LONDON: Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), has announced his intention to run for chancellor of Oxford University, while serving a jail sentence for corruption and other offenses including inciting violence during the May 9 rallies of the previous year.
Imran would vie for the Oxford University seat that became open after 80-year-old Lord Patten resigned after serving in that capacity for 21 years, according to Sayed Zulfi Bukhari, Imran’s adviser on foreign affairs, who spoke with News. Boris Johnson and Sir Tony Blair, two former prime leaders, are also running to be the university’s chancellor.
The PTI founder is incarcerated at the moment due to accusations that he incited violence and protests against the military in May of the previous year. He disputes these claims. He said, “I am imprisoned in a 7-by-8-foot death cell, usually reserved for terrorists,” in a recent interview from behind bars. Voters chose me because they were dissatisfied with Pakistan’s government and current system.”
For the first time, the chancellor elections will take place virtually rather than in person, as is customary and requires graduates to wear full academic regalia. Politicians, who have graduated from universities, usually hold this job.At Keble College in Oxford, where he studied politics and economics in 1972, Khan captained the college’s cricket team.
