC Urdu and the Star TV network.
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Imran Khan has provided analysis for every cricket World Cup since 1992, which includes providing match summaries for the BBC during the 1999 World Cup.
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Imran Khan holds as a captain the world record for taking most wickets, best bowling strike rate and best bowling average in Test, and best bowling figures in a Test innings, and most five-wicket hauls in a Test innings in wins.
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On 23 November 2005, Imran Khan was appointed as the chancellor of University of Bradford, succeeding Baroness Lockwood.
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Imran Khan announced that he will step down on 30 November 2014, citing his "increasing political commitments".
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The university vice-chancellor Brian Cantor said Imran Khan had been "a wonderful role model for our students".
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On 27 April 2008, Imran Khan established a technical college in the Mianwali District called Namal College.
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Imran Khan Foundation is another welfare work, which aims to assist needy people all over Pakistan.
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Imran Khan's proclaimed political platform and declarations include: Islamic values, to which he rededicated himself in the 1990s; liberal economics, with the promise of deregulating the economy and creating a welfare state; decreased bureaucracy and the implementation of anti-corruption laws, to create and ensure a clean government; the establishment of an independent judiciary; overhaul of the country's police system; and an anti-militant vision for a democratic Pakistan.
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Imran Khan presided over a shrinking current account deficit, and limited defence spending to curtail the fiscal deficit, leading to some general economic growth.
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Imran Khan enacted policies which increased tax collection and investment, and reforms were made to the social safety net.
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Imran Khan's government committed to a renewable energy transition, launched a national reforestation initiative and expanded protected areas, and led the country during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Imran Khan was accused of political victimisation of opponents and clamping down on freedom of expression and dissent.
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On 10 April 2022, Imran Khan became the country's first prime minister to be ousted through a no-confidence motion vote in parliament.
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On 22 August 2022, Imran Khan was charged by the Pakistani police under anti-terror laws after Imran Khan accused the police and judiciary of detaining and torturing his close aide.
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Imran Khan proposed secret talks to settle the issue as he thinks the vested interests on both sides will try to subvert them.
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Imran Khan ruled out a military solution to the conflict and denied the possibility of a fourth war between India and Pakistan over the disputed mountainous region.
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Imran Khan publicly demanded a Pakistani apology towards the Bangladeshi people for the atrocities committed in 1971.
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Imran Khan called the 1971 operation a "blunder" and likened it to today's treatment of Pashtuns in the war on terror.
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Imran Khan believes in negotiations with Taliban and the pull out of the Pakistan Army from Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
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Imran Khan is against US drone strikes and plans to disengage Pakistan from the US-led war on terror.
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Imran Khan opposes almost all military operations, including the Siege of Lal Masjid.
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In 2014, when Pakistani Taliban announced armed struggle against Ismaili Muslims and the Kalash people, Imran Khan released a statement describing "forced conversions as un-Islamic".
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Imran Khan has condemned the incidents of forced conversion of Hindu girls in Sindh.
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Imran Khan said that his government was negotiating a peace deal with the Pakistani Taliban with the help of the Afghan Taliban.
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On 8 January 2016, Imran Khan visited the embassies of Iran and Saudi Arabia in Islamabad and met their head of commissions to understand their stances about the conflict that engulfed both nations after the execution of Sheikh Nimr by Saudi Arabia.
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Imran Khan urged the Government of Pakistan to play a positive role to resolve the matter between both countries.
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Imran Khan was offered political positions more than a few times during his cricketing career.
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Imran Khan was invited by Nawaz Sharif to join his political party.
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In 1993, Imran Khan was appointed as the ambassador for tourism in the caretaker government of Moeen Qureshi and held the portfolio for three months until the government dissolved.
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On 25 April 1996, Imran Khan founded a political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
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Imran Khan supported General Pervez Musharraf's military coup in 1999, believing Musharraf would "end corruption, clear out the political mafias".
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Imran Khan participated in the October 2002 Pakistani general election that took place across 272 constituencies and was prepared to form a coalition if his party did not get a majority of the vote.
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Imran Khan has served as a part of the Standing Committees on Kashmir and Public Accounts.
