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
And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure.
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 want my team to play like a cornered tiger...when it's said it's most dangerous
I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition.
I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player.
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.
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 guess this is where I feel I was probably different from other cricketers. I was not satisfied, so I was always pushing myself harder.
I want to have a president in the U.S. who tries to win the hearts and minds of the Muslim world.
I did not lose this election, or had a bad result compared with what we might have got because of Islam.
Without liberty I have nothing left to use except my body.
The only negative thing in Pakistan is not having a democracy.
But having set myself these goals, I had to work really hard to achieve them.