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Who is Imran Khan?

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About Imran Khan

Who is Imran Khan?

Imran Khan is a former international cricketer and is the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan. Other than being the captain of the Pakistan national cricket team, he was chancellor of the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom from 2005 and 2014. In 1996, Khan founded the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and serves as its chairman. In memory of his mother, he launched a fundraising campaign to set up a cancer hospital in Lahore and raised $25 million.
 
Born in Lahore, his paternal family are of Pashtun ethnicity and belong to the Niazi tribe. Khan grew up with his four sisters in upper-middle-class
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No solitary confinement for Imran Khan, wife: Pak HC tells jail authorities

The Islamabad High Court also directed Adiala Jail to allow Khan's family visits and phone calls with his sons, and provide newspapers, books and medical care

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Updated On : 01 Sep 2026 | 3:33 PM IST

When rivals appeal for Imran

Given how arrogant and self-loving Imran is, he may not be capable of introspection even in the isolation of Adiala jail. The harsh truth is that he played the same game when it suited him

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Updated On : 29 Aug 2026 | 9:30 AM IST

Best of BS Opinion: Modinomics vs Manmohanomics is not a zero sum game

Today's opinions examine P Chidambaram's critique of the Modi government's economic record, the CJP's political dilemma, Imran Khan's global support and the changing advertising landscape

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Updated On : 29 Aug 2026 | 6:15 AM IST

PCB threatened walkout over Atherton's interview with Imran Khan's sons

PCB has complained to Sky Sports over Michael Atherton's interview with Imran Khan's sons during the Lord's Test, and reportedly considered keeping Pakistan players off the field in protest

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Updated On : 28 Aug 2026 | 10:22 AM IST

Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan's sons say his life at risk in prison

Kasim and his brother Sulaiman Isa also urged the international community to pressure Pakistan for human rights violations against its former premier

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Updated On : 26 Aug 2026 | 12:00 PM IST

Pak ex-PM Imran Khan sent back to jail after SC-ordered hospital checkup

Imran Khan was shifted to Shifa International Hospital early Friday after Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the same for the treatment of the former PM's health problems

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Updated On : 21 Aug 2026 | 9:59 AM IST

Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan moved to hospital following court order

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Khan, 73, to be transferred to the Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad for treatment of several health problems, including an eye condition

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Updated On : 21 Aug 2026 | 8:30 AM IST

Will Imran Khan walk free? Why his hospital transfer is fuelling buzz

Imran Khan's transfer to a private hospital under the Supreme Court's watch has triggered speculation whether this is an early sign that the former prime minister will move out of prison

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Updated On : 20 Aug 2026 | 3:36 PM IST

Pakistan govt to fight court order moving jailed Imran Khan to hospital

Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said Tuesday that Khan should be treated at a state-run hospital, arguing that rules don't allow inmates to receive treatment at private facilities

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Updated On : 19 Aug 2026 | 2:24 PM IST

Former Pak PM Imran Khan's sister meets him at Adiala Jail after 9 months

The meeting lasted approximately 15 minutes in which Noreen briefed Imran about the SC's order regarding his transfer to Islamabad's Shifa Hospital and discussed other matters with him

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Updated On : 19 Aug 2026 | 9:14 AM IST

Pakistan top court orders former PM Imran Khan to be shifted to hospital

The top court ruled that Khan be moved to a Shifa International Hospitals Ltd. facility in Islamabad for treatment until the next hearing of his appeal

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Updated On : 18 Aug 2026 | 2:47 PM IST

Cricket could rescue far more than just Imran Khan's political fate

His sudden dominance of his country's politics was in no small degree a consequence of the all-powerful military eventually putting a hand on the electoral scales in his favour

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Updated On : 26 Feb 2026 | 8:47 AM IST

Gavaskar, Kapil Dev lead appeal to PAK govt for Imran Khan's fair treatment

Addressed to Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the appeal deliberately rises above the usual India-Pakistan sporting rivalry.

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Updated On : 17 Feb 2026 | 3:58 PM IST

PM Shehbaz offers talks to Imran Khan's party to ease political tension

Shehbaz made the offer while presiding over a federal cabinet meeting in Islamabad after recent overtures by the opposition leaders

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Updated On : 23 Dec 2025 | 11:11 PM IST

Jailed Imran Khan calls for street movement against 'Asim Law' in Pakistan

Khan, 73, who has been in jail since August 2023, faces multiple cases launched against him since his ouster from power in April 2022

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Updated On : 23 Dec 2025 | 11:07 PM IST

Pak's ex-PM Imran Khan calls for protests after 17-year jail sentence

Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were sentenced to 17 years in jail each by a court on Saturday in the Toshakhana 2 corruption case

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Updated On : 21 Dec 2025 | 11:57 AM IST

Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan sentenced to 17 years in graft case

Judge Shahrukh Arjumand of an anti-graft court handed Khan the maximum prison sentence for illegally undervaluing and then obtaining expensive gifts from the national treasury when he was premier

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Updated On : 21 Dec 2025 | 6:53 AM IST

'No embargo' on Imran Khan's sons meeting him in jail: Pakistan govt

Pakistani authorities have reportedly imposed unannounced restrictions on meetings with Khan on the grounds that the visitors use such meetings for political ends

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Updated On : 20 Dec 2025 | 7:57 PM IST

Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan, wife sentenced to 17 yrs in corruption case

Special court judge Shahrukh Arjumand announced the judgment in the case in the high-security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi

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Updated On : 20 Dec 2025 | 2:59 PM IST

Imran Khan 'perfectly fine' but facing mental torture, says sister

The development comes amid rumours on social media about Khan's health as his family was constantly being denied from meeting him in prison for more than a month

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Updated On : 02 Dec 2025 | 11:02 PM IST