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On 6 May 2005, Imran Khan was mentioned in The New Yorker as being the "most directly responsible" for drawing attention in the Muslim world to the Newsweek story about the alleged desecration of the Qur'an in a US military prison at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.
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In June 2007, Imran Khan faced political opponents in and outside the parliament.
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On 2 October 2007, as part of the All Parties Democratic Movement, Imran Khan joined 85 other MPs to resign from Parliament in protest of the presidential election scheduled for 6 October, which general Musharraf was contesting without resigning as army chief.
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On 3 November 2007, Imran Khan was put under house arrest, after president Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan.
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At the rally, Imran Khan was captured by student activists from the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba and roughly treated.
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Imran Khan was arrested during the protest and was sent to the Dera Ghazi Khan jail in the Punjab province where he spent a few days before being released.
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On 30 October 2011, Imran Khan addressed more than 100,000 supporters in Lahore, challenging the policies of the government, calling that new change a "tsunami" against the ruling parties, Another successful public gathering of hundreds of thousands of supporters was held in Karachi on 25 December 2011.
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Since then Imran Khan became a real threat to the ruling parties and a future political prospect in Pakistan.
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On 6 October 2012, Imran Khan joined a vehicle caravan of protesters from Islamabad to the village of Kotai in Pakistan's South Waziristan region against US drone missile strikes.
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On 23 March 2013, Imran Khan introduced the Naya Pakistan Resolution at the start of his election campaign.
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The rivalry between the two leaders grew in late 2011 when Imran Khan addressed his largest crowd at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore.
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On 21 April 2013, Imran Khan launched his final public relations campaign for the 2013 elections from Lahore, where he addressed thousands of supporters at the Mall.
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Imran Khan announced that he would pull Pakistan out of the US-led war on terror and bring peace to the Pashtun tribal belt.
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Imran Khan addressed different public meetings in various cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and other parts of country, where he announced that PTI will introduce a uniform education system in which the children of rich and poor would have equal opportunities.
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Imran Khan ended his south Punjab campaign by addressing rallies in various Seraiki belt cities.
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Imran Khan ended the campaign by addressing a rally of supporters in Islamabad via a video link while lying on a bed at a hospital in Lahore.
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Imran Khan's PTI emerged as the second-largest party by popular vote nationally, including in Karachi.
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Imran Khan led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf became the opposition party in Punjab and Sindh.
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On 31 July 2013 Imran Khan was issued a contempt of court notice for allegedly criticising the superior judiciary, and his use of the word shameful for the judiciary.
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The notice was discharged after Imran Khan submitted before the Supreme Court that he criticised the lower judiciary for their actions during the May 2013 general election while those judicial officers were working as returning officers.
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Imran Khan's party swooped the militancy-hit northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and formed the provincial government.
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Imran Khan believed that terrorist activities by the Pakistani Taliban could be stopped through dialogue with them and even offered them to open an office in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Imran Khan accused the United States of sabotaging peace efforts with the Pakistani Taliban by killing its leader Hakimullah Mehsud in a drone strike in 2013.
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Imran Khan demanded the government to block NATO supply line in retaliation for the killing of the TTP leader.
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On 13 November 2013, Imran Khan, being party leader, ordered Pervez Khattak to dismiss ministers of Qaumi Watan Party who were allegedly involved in corruption.
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Imran Khan ordered Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to end the alliance with QWP.
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On 14 August 2014, Imran Khan led a rally of supporters from Lahore to Islamabad, demanding Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's resignation and investigation into alleged electoral fraud.
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On its way to the capital Imran Khan's convoy was attacked by stones from PML supporters in Gujranwala; however, there were no fatalities.
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Imran Khan was reported to be attacked with guns which forced him to travel in a bullet-proof vehicle.
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On 15 August, Imran Khan-led protesters entered the capital and a few days later marched into the high-security Red Zone; on 1 September 2014, according to Al Jazeera, protesters attempted to storm Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's official residence, which prompted the outbreak of violence.
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Imran Khan entered into an agreement with the Sharif administration to establish a three-member high-powered judicial commission which would be formed under a presidential ordinance.
