Islamabad/London: The biggest news of the moment is coming out about former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. Now he is going to contest elections from Britain instead of Pakistan. You must be surprised to hear this, but it is true. Imran Khan will contest elections from Britain while being in jail. But this will not be a general election, but a special election of a British university. In fact, Imran Khan, educated from Oxford, can contest elections for the post of Chancellor of his UK-based institute by filing an online nomination from jail itself. This information was received from his close aide and media reports.
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Khan (71) has been in jail since August 2023 after being arrested in several cases. Khan has also been convicted in some cases, in which the longest sentence to date is nine years. Khan, the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, was the Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to April 2022. Khan studied economics and politics at Keble College, Oxford in 1972. He played his first Test cricket match for Pakistan in 1971 and also captained the Oxford University cricket team. In 2005, Khan became the Chancellor of Bradford University and held the post until 2014. ‘
Will contest the election for Chancellor of Oxford University
According to the news of ‘The Telegraph’, UK, “Imran Khan will contest the election for the post of Chancellor of Oxford University from his jail cell in Pakistan. Former Prime Minister of Pakistan and former cricketer Khan is serving a 10-year jail sentence, despite this he will participate in the online election. The newspaper quoted Khan’s international affairs advisor and entrepreneur Saeed Zulfi Bukhari as saying, “Imran Khan will contest the election for the post of Chancellor of Oxford University because there is a public demand that he should contest the election. For the first time, the election for the Chancellor will be online, whereas in the traditional process graduates have to participate in the process in full academic dress. The UK newspaper said that the prestigious post of Chancellor is given to university graduates, who are usually politicians.
Bukhari, while talking to Pakistan’s Geo News, confirmed, “Imran Khan will contest for this post. Former British Prime Ministers Sir Tony Blair and Boris Johnson are also among the candidates to become the Chancellor of the university.” However, there has been no official statement from Khan himself or his party PTI. According to ‘The Telegraph’, this post at Oxford University has fallen vacant after the resignation of 80-year-old Lord Patten, who has left the post after holding this post for 21 years.