Imran Khan
Imran Khan
Imran Khan Niazi MP, better known as Imran Khan, is a Pakistani politician, former cricketer, philanthropist, cricket commentator and the former chancellor of the University of Bradford. He is also founder of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and the Namal College, Mianwali. Khan played international cricket for two decades in the late twentieth century and, after retiring, entered politics...
NationalityPakistani
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 November 1952
CityLahore, Pakistan
CountryPakistan
People still laugh at me in politics, they think I won't make it; but I think I will, after Harold Wilson, I will be your next Chancellor to become Prime Minister.
Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem.
They do not understand Islam, and I think that is one area where perhaps I hope one day I will play a role in actually making people understand what we perceive Islam to be.
I think the Americans don't understand that this is a complicated new ball game. People everywhere have seen that a few determined people who were not scared to die can create a huge upheaval within a major superpower.
I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
Cross-cultural marriage is difficult, especially when one person has to live in another country. But I thought there was a very good chance of it working because people grow together if they have a common passion.
I don't know about whether I thought I would make it this big.
The Westoxified Pakistanis have been selling their souls and killing their own people for a few million dollars.
That's why, in spite of being defeated regularly in elections, I am not leaving the field. It's tough, but then I love challenging tasks.
I want to have a president in the U.S. who tries to win the hearts and minds of the Muslim world.
Lack of rule of law is the main reason Pakistan could not join the ranks of progressive nations.
And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure.
If one area I felt it was a tough election was I couldn't see my young son and I couldn't see my wife a lot, but apart from that for her also it was an experience
I did not lose this election, or had a bad result compared with what we might have got because of Islam.