Chris Patten, the present chancellor of Oxford College, introduced in February that he can be stepping down.
Jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has utilized to grow to be the subsequent chancellor of Britain’s prestigious College of Oxford, his celebration says.
The Oxford alumnus “formally submitted” the request through Sayed Zulfikar Bukhari, the London-based spokesman for Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the celebration stated on the social media platform X.
“Regardless of being unlawfully incarcerated for over a yr, Khan stays dedicated to his rules and the causes he champions,” the PTI submit stated on Sunday.
Talking to the AFP information company, Bukhari stated: “Imran Khan had given directions that he wish to submit his utility and now the applying scrutiny will happen.”
“It’s a ceremonial submit however one with utmost status and significance, and Imran Khan, being one of many bigger or extra widespread names popping out of Oxford, it might be good to see him as chancellor,” he stated.
“If he does grow to be the chancellor, he can be the primary of Asian descent. It wouldn’t be one thing just for Pakistan, however it might be an awesome achievement for all of Asia and the remainder of the world,” Bukhari added.
Pakistan’s nationwide hero and Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, founder and chairman of Pakistan’s largest political celebration PTI, a cricketing legend, a philanthropist and an alumnus of Oxford College, is operating for the place of Chancellor of Oxford College, all whereas… pic.twitter.com/M4BPghvxGG
— PTI (@PTIofficial) August 18, 2024
Khan’s celebration’s announcement comes after Chris Patten, the final British governor of Hong Kong, introduced in February that he can be stepping down as Oxford chancellor.
The record of candidates for the 10-year time period won’t be made public till October, based on the college’s web site, and voting is to happen on the finish of that month.
Khan graduated from the college in 1975 after learning philosophy, politics and economics.
He then reportedly led a playboy life-style throughout his profession as considered one of Pakistan’s biggest cricket gamers, recurrently gracing the pages of Britain’s gossip magazines.
Married 3 times, together with to British socialite and filmmaker Jemima Goldsmith, he additionally served because the chancellor of the College of Bradford from 2005 till 2014.
He later turned to philanthropy and politics, serving as Pakistan’s prime minister from 2018 to 2022.
Khan was ousted from his submit in 2022 when he misplaced a vote of confidence after which launched a comeback marketing campaign wherein he criticised Pakistan’s highly effective army, whose main generals had as soon as backed him, and drew huge crowds onto the nation’s streets.
However he was imprisoned in August final yr and simply marked one yr in jail on numerous fees from corruption to inciting violence.
Khan has stated these fees are politically motivated and designed to maintain him from energy.
