ouGov ranked Khan as the most admired person in Pakistan

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a Pakistani production house announced to produce a film based on Khan's life named as Kaptaan: The Making of a Legend (Urdu: کپتان افسانوی کردار کی تشکیل‎). The title is Urdu for 'Captain' indicating his captaincy of the Pakistan cricket team which led them to victory in the 1992 cricket world cup. It follows the events that have shaped up his life. From being ridiculed in Cricket to being labeled as a playboy. From the tragic death of his mother, to his efforts and endeavors in building the first cancer hospital in Pakistan. From being the first Chancellor of the University of Bradford, to the building of Namal University.

He was Pakistan's most successful cricket captain,^[3] leading his country to victory at the 1992 Cricket World Cup, playing for the Pakistani cricket teamfrom 1971 to 1992, and serving as its captain intermittently throughout 1982–1992.^[4] After retiring from cricket at the end of the 1987 World Cup in 1988, owing to popular demand he was requested to come back by the president of Pakistan Zia ul Haq to lead the team once again. At the age of 39, Khan led his team to Pakistan's first and only One Day World Cup victory in 1992. With 3807 runs and 362 wickets in Test cricket, he is one of eight world cricketers to have achieved an 'All-rounder's Triple' in Test matches.^[5]On 14 July 2010, Khan was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.^[6]

In April 1996, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ("Movement for Justice") political party was established^[7] and Khan became its chairman. He representedMianwali as a member of the National Assembly from November 2002 to October 2007, he was again elected on 11 May 2013, while his party gained 35 seats in the National Assembly.^[8][9][10] Global Post mentioned him third in a list of nine world leaders of 2012 and recognized Khan as the face of the anti-drone movement in Pakistan.^[11] According to Asia Society, Khan was voted as Asia’s Person of the Year 2012.^[12] As the Pew Research Center, in 2012 a majority of Pakistani respondents offered a favorable opinion of Khan, the survey also revealed Khan's unparalleled popularity among youth.^[13] On January 2014, YouGov ranked Khan as the most admired person in Pakistan and 12th globally.^[14] In June 2014, American journalReal Clear named Khan as the eighth most attractive politician in the world

Awards and honours[edit]

Main article: List of awards and honors received by Imran Khan

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• Khan is featured in the University of Oxford's Hall of Fame and has been an honorary fellow of Oxford's Keble College.^[82]
• In 1976 as well as 1980, Khan was awarded The Cricket Society Wetherall Award for being the leading all-rounder in English first-class cricket.
• In 1983, he was also named Wisden Cricketer of the Year
• In 1983, he received the president’s Pride of Performance Award
• In 1985, Sussex Cricket Society Player of the Year
• In 1990, Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year^[31]
• In 1992, Khan was given Pakistan's civil award, the Hilal-i-Imtiaz
• On 8 July 2004, Khan was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2004 Asian Jewel Awards in London, for "acting as a figurehead for many international charities and working passionately and extensively in fund-raising activities."^[145]
• On 7 December 2005, Khan was appointed the fifth Chancellor of the University of Bradford, where he is also a patron of the Born in Bradford research project.
• On 13 December 2007, Khan received the Humanitarian Award at the Asian Sports Awards in Kuala Lumpur for his efforts in setting up the first cancer hospital in Pakistan.^[146]
• On 5 July 2008, he was one of several veteran Asian cricketers presented special silver jubilee awards at the inaugural Asian Cricket Council (ACC) award ceremony in Karachi.^[147]
• In 2009, at the International Cricket Council's centennial year celebration, Khan was one of fifty-five cricketers inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.^[148]
• In 2011 he was given the Jinnah Award.
• On 28 July 2012, Imran Khan was awarded an honorary fellowship by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in recognition of his services for cancer treatment in Pakistan, through the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre.^[149]
• In 2012 according to Pew Research Center, seven out of ten Pakistani respondents offered a favourable opinion about Khan. The survey also revealed that Khan enjoys incomparable popularity among youth.^[13]
• He was the Asia Society's Person of the Year 2012.
• In December 2012, GlobalPost ranked him third in a list of the top nine world leaders who influenced the world the most in 2012, behind Christine Lagarde and Barack Obama while more influential than Hillary Clinton, Kim Jong Unand Aung San Suu Kyi.^[11]