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Imran Khan met Syed Mustafa Kamal, when he was in the opposition.
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Imran Khan contested the general election from NA-35, NA-53, NA-95, NA-131, and NA-243.
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Imran Khan became the first person in the history of Pakistan general elections who contested and won in all five constituencies, surpassing Zulfikar Ali Bhutto who contested in four but won in three constituencies in 1970.
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In May 2018, Imran Khan's party announced a 100-day agenda for a possible future government.
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The Election Commission rejected allegations of rigging and Sharif and his PML-N later conceded victory to Imran Khan, despite lingering 'reservations' regarding the result.
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Imran Khan said his inspiration is to build Pakistan as a humanitarian state based on principles of the first Islamic state of Medina.
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Imran Khan described that his future government will put the poor and commoners of the country first and all policies will be geared towards elevating the standards of living of the lesser fortunate.
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Imran Khan said that he wanted a united Pakistan and would refrain from victimizing his political opponents.
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Imran Khan promised a simple and less costly government, devoid of showy pompousness in which the prime minister's house will be converted into an educational institute and governor houses will be used for public benefit.
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Imran Khan's party nominated Pakistan Muslim League leader and former Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pervaiz Elahi for the slot of Speaker of the Punjab Assembly.
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Qasim Imran Khan Suri was nominated for deputy speaker of national assembly slot.
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Imran Khan nominated Sardar Usman Buzdar for Chief Minister of Punjab.
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The investigation was started by the ECP, which then made its final determination on 21 October 2022, disqualifying Imran Khan from holding public office for a brief period of time for engaging in dishonest behavior, fabricating information, and making an inaccurate declaration in the reference under Article 63 of the constitution of Pakistan.
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Imran Khan was granted protected bail and released on the same day, meaning he could not be re-arrested on those charges for two weeks.
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On 17 August 2018, Imran Khan secured 176 votes and became 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan and took oath of office on 18 August 2018.
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Imran Khan ordered top level reshuffling in the country's bureaucracy, including the appointment of Sohail Mahmood as Foreign Secretary, Rizwan Ahmed as Maritime Secretary and Naveed Kamran Baloch as Finance Secretary.
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Imran Khan announced his cabinet soon after taking oath, choosing to keep the Ministry of Interior to himself.
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In 2019 Imran Khan committed to a major cabinet reshuffle in the ministries of interior, finance, information and planning.
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Imran Khan stated that despite the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Pakistan must prioritize good relations with Saudi Arabia due to an economic crisis.
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Imran Khan was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2019, in the section "Leaders".
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In domestic economic policy, Imran Khan inherited a twin balance of payments and debt crisis with a large current account deficit and fiscal deficit in 2018, Imran Khan's government sought a bailout from the IMF.
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In exchange for the bailout, Imran Khan's government slashed subsidy spending in the energy sector and unveiled an austerity budget to curb the fiscal deficit and limit government borrowing.
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Imran Khan's government decided to raise import tariffs to collect higher tax revenues and devalued the currency, this alongside the heavy import duty helped to curtail the current account deficit.
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Minor parts of the legislation passed both the lower house and upper house of Pakistan's parliament with the support of Imran Khan's ruling coalition and part of the opposition parties too.
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Subsequently, Imran Khan summoned a joint session of both upper and lower house of parliament in which the bills passed given the government held a majority and without the support of the opposition.
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On 8 April 2022 the Imran Khan government made progress on its remaining action plan by sentencing Hafiz Saeed a mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks and a UN-designated terrorist to 31 years in prison.
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In national security policy, Imran Khan's government presided over an improved overall security climate with foreign investors expressing greater confidence in the security of their investments in Pakistan.
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In October 2020, Imran Khan spoke out about the growing extremism and violence against Muslims, across the world.
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In social policy, Imran Khan's government has taken steps to restore religious sites belonging to religious minorities this included the Kartarpur Corridor.
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Imran Khan's government took a significantly different position on the policy of minorities than the main opposition party, the PML-N, who had opposed the building of the corridor for Indian pilgrims.
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Imran Khan's government instituted reforms to education and healthcare on a national and regional level respectively.
