Imran Khan Niazi (Urdu/Pashto: عمران احمد خان نیازی) (born November 25, 1952) is a Pakistani cricketer and politician. Khan played for the Pakistani cricket team from 1971 to 1992, and led them as captain to his country's first and only World Cup victory in 1992. With a record of 3807 runs and 362 wickets in Test cricket, Khan is renowned as one of the finest all-rounders in the modern history of the game. In April 1996, he founded the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) political party, of which he is chairman as well as sole ever-elected member of Parliament. He became a member of the National Assembly from Mianwali in October 2002, but resigned from office on October 2, 2007, in protest of General Pervez Musharraf's presidential re-election as the Chief of Army Staff. Khan was arrested in Lahore on November 14, 2007, while attending a student protest against the imposition of state of emergency in the country. He is currently incarcerated and faces charges under Pakistani anti-terrorist laws.
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