Imran Khan turns 71 in jail. Imran Khan, the most renowned cricketer from Pakistan and a former prime minister, turns 71 today (5 October 2023).
Outside of the Adiala jail, where Khan is being held, his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, plans to hold special prayers for Khan’s safety.
It has urged the people to peacefully assemble today at 4:30 pm outside the Rawalpindi prison or at nearby mosques.
تاریخ: 5 اکتوبر 2023
وقت: شام 4:30 بجے
مقام: اڈیالہ جیل اور پورا پاکستان
تقریب: عمران خان اور پاکستان کے لیے دعاء خیرپاکستانیوں سے گزارش ہے کہ وہ اڈیالہ جیل اور پورے پاکستان میں اپنی مقامی مساجد میں پرامن طریقے سے جمع ہوں، قرآن خوانی کے لیے قرآن شریف ساتھ لائیں۔
پاکستانی قوم مل… pic.twitter.com/NXW0utEZxy— PTI (@PTIofficial) October 3, 2023
In another post, the embattled PTI also asked people to pay tribute to Imran Khan by “doing what he does BEST – Help others unconditionally!”
Imran Khan turns 71 in jail, check the Tweet:
Let us pay tribute to the man, the captain, the philanthropist, the leader, the legend, the ideology – Imran Khan!
October 5th, 2023 is our Captain’s 71st birthday. Let us all celebrate him by doing what he does BEST – Help others unconditionally!
Share your act of kindness by… pic.twitter.com/uNsLvBA9xB
— PTI (@PTIofficial) October 4, 2023
Imran Khan, who was Pakistan’s 22nd prime minister and was detained on August 5 after being found guilty in the Toshakhana case, has been imprisoned for 60 days. He was given a three-year prison term by a federal court in the nation’s capital for selling state gifts without authorization.
The former cricket star, who started his political party in April 1996, has refuted all allegations of wrongdoing. Later, he petitioned the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to overturn the prison term.
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Imran Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, was sentenced to three years in prison on August 30 by the IHC, but his detention at the Attock jail persisted because a special court recently established to hear cases under the Official Secrets Act had ordered jail officials to keep Imran Khan in custody on judicial remand in a case involving a contentious US cipher.
Since he founded the Numl College in Mianwali and the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital, Imran Khan has been actively involved in charitable activities.
Cricket Career
Imran Khan participated in two decades of international cricket in the late twentieth century. He led the Pakistani team that won the 1992 Cricket World Cup.
One of Pakistan’s most accomplished cricketers, Khan retired in 1992. He amassed 3,807 runs and 362 wickets in total during Test matches, making him one of only eight cricketers in the world to complete the “All-rounder’s Triple” in Test matches. Later, in 2010, he was honored with induction into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
Political life
Imran attempted to win a seat in the National Assembly of Pakistan in the Pakistani general election of 1997 from the NA-53, Mianwali, and NA-94, Lahore constituencies as a candidate of the PTI, but he was unsuccessful and lost both seats to candidates of the PML (N). In 2013, he led his party in opposition in Punjab and Sindh while forming a government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
However, the Imran-led PTI won the most seats in the national and provincial assemblies in 2018, taking 116 of the 270 seats, according to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
Marriages
The PTI leader was married twice, but neither union endured. He tied the knot with British national Jemima Goldsmith in 1995, and the two split up in 2004.
Then, in 2015, he wed Reham Khan, but they divorced after only 10 months of marriage.
Bushra Bibi, who is from Pakpattan, and Imran Khan later got married; they are still together today.
