Family of Imran Khan

The Khan family
Imran Khan
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Imran Khan in 2012
Current regionIslamabad
Place of originTurkish Kurdistan, Kaniguram, Mianwali and Lahore
Connected familiesBurki, Goldsmith
DistinctionsFirst Family of Pakistan
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The family of Imran Khan, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan and former captain of the Pakistan cricket team, is a prominent Pakistani family active in politics and sports. It was formerly the First Family of Pakistan. Imran Khan was born on 5 October 1952 in Lahore to father Ikramullah Khan Niazi, a civil engineer, and mother Shaukat Khanum.[1] He grew up as the only son in the family, with four sisters. Paternally, Khan belongs to the Niazi Pashtun tribe which has long been settled in Mianwali in northwestern Punjab.[2] Khan's mother hailed from the Burki Pashtun tribe settled in Jalandhar, Punjab, which emigrated a few centuries ago from South Waziristan in the tribal areas of northwest Pakistan.[1] Khan's maternal family has produced several great cricketers, the most prominent of whom are Jahangir Khan, Javed Burki and Majid Khan.[2]

From 1995 to 2004, Imran Khan was married to Jemima Goldsmith, a British socialite turned writer and activist, and member of the influential Goldschmidt family of England. They have two sons from the marriage Sulaiman Isa Khan (born 1996) and Kasim Khan (born 1999). The marriage ended amicably in divorce in 2004. In early 2015, Khan announced his second marriage to the British Pakistani journalist Reham Khan. The marriage lasted nine months and ended in divorce on 30 October 2015.[3] In 2018, he married Bushra Bibi, who was previously his spiritual mentor.[4]

  1. ^ a b Khan, Imran (1993). Warrior Race. London: Butler & Tanner Ltd. ISBN 0-7011-3890-4.
  2. ^ a b Adams, Tim (2 July 2006). "The path of Khan". The Observer. UK. Archived from the original on 31 December 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
  3. ^ "Imran, Reham divorce with mutual consent". The Express Tribune. 30 October 2015. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
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