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FINAL <strong>POWER</strong> 100 <strong>BOOK</strong> 2.59 TUE_Layout 1 14/02/2017 13:54 Page 29<br />

IMRAN KHAN<br />

Politics & welfare<br />

on 13 december 2007, khan<br />

received the humanitarian award at<br />

the asian Sports awards in kuala<br />

lumpur for his efforts in setting up<br />

the first cancer hospital in pakistan. in<br />

2009, at international cricket<br />

council’s centennial year celebration,<br />

khan was one of fifty-five cricketers<br />

inducted into the icc hall of fame.<br />

in 2011 he was given Jinnah award.<br />

on 28 July 2012, imran khan was<br />

awarded an honorary fellowship by<br />

the royal college of physicians of<br />

edinburgh in recognition of his<br />

services for cancer treatment in<br />

pakistan, through the Shaukat<br />

khanum memorial cancer hospital<br />

and research centre.<br />

imran khan niazi is a pakistani<br />

politician, statesman and former<br />

cricketer. he has played international<br />

cricket for two decades in the late<br />

twentieth century. after retiring, he<br />

entered politics, besides his political<br />

activism, khan is also a philanthropist,<br />

cricket commentator, chancellor of<br />

the University of Bradford and<br />

founding chairman Board of<br />

Governors of Shaukat khanum<br />

memorial cancer hospital &<br />

research centre.<br />

he was pakistan’s most successful<br />

cricket captain, and played for the<br />

pakistani cricket team from 1971 to<br />

1992 and served as its captain<br />

intermittently throughout1982–1992<br />

after retiring from cricket at the end<br />

of the 1987 world cup, in 1988 due to<br />

popular public demand he was<br />

requested to come back by the<br />

president of pakistan to lead the team<br />

once again. at 39, khan led his<br />

teammates to pakistan’s first and only<br />

world cup victory in 1992. he has a<br />

record of 3807 runs and 362 wickets<br />

in test cricket, making him one of<br />

eight world cricketers to have<br />

achieved an ‘all-rounder’s triple’ in<br />

test matches. on 14 July 2010, khan<br />

was inducted into the icc cricket<br />

hall of fame.<br />

in april 1996, khan founded and<br />

became the chairman of a political<br />

party pakistan tehreek-e-insaf<br />

(movement for Justice). he<br />

represented mianwali as a member of<br />

the national assembly from nov<br />

2002 to oct 2007. foreign policy<br />

magazine has described him as<br />

“pakistan’s ron paul”. through<br />

worldwide fundraising, he founded<br />

the Shaukat khanum memorial<br />

cancer hospital & research centre<br />

in 1996 and mianwali’s namal<br />

college in 2008.<br />

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