Journalism of Courage
By the force of his skills and personality, the charismatic Imran Khan endured in the toughest job in Pakistan for a decade. In Pic: Imran Khan takes a break at Godrej House, Mumbai in 2007. (Express photo by Mahendra Parikh)
He's thrice-married who hangs out with Mick Jagger. But he's also an Islamist who has kept company with a cleric and spiritual adviser to many in Afghanistan's Taliban movement. (Express photo by Mahendra Parikh)
The Oxford-educated athlete with the rugged good looks has parlayed his celebrity into a political career, founding the PTI in 1996 and advocating a message of change.(Express photo by Mahendra Parikh)
His crowning glory was to drive Pakistan to its first and only Cricket World Cup triumph in 1992. In Pic: Cricketer Imran Khan hitting a shot. (Express archive photo)
Pakistan cricket team former captain Imran Khan raises his arms as his team won the cricket world cup in 1992. (Source: File Photo)
Khan's party PTI took a commanding lead in the Pakistan general election in 2018 and is set to become the first international cricketer in the world to be elected as a country's PM, considered the second toughest job in Pakistan. (Express photo by Moahn Bane)
Imran Khan married his first wife, British heiress Jemima Goldsmith in 1996. Goldsmith and Khan have maintained cordial relations despite their divorce. The couple have two sons. Khan has been married twice after divorcing Goldmith. (Source: PTI)
A year after his marriage, Imran Khan launched his party PTI in 1996. “The party was formed as a movement for justice and basically to have a just society where justice is based on independent and credible judicial system,” said Imran Khan in his interview to Simi Garewal. In Pic: Actress Simi Garewal with Imran Khan. (Express archive photo)
