168 Facts About Prime Minister Imran Khan

Prime Minister Imran Khan is the founder and chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, one of the largest political parties in the country.

Prime Minister Imran Khan began his international cricket career at age 18, in a 1971 Test series against England.

Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister Imran Khan founded cancer hospitals in Lahore and Peshawar, and Namal College in Mianwali, prior to his ascent in politics.

Prime Minister Imran Khan founded the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 1996, which won a seat in the National Assembly in 2002, and saw Khan serve as an opposition member from Mianwali until 2007.

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Prime Minister Imran Khan presided over a shrinking current account deficit, and limited defence spending to curtail the fiscal deficit, leading to some general economic growth.

Prime Minister Imran Khan enacted policies which increased tax collection and investment, and reforms were made to the social safety net.

Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister Imran Khan was accused of political victimisation of opponents and clamping down on freedom of expression and dissent.

Prime Minister Imran Khan was sympathetic to the Pakistani Taliban, and said that his government was negotiating a peace deal with TTP with the help of the Afghan Taliban.

On 10 April 2022, Khan became the country's first prime minister to be deposed through a no-confidence motion in parliament.

On 22 August 2022, Prime Minister Imran Khan was charged by the Pakistani police under anti-terror laws after Prime Minister Imran Khan accused the police and judiciary of detaining and torturing his close aide.

Prime Minister Imran Khan is the only son of Ikramullah Khan Niazi, a civil engineer, and his wife Shaukat Khanum, and has four sisters.

Maternally, Prime Minister 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.

Quiet and shy boy in his youth, Prime Minister Imran Khan grew up with his sisters in relatively affluent, upper middle-class circumstances and received a privileged education.

Prime Minister Imran Khan made his first-class cricket debut at the age of 16 in Lahore.

Prime Minister Imran Khan played English county cricket from 1971 to 1976 for Worcestershire.

Prime Minister Imran Khan made his Test cricket debut against England in June 1971 at Edgbaston.

Prime Minister Imran Khan imparted this trick to the bowling duo of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, who mastered and popularised this art in later years.

Prime Minister Imran Khan achieved the all-rounder's triple in 75 Tests, the second-fastest record behind Ian Botham's 72.

Prime Minister Imran Khan has the second-highest all-time batting average of 61.

Prime Minister Imran Khan played his last Test match for Pakistan in January 1992, against Sri Lanka at Faisalabad.

Prime Minister Imran Khan retired permanently from cricket six months after his last ODI, the historic 1992 World Cup final against England in Melbourne, Australia.

Prime Minister Imran Khan ended his career with 88 Test matches, 126 innings and scored 3807 runs at an average of 37.

At the height of his career, in 1982, the thirty-year-old Prime Minister Imran Khan took over the captaincy of the Pakistan cricket team from Javed Miandad.

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Prime Minister Imran Khan played 139 ODIs, winning 77, losing 57 and ending one in a tie.

Prime Minister 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.

In 1987 in India, Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister Imran Khan retired from international cricket at the end of the World Cup.

Prime Minister Imran Khan was declared Man of the Series against West Indies in 1988 when he took 23 wickets in 3 Tests.

Further, Prime Minister Imran Khan argued that umpires in his 21 years of cricket had not complained about his conduct, Prime Minister Imran Khan remarked that "The sole judge of fair and unfair play on the cricket field is the umpire".

Since retiring, Prime Minister Imran Khan has written opinion pieces on cricket for various British and Asian newspapers, especially regarding the Pakistani national team.

Prime Minister Imran Khan's contributions have been published in India's Outlook magazine, Guardian, The Independent, and Telegraph.

Prime Minister Imran Khan sometimes appears as a cricket commentator on Asian and British sports networks, including BBC Urdu and the Star TV network.

Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister 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.

On 23 November 2005, Prime Minister Imran Khan was appointed as the chancellor of University of Bradford, succeeding Baroness Lockwood.

Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that he will step down on 30 November 2014, citing his "increasing political commitments".

On 27 April 2008, Prime Minister Imran Khan established a technical college in the Mianwali District called Namal College.

Imran Khan Foundation is another welfare work, which aims to assist needy people all over Pakistan.

Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister Imran Khan publicly demanded a Pakistani apology towards the Bangladeshi people for the atrocities committed in 1971.

Prime Minister Imran Khan called the 1971 operation a "blunder" and likened it to today's treatment of Pashtuns in the war on terror.

Prime Minister Imran Khan believes in negotiations with Taliban and the pull out of the Pakistan Army from Federally Administered Tribal Areas.

Prime Minister Imran Khan is against US drone strikes and plans to disengage Pakistan from the US-led war on terror.

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Prime Minister Imran Khan opposes almost all military operations, including the Siege of Lal Masjid.

In 2014, when Pakistani Taliban announced armed struggle against Ismaili Muslims and the Kalash people, Prime Minister Imran Khan released a statement describing "forced conversions as un-Islamic".

Prime Minister Imran Khan has condemned the incidents of forced conversion of Hindu girls in Sindh.

Prime Minister Imran Khan proposed secret talks to settle the issue as he thinks the vested interests on both sides will try to subvert them.

