Imran Khan, full name Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi, is a Pakistani cricketer, politician, philanthropist, and the former Prime Minister of Pakistan (2018–22). He rose to national prominence after leading Pakistan's national team to a Cricket World Cup victory in 1992, and later entered politics as a critic of government corruption in pakistan


Childhood and cricket career

Khan was born into an wealth Pashtun family in Lahore and was educated at elite schools in Pakistan and the United Kingdom, including the Royal Grammar School in Worcester and Aitchison College in Lahore. There were several accomplished cricket players in his family, including two elder cousins, Javed Burki and Majid Khan, who both served as captains of the Pakistani national team. Imran Khan played cricket in Pakistan and the United Kingdom in his teens and continued playing while studying philosophy, politics, and economics at the University of Oxford. Khan played his first match for Pakistan’s national team in 1971, but he did not take a permanent place on the team until after his graduation from Oxford in 1976.

Khan was born into an affluent Pashtun family in Lahore and was educated at elite schools in Pakistan and the United Kingdom, including the Royal Grammar School in Worcester and Aitchison College in Lahore. There were several accomplished cricket players in his family, including two elder cousins, Javed Burki and Majid Khan, who both served as captains of the Pakistani national team. Imran Khan played cricket in Pakistan and the United Kingdom in his teens and continued playing while studying philosophy, politics, and economics at the University of Oxford. Khan played his first match for Pakistan’s national team in 1971, but he did not take a permanent place on the team until after his graduation from Oxford in 1976.


Khan had established himself as a superb bowler and all-rounder by the early 1980s, and he was selected Pakistan's captain in 1982. Khan's athletic ability and attractive features made him a celebrity in Pakistan and England, and his frequent appearances in posh London nightclubs fed the tabloid press. Khan's biggest sporting achievement came in 1992, when he captained Pakistan to its first World Cup victory, defeating England in the final. He retired the next year, having established himself as one of cricket's all-time greats.

Khan's public image as a benefactor remained after 1992. He had a religious awakening, accepting Sufi mysticism and letting go of his previous image as a playboy. In one of.

Career in politics

Khan became an outspoken opponent of government inefficiency and corruption in Pakistan after retiring from cricket. In 1996, he created Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan Justice Movement; PTI), his own political party. The newly established party received less than 1% of the vote in the national elections the following year and did not gain any seats in the National Assembly, but it did significantly better in the 2002 elections, securing a single seat that Khan occupied. Khan claimed that his party's poor vote totals were due to vote tampering. Khan was one of a number of legislators that resigned from the National Assembly in October 2007 in protest of President Pervez Musharraf's presidential campaign. Khan was briefly detained in November as part of a crackdown.

Ascendance in politics

Khan and his party garnered enormous crowds at rallies in the months leading up to the parliamentary elections, which were slated for early 2013, and they drew support from several seasoned politicians from Pakistan's established parties. An opinion poll in 2012 revealed Khan to be the most popular political person in Pakistan, adding to Khan's expanding electoral prospects.


Khan injured his head and back after falling from a platform at a campaign rally just days before the May 2013 legislative elections. Hours later, from his hospital bed, he appeared on television to make a final appeal to voters. The PTI had its best results ever in the elections, although it still gained less than half of the seats it had previously.

Premiership

Khan faced a growing balance-of-payments dilemma as Prime Minister. Despite the fact that the economy was growing, imports and debt commitments have risen in recent years, owing in part to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) plan. The crisis intensified just weeks after he took office, when the US withheld $300 million in pledged military help, claiming Pakistan had not done enough to combat terrorism. Because a dozen prior IMF bailout packages had failed to alleviate Pakistan's macroeconomic issues, Khan attempted to seek foreign aid from "friendly countries" first; his avoidance of an IMF bailout reflected widespread fatigue with the IMF. Pakistan succumbed after being unable to secure foreign aid on favourable terms from other countries.