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Imran Khan's government introduced reforms to Pakistan's social safety net and the system of welfare in Pakistan more broadly.
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Imran Khan pushed for an increase in renewable energy production and halted coal power from future construction working toward an aim to make Pakistan mostly renewable by 2030.
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In 2020, Imran Khan's government commenced building work for the Diamer-Bhasha Dam, as part of his government's investment in renewable energy projects.
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Imran Khan's government is set to axe many PIA workers due to the fact that those appointments were politically motivated to reward loyalty to previous governments.
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In 2019, Imran Khan's government launched an anti-corruption campaign which was premised on the basis that no amnesty would be given to politicians or relatives who benefitted from a politician's patronage.
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In economic policy, Imran Khan's government presided over a recovery in Pakistan's textile sector, with demand measured by the number of orders pending hitting historic highs.
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Imran Khan's government facilitated the textile sector by offering concessionary rates on utilities such as electricity as well as reducing the electricity tariff during peak hours.
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Imran Khan's government facilitated the textile sector by removing all import tariffs on cotton yarn, in order to address a shortfall in the main raw material input of textiles and apparel.
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In foreign policy, Imran Khan voiced support for the 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria against the Kurdish-led SDF.
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On 11 October 2019, Imran Khan told the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan that "Pakistan fully understands Turkey's concerns relating to terrorism".
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Imran Khan said that Pakistan will never recognize Israel until a Palestinian state is created, a statement in line with the vision of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
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In 2019, Imran Khan was included in the Time 100, Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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Imran Khan pursued a reset in ties with Gulf Arab states such as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, with the UAE agreeing to roll over Pakistan's debt on an interest-free loan.
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Subsequently, Imran Khan embarked on a three-day visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in order to reset ties, where he was personally received at the airport by Mohammad bin Salman.
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Imran Khan's government improved ties with the Gulf state of Kuwait, as Kuwait confirmed it had lifted a ten-year visa ban on Pakistani nationals.
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Imran Khan's government enhanced economic ties with Qatar which is expected to benefit Pakistan by US$3 billion over 10 years by renegotiating terms in an energy supply deal which saw a significant reduction in Pakistan's energy import bill compared to the previous deal.
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On 9 May 2021, Imran Khan condemned the Israeli police actions at Al-Aqsa Mosque, stating that such actions violated "all norms of humanity and [international] law".
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Also, Imran Khan has been vocal on the Kashmir issue, and his government adopted the foreign policy stance that no talks will be held with India on the Kashmir dispute until autonomy was restored in Indian-held Kashmir.
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On 1 April 2022, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that in context of the no-confidence motion against him in the National Assembly, the three options were discussed with "establishment" to choose from viz: "resignation, no-confidence [vote] or elections".
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Imran Khan claimed the US was behind his removal because he conducted an independent foreign policy and had friendly relations with China and Russia.
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Imran Khan's removal led to protests from his supporters across Pakistan.
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Imran Khan has a house in Zaman Park, Lahore worth 29 million.
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Imran Khan is an investor, investing more than 40 million in various businesses.
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Imran Khan is owner of agriculture land of 39 kanals at Talhar, Islamabad, and 530 kanals at Khanewal.
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Imran Khan has paid 10.19 million to buy two apartments at Shahra-e-Dastoor in Islamabad Other assets include furniture of 0.6 million and livestock of 0.2 million.
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Imran Khan owns a 300 kanal mansion in Bani Gala, Islamabad worth 750 million.
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Imran Khan declared it as a gift in his statement to the Election Commission of Pakistan.
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In November 2019, using FBR statements, Pakistani media revealed how much tax Imran Khan had paid in 37 years.
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Imran Khan paid 103,763 of tax in 2017, and over 37 years, he paid a total of 4 million in tax up to 2019.
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On 3 January 2022, FBR released its 2019 tax directory for parliamentarians and it was revealed that Imran Khan had paid 9.8 million in taxes in 2019.
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On 18 March 2012, Salman Rushdie criticised Imran Khan for refusing to attend the India Today Conference because of Rushdie's attendance.