Prime Minister 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.

On 8 January 2016, Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister Imran Khan urged the Government of Pakistan to play a positive role to resolve the matter between both countries.

Prime Minister Imran Khan was offered political positions more than a few times during his cricketing career.

Prime Minister Imran Khan was invited by Nawaz Sharif to join his political party.

In 1993, Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister Imran Khan ran for the seat of National Assembly of Pakistan in 1997 Pakistani general election as a candidate of PTI from two constituencies – NA-53, Mianwali and NA-94, Lahore – but was unsuccessful and lost both the seats to candidates of PML.

Prime Minister Imran Khan supported General Pervez Musharraf's military coup in 1999, believing Musharraf would "end corruption, clear out the political mafias".

Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister Imran Khan has served as a part of the Standing Committees on Kashmir and Public Accounts.

On 6 May 2005, Prime Minister 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.

In June 2007, Prime Minister Imran Khan faced political opponents in and outside the parliament.

On 2 October 2007, as part of the All Parties Democratic Movement, Prime Minister 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.

On 3 November 2007, Prime Minister Imran Khan was put under house arrest, after president Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan.

At the rally, Prime Minister Imran Khan was captured by student activists from the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba and roughly treated.

Prime Minister 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, Prime Minister 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.

Since then Prime Minister Imran Khan became a real threat to the ruling parties and a future political prospect in Pakistan.

On 6 October 2012, Prime Minister 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.

On 23 March 2013, Prime Minister Imran Khan introduced the Naya Pakistan Resolution at the start of his election campaign.

The rivalry between the two leaders grew in late 2011 when Prime Minister Imran Khan addressed his largest crowd at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore.

On 21 April 2013, Prime Minister Imran Khan launched his final public relations campaign for the 2013 elections from Lahore where he addressed thousands of supporters at the Mall.

Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that he would pull Pakistan out of the US-led war on terror and bring peace to the Pashtun tribal belt.

Prime Minister 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 will have equal opportunities.

Prime Minister Imran Khan ended his south Punjab campaign by addressing rallies in various Seraiki belt cities.

Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister Imran Khan's PTI emerged as the second largest party by popular vote nationally including in Karachi.

Prime Minister Imran Khan led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf became the opposition party in Punjab and Sindh.

On 31 July 2013 Prime Minister 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.

The notice was discharged after Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister Imran Khan's party swooped the militancy-hit northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and formed the provincial government.

Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister Imran Khan accused the US of sabotaging peace efforts with the Pakistani Taliban by killing its leader Hakimullah Mehsud in a drone strike in 2013.

Prime Minister Imran Khan demanded the government to block NATO supply line in retaliation for the killing of the TTP leader.

Year after elections, on 11 May 2014, Prime Minister Imran Khan alleged that 2013 general elections were rigged in favour of the ruling PML.

On its way to the capital Prime Minister Imran Khan's convoy was attacked by stones from PML supporters in Gujranwala; however, there were no fatalities.

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Prime Minister Imran Khan was reported to be attacked with guns which forced him to travel in a bullet-proof vehicle.

Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister Imran Khan met Syed Mustafa Kamal, when he was in the opposition.

Imran Khan contested the general election from NA-35, NA-53, NA-95, NA-131, and NA-243.

Prime Minister 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.

In May 2018, Prime Minister Imran Khan's party announced a 100-day agenda for a possible future government.

Prime Minister Imran Khan said his inspiration is to build Pakistan as a humanitarian state based on principles of the first Islamic state of Medina.

Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister Imran Khan promised an investigation into rigging allegations.

Prime Minister Imran Khan said that he wanted a united Pakistan and would refrain from victimizing his political opponents.

Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister 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.

Qasim Prime Minister Imran Khan Suri was nominated for deputy speaker of national assembly slot.

Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister Imran Khan announced his cabinet soon after taking oath, choosing to keep the Ministry of Interior to himself.

In 2019 Prime Minister Imran Khan committed to a major cabinet reshuffle in the ministries of interior, finance, information and planning.

Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister Imran Khan was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2019.

In domestic economic policy, Prime Minister Imran Khan inherited a twin balance of payments and debt crisis with a large current account deficit and fiscal deficit in 2018, Prime Minister Imran Khan's government sought a bailout from the IMF.

In exchange for the bailout, Prime Minister 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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Prime Minister 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.

In economic policy with respect to international trade, from January 2020 Prime Minister Imran Khan's government implemented the second phase of the China–Pakistan Free Trade Agreement these renegotiations with China led to concessionary rates by China on Pakistani exports of goods and services to mainland China such as reduced tariffs or zero tariffs.

Minor parts of the legislation passed both the lower house and upper house of Pakistan's parliament with the support of Prime Minister Imran Khan's ruling coalition and part of the opposition parties too.

Subsequently, Prime Minister 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.

In national security policy, Prime Minister 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.

In October 2020, Imran Khan spoke out about the growing extremism and violence against Muslims, across the world.

In social policy, Prime Minister Imran Khan's government has taken steps to restore religious sites belonging to religious minorities this included the Kartarpur Corridor.

Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister Imran Khan's government instituted reforms to education and healthcare on a national and regional level respectively.

Prime Minister Imran Khan's government introduced reforms to Pakistan's social safety net and the system of welfare in Pakistan more broadly.

Prime Minister 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.

In 2020, Prime Minister Imran Khan's government commenced building work for the Diamer-Bhasha Dam, as part of his government's investment in renewable energy projects.

Prime Minister 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.

In 2019, Prime Minister 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.

In economic policy, Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister 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.

In foreign policy, Prime Minister Imran Khan voiced support for the 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria against the Kurdish-led SDF.

On 11 October 2019, Prime Minister Imran Khan told the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan that "Pakistan fully understands Turkey's concerns relating to terrorism".

Prime Minister 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, Prime Minister Imran Khan was included in the Time 100, Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Prime Minister 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.

Subsequently, Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister Imran Khan was mediating between Iran and Saudi Arabia in an effort to end the war in Yemen, which is part of an Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict.

On 9 May 2021, Prime Minister Imran Khan condemned the Israeli police actions at Al-Aqsa Mosque, stating that such actions violated "all norms of humanity and [international] law".

Also, Prime Minister 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.

On 3 April 2022, while addressing the Nation Imran Khan announced that he had advised the President of Pakistan to dissolve the National Assembly of Pakistan.

Prime Minister Imran Khan claimed the US was behind his removal because he conducted an independent foreign policy and had friendly relations with China and Russia.

Prime Minister Imran Khan's removal led to protests from his supporters across Pakistan.

Prime Minister Imran Khan is an investor, investing more than 40 million in various businesses.

Prime Minister Imran Khan is owner of agriculture land of 39 kanals at Talhar, Islamabad, and 530 kanals at Khanewal.

Prime Minister Imran Khan declared it as a gift in his statement to the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Prime Minister 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.

On 18 March 2012, Salman Rushdie criticised Prime Minister Imran Khan for refusing to attend the India Today Conference because of Rushdie's attendance.

Prime Minister Imran Khan cited the "immeasurable hurt" that Rushdie's writings have caused Muslims around the world.

Prime Minister 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.

Later in 2007, Election Commission of Pakistan ruled in favour of Prime Minister 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.

Prime Minister Imran Khan preaches democracy one day but gives a vote to reactionary mullahs the next.

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Prime Minister Imran Khan's remarks were criticised by many people from Afghanistan and Pakistan, including former Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

Prime Minister Imran Khan had numerous relationships during his bachelor life.

Prime Minister Imran Khan was then known as a hedonistic bachelor and a playboy who was active on the London nightclub circuit.

Prime Minister Imran Khan accompanied him on various Pakistani cricket team tours including in Peshawar and Australian tour.

Prime Minister Imran Khan then had a short relationship with Susie Murray-Philipson whom he invited to Pakistan and had dinner with in 1982.

Prime Minister Imran Khan made various artistic portraits of Khan during their relationship.

Prime Minister Imran Khan wrote that Bhutto at the age of 21 first became close to Khan in 1975.

Prime Minister Imran Khan's mother tried to have an arranged marriage between them.

Prime Minister Imran Khan further claimed that they had a "romantic relationship", which was refuted by Khan who said they were only friends.

Prime Minister Imran Khan had a notable relationship with the heiress Sita White, daughter of the British industrialist Gordon White.

White claimed that Prime Minister 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.

White claimed that Prime Minister Imran Khan subsequently refused to accept Tyrian as his child because she was a girl, and had urged White to have an abortion.

In 2004, after Sita White's death, Prime Minister Imran Khan agreed to accept Tyrian as his child and welcomed her into his family.

On 16 May 1995, at the age of 43, Prime Minister Imran Khan married 21-year-old Jemima Goldsmith, in a two-minute ceremony conducted in Urdu in Paris.

In January 2015, it was announced that Prime Minister Imran Khan married British-Pakistani journalist Reham Prime Minister Imran Khan in a private Nikah ceremony at his residence in Islamabad.

On 1 August 2017, Ayesha Gulalai came forward with allegations of harassment against Prime Minister Imran Khan and claimed that she had been receiving offensive messages from him since October 2013.

Prime Minister Imran Khan termed the media "unethical" for spreading the rumour, and PTI filed a complaint against the news channels that had aired it.

On 7 January 2018 the PTI central secretariat issued a statement that said Prime Minister Imran Khan had proposed to Manika, but she had not yet accepted his proposal.

Prime Minister Imran Khan had received his first dose of the Sinopharm BIBP vaccine two days earlier.

Prime Minister Imran Khan has published six works of non-fiction, including an autobiography co-written with Patrick Murphy.

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Prime Minister Imran Khan has written about the modern history of Pakistan in his book Main Aur Mera Pakistan published in 2014 in Urdu and Hindi.

Prime Minister Imran Khan periodically writes editorials on cricket and Pakistani politics in several leading Pakistani and British newspapers.

Prime Minister Imran Khan has penned op-eds in various media outlets, including CNN where he advocated for conversation and restoration of damaged natural ecosystems.