{"id":380199,"date":"2022-10-05T17:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=380199"},"modified":"2022-10-05T17:26:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T12:26:47","slug":"here-are-7-interesting-facts-about-imran-khan-on-his-70th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/here-are-7-interesting-facts-about-imran-khan-on-his-70th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are 7 Interesting Facts About Imran Khan on His 70th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

PTI leader Imran Khan turns 70 today. In celebration of the cricketer-turned-politician, here are seven interesting facts about Pakistan’s kaptaan<\/em>.<\/p>\n

1. Renowned Family Lineage<\/h3>\n

Born to Ikramullah Khan Niazi and Shaukat Khanum on 5 October 1952, Imran Khan is the only son in the family with four sisters \u2014 Aleema, Rani, Uzma, and Rubina Khanum. Khan’s family has a renowned lineage.<\/p>\n

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Imran Khan with his father Ikramullah Khan Niazi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

His paternal family is of Pashtun ethnicity, from the Niazi tribe, and are descendants of Sher Shah Suri\u2019s leading general and governor of Punjab, Khwas Khan Marwat<\/p>\n

His mother was a descendant of the Sufi warrior-poet and inventor of the Pashto alphabet, with several cricketers on her side of the family.<\/p>\n

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Shaukat Khanum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t
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2. Cambridge Rejected His Admission Application<\/h3>\n

Khan studied at the prestigious Aitchison College before moving to England. What most people don’t know is that he had originally wanted to study at the University of Cambridge. However, Cambridge had turned down the future kaptaan.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Khan, instead, enrolled in Keble College at the University of Oxford to study philosophy, politics,\u00a0and economics. He later joined the Royal Grammar School (RGS) Worcester where people took note of his cricketing skills.<\/p>\n

3. Impressive Numbers & Records in Cricket<\/h3>\n

When it comes to cricket, people nowadays only remember Khan for helping Pakistan lift the 1992 ICC World Cup in Australia.<\/p>\n

Besides this, he is considered to be one of the all-time greats of the game, and his stats speak volumes about his cricketing talent.<\/p>\n

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Let’s take a look at some of his records:<\/p>\n