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]

Philanthropy and politics

Office

Awards

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. 1 2 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."
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