What is Imran Khan famous for?

Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi HI PP is a Pakistani politician and former cricketer who is the 22nd and current prime minister of Pakistan.

Imran Khan is also the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

Before entering politics, Imran Khan was an international cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team, which he led to victory in the 1992 Cricket World Cup.

Imran Khan was also chancellor of the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom from 2005 to 2014.

In 1991, Imran Khan launched a fundraising campaign to set up a cancer hospital in memory of his mother, raising $25 million to set up a hospital in Lahore in 1994, and set up a second hospital in Peshawar in 2015.

Imran Khan then continued his philanthropic efforts, expanding the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital to also include a research centre, and founded Namal College in 2008.

Imran Khan also served as the chancellor of the University of Bradford between 2005 and 2014, and was the recipient of an honorary fellowship by the Royal College of Physicians in 2012.