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Imran Khan

5 October 1952 – present

Imran Khan is a Pakistani politician and former cricketer who captained Pakistan to victory in the 1992 Cricket World Cup. After retiring from cricket he founded a cancer hospital in Lahore and, in 1996, the political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He served as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 until his removal by a no-confidence vote in April 2022, and was later convicted and imprisoned in a series of criminal cases.

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Born in Lahore, Pakistan
5 October 1952

Born into a Pashtun family in Lahore and educated at Aitchison College.

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Made his Test debut for Pakistan against England
1971

Played his first Test match at Edgbaston, Birmingham.

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Studied philosophy, politics and economics at Keble College, Oxford
1972 – 1975

Graduated from the University of Oxford while continuing to play first-class cricket in England.

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Appointed captain of the Pakistan national cricket team
1982

Led Pakistan for most of the following decade as an all-rounder and fast bowler.

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Captained Pakistan to victory in the Cricket World Cup final
25 March 1992

Pakistan beat England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to win the tournament; he retired from cricket soon afterwards.

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Opened the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital in Lahore
1994

Founded the hospital in memory of his mother after a long public fundraising campaign.

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Married Jemima Goldsmith
1995

The couple had two sons and divorced in 2004.

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Founded Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
25 April 1996

Launched the political party he would lead into government two decades later.

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Became Prime Minister of Pakistan
18 August 2018 – 10 April 2022

Took office after the 2018 general election and was removed by a vote of no confidence in April 2022.

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Convicted in the Toshakhana case and taken into custody
5 August 2023

Sentenced over the sale of state gifts and imprisoned; further cases and appeals followed.

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