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
At the moment we have a ruling class that has one law and the people the other.
Never give up, no matter how hard life gets no matter how much pain you feel. Pain will eventually subside, nothing remains forever, so keep going and don't give up.
Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem.
In most of Pakistan it is a feudal country. People are very scared and oppressed by authority. But when you move to these wilder areas, they are not so easily suppressed.
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.
The team which handles the pressure best, carries the day.
There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.
Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.
When I came into politics I always thought there was a possibility I would be killed.
If you have political reform in the Islamic world, the spiritual reform would follow.
Allow the Taliban to open offices in Pakistan
Terrorism is you winning hearts and minds of people.
I was taken off from plane and interrogated by U.S. Immigration in Canada on my views on drones. My stance is known. Drone attacks must stop,
If your house is burning, wouldn't you try and put out the fire?