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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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