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Imran Khan cited the "immeasurable hurt" that Rushdie's writings have caused Muslims around the world.
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Imran Khan became known as a socialite in English high society, and sported a playboy image amongst the British press and paparazzi due to his "non-stop partying" at London nightclubs such as Annabel's and Tramp, though he claims to have hated English pubs and never drank alcohol.
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Later in 2007, Election Commission of Pakistan ruled in favour of Imran Khan and dismissed the ex parte judgment of the US court, on grounds that it was neither admissible in evidence before any court or tribunal in Pakistan nor executable against him.
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Imran Khan preaches democracy one day but gives a vote to reactionary mullahs the next.
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In 2010, a Pakistani production house produced a biographical film based on Imran Khan's life, titled Kaptaan: The Making of a Legend.
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The brief clip from the PTI rally shows red and green party flags along with a poster of PTI Chairman Imran Khan who was the most popular opposition leader.
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Imran Khan's remarks were criticised by many people from Afghanistan and Pakistan, including former Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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Imran Khan was then known as a hedonistic bachelor and a playboy who was active on the London nightclub circuit.
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Imran Khan accompanied him on various Pakistani cricket team tours including in Peshawar and Australian tour.
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Imran Khan then had a short relationship with Susie Murray-Philipson whom he invited to Pakistan and had dinner with in 1982.
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Imran Khan made various artistic portraits of Khan during their relationship.
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Imran Khan wrote that Bhutto at the age of 21 first became close to Khan in 1975.
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Imran Khan's mother tried to have an arranged marriage between them.
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Imran Khan further claimed that they had a "romantic relationship", which was refuted by Khan who said they were only friends.
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Imran Khan had a notable relationship with the heiress Sita White, daughter of the British industrialist Gordon White.
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White claimed that Imran Khan agreed to have a child with her in 1991; her daughter, Tyrian Jade, was born in June 1992 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
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White claimed that Imran Khan subsequently refused to accept Tyrian as his child because she was a girl, and had urged White to have an abortion.
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In 2004, after Sita White's death, Imran Khan agreed to accept Tyrian as his child and welcomed her into his family.
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On 16 May 1995, Imran Khan married Jemima Goldsmith, in a two-minute ceremony conducted in Urdu in Paris.
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In January 2015, it was announced that Imran Khan married British-Pakistani journalist Reham Imran Khan in a private Nikah ceremony at his residence in Islamabad.
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In mid-2016, late 2017 and early 2018, reports emerged that Imran Khan had married his spiritual mentor, Bushra Bibi.
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Imran Khan termed the media "unethical" for spreading the rumour, and PTI filed a complaint against the news channels that had aired it.
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On 7 January 2018 the PTI central secretariat issued a statement that said Imran Khan had proposed to Manika, but she had not yet accepted his proposal.
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On 18 February 2018, PTI confirmed Imran Khan has married Manika.
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The Mufti who conducted the marriage later testified to a court that Imran Khan's nikah had been conducted twice.
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The first nikah was conducted on 1 January 2018, while his to-be wife was still in her Iddat, as Imran Khan believed he would become prime minister if he married her on that date.
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Imran Khan had received his first dose of the Sinopharm BIBP vaccine two days earlier.
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Imran Khan has published six works of non-fiction, including an autobiography co-written with Patrick Murphy.
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Imran Khan has written about the modern history of Pakistan in his book Main Aur Mera Pakistan published in 2014 in Urdu and Hindi.
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Imran Khan periodically writes editorials on cricket and Pakistani politics in several leading Pakistani and British newspapers.
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Imran Khan has penned op-eds in various media outlets, including CNN where he advocated for conversation and restoration of damaged natural ecosystems.
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On 3 November 2022, Imran Khan was shot in the leg or in the foot by a gunman while giving a speech to supporters at a rally in Wazirabad, Punjab, and leading a march to the capital Islamabad to demand snap elections after he was ousted.
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Automatic gunfire was heard in footage aired on local news channels which showed Imran Khan being carried away and put in a car, with a bandage visible on his leg.
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The perpetrator was arrested at the scene and claimed that he wanted only to target Imran Khan for "spreading hatred and misleading the people".