List of awards and honours received by Imran Khan

Not to be confused with awards and nominations received by Imran Khan, the American-Indian actor.

Imran Khan is a politician of Pakistani descent. Khan founded the Tehreek-e-Insaf party. Khan was a cricket player. He was captain of the Pakistan national cricket team which won the 1992 Cricket World Cup.

Sporting awards

National

Imran Khan was captain of the Pakistan national cricket team on three occasions: 1982 – 1983; 1985 – 1987; and 1989 – 1992.^[1] In 1992, Khan's team won the Cricket World Cup. This is the only time the Pakistan team has won this competition. For this achievement, Khan received the Hilal-e-Imtiaz, the second highest civilian award and honour bestowed by the Government of Pakistan. In 1983, he received the president's Pride of Performance award.

Pride of Performance Award
Date	2 April 1983
Country	Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Presented by	Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Hilal-i-Imtiaz Award
Date	1992
Country	Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Presented by	Islamic Republic of Pakistan

International

Imran Khan was described by the BBC as, "One of the finest fast bowlers cricket has ever seen."^[2] ESPNcricinfo described him as, "The greatest cricketer to emerge from Pakistan, and arguably the world's second-best all-rounder after Garry Sobers."^[3][4][5]

• The Cricket Society Wetherall Award, leading all-rounder in English first-class cricket. (1976 and 1980).^[6]
• Wisden Cricketer of the Year (1983).
• Sussex Cricket Society Player of the Year. (1985)
• Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year. (1990)
• International Cricket Council Hall of Fame, Centennial Year celebrations. (9 July 2004).^[7]
• Inaugural Silver Jubilee award, Asian Cricket Council, Karachi. (5 July 2008)^[8]

Philanthropy and politics

Office

• Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, founder and chairman.
• Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, founder and chairman of board of governors.^[9]
• Namal College, president.
• UNICEF, special representative for sports,^[10] (Promotion of health and immunisation programmes in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Thailand).^[11]

Awards

• Oxford University Hall of Fame.
• Keble College, Oxford, honorary fellow.^[10]
• Lifetime achievement award, Asian jewel awards, London, 8 July 2004. ("Acting as a figurehead for many international charities, and working passionately and extensively in fund-raising activities.")^[12]
• Humanitarian award, Asian sports awards, Kuala Lumpur, 13 December 2007. (Founding the first cancer hospital in Pakistan.)^[13]
• Jinnah award, 2011.
• Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, honorary fellowship, 28 July 2012. (Services for cancer treatment in Pakistan through the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre).^[14]

References

1. "Imran Khan." ESPN
2. "Millennium, Imran Khan." BBC. Accessed 25 April 2012
3. "Imran Khan" ESPNcricinfo Accessed 26 April 2012.
4. "Fast bowlers, strike fear with three, Imran Khan" ESPNcricinfo. Accessed 25 April 2012.
5. Gupta A. S. "Fast bowlers, who's the fastest?" The Hindu 18 July 2002. Accessed 25 April 2012.
6. "Wetherall Awards". Cricket society website.
7. "Hall of Famers". ICC centenary 9 July 2004. Accessed 28 January 2009.
8. "Tendulkar honoured with best Asian ODI batsman award by ACC." Hindustan Times India, 2 July 2008. Accessed 17 July 2008.
9. "Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital." Hospital website.
10. Imran Khan's statement, World Health Organization.
11. "UNICEF and the stars." UNICEF Accessed 5 November 2007.
12. "Former cricketer Imran Khan is an Asian jewel." Red Hot Curry website. 9 July 2004. Accessed 5 November 2007.
13. "Asian Awards." Hindustan Times, India. 13 December 2007. Accessed 20 December 2007.
14. "Imran Khan awarded honorary fellowship by Royal College of Physicians."