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'''Imran | '''Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi'''{{efn|{{langx|ur|{{nq|عمران احمد خان نیازی }}}}, {{IPA-ur|ɪmɾaːn ɛɦməd xaːn nɪjaːziː|pron}}}} (born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former cricketer who served as the 22nd [[prime minister of Pakistan]] from August 2018 until April 2022. He is the founder and former chairman of the political party [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (PTI) from 1996 to 2023. He was the [[Captain (cricket)|captain]] of the [[Pakistan national cricket team]] throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. | ||
Born to a [[Niazi]] [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] family in [[Lahore]], Khan graduated from [[Keble College, Oxford]]. He began his [[international cricket]] career in a [[Pakistani cricket team in England in 1971|1971 Test series]] against [[England cricket team|England]]. Khan played until 1992, served as the team's [[captain (cricket)|captain]] intermittently between 1982 and 1992, and won the [[1992 Cricket World Cup]], Pakistan's only victory in the competition. Considered one of cricket's greatest [[all-rounder]]s, Khan was later inducted into the [[ICC Cricket Hall of Fame]]. Founding the [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (PTI) in 1996, Khan won a seat in the [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]] in the [[2002 Pakistani general election|2002 general election]], serving as an opposition member from [[Mianwali]] until 2007. PTI boycotted the [[2008 Pakistani general election|2008 general election]] and became the second-largest party by popular vote in the [[2013 Pakistani general election|2013 general election]]. In the [[2018 Pakistani general election|2018 general election]], running on a [[Populism|populist]] platform, PTI became the largest party in the National Assembly, and formed a coalition government with independents with Khan as prime minister. | Born to a [[Niazi]] [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] family in [[Lahore]], Khan graduated from [[Keble College, Oxford]]. He began his [[international cricket]] career in a [[Pakistani cricket team in England in 1971|1971 Test series]] against [[England cricket team|England]]. Khan played until 1992, served as the team's [[captain (cricket)|captain]] intermittently between 1982 and 1992, and won the [[1992 Cricket World Cup]], Pakistan's only victory in the competition. Considered one of cricket's greatest [[all-rounder]]s, Khan was later inducted into the [[ICC Cricket Hall of Fame]]. Founding the [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (PTI) in 1996, Khan won a seat in the [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]] in the [[2002 Pakistani general election|2002 general election]], serving as an opposition member from [[Mianwali]] until 2007. PTI boycotted the [[2008 Pakistani general election|2008 general election]] and became the second-largest party by popular vote in the [[2013 Pakistani general election|2013 general election]]. In the [[2018 Pakistani general election|2018 general election]], running on a [[Populism|populist]] platform, PTI became the largest party in the National Assembly, and formed a coalition government with independents with Khan as prime minister. | ||