Imran Khan
Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi is a Pakistani politician and former cricketer who served as the 22nd prime minister of Pakistan from August 2018 until April 2022. He is the founder and former chairman of the political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from 1996 to 2023. He was the captain of the Pakistan national cricket team throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.
Some of the key events about Imran Khan
- 1971Led the Pakistan national cricket team as captain for the first time
- 1982Founded Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre
- 1983Faced allegations of ball tampering during a cricket match against England
- 1992Captained Pakistan to victory in the Cricket World Cup
- 1994Established Namal College, a not-for-profit educational institution
- 1995Admitted to using a bottle cap to tamper with the ball during a cricket match in 1981
- 1996Founded the political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)
- 2002Elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan for the first time
- 2005Raised $150 million in relief aid for victims of the Kashmir earthquake
- 2007Arrested and placed under house arrest during Pakistan's state of emergency
- 2011Organized a mass rally in Lahore, attracting over 100,000 supporters
- 2013Led PTI to become the second-largest party by popular vote in general elections
- 2013Made controversial statements supporting the Taliban's fight against the US in Afghanistan
- 2018Elected as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan
- 2018Faced accusations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior from a female politician
- 2019Criticized for not attending a joint session of parliament on Kashmir
- 2020Faced backlash for suggesting that women's dress contributes to sexual violence
- 2021Faced criticism for comments seemingly blaming women's dress for an increase in rape cases
- 2022Removed from office as Prime Minister through a no-confidence vote
- 2023Arrested on corruption charges related to the Al-Qadir Trust case
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