--- title: Imran Khan | TIME description: Imran Khan is the founder of the political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and served as the 19th prime minister of Pakistan from August 2018 until April 2022. In jail since 2023, he has been facing several court cases charging him with offenses ranging from corruption to misuse of power. He denies the accusations. canonical: https://time.com/author/imran-khan/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/imran-khan/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Imran Khan ## Imran Khan Imran Khan is the founder of the political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and served as the 19th prime minister of Pakistan from August 2018 until April 2022\. In jail since 2023, he has been facing several court cases charging him with offenses ranging from corruption to misuse of power. He denies the accusations. ## Imran Khan *  Feb 28, 2025 ### [From Prison, Imran Khan Reminds Us to Pay Attention To Pakistan](https://time.com/7262072/imran-khan-writes-from-prison-pakistan/) A destabilized Pakistan threatens regional security, disrupts trade, and weakens global democratic v... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/imran-khan/","name":"Imran Khan"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/imran-khan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/imran-khan/"},"name":"Imran Khan","jobTitle":null,"description":"Imran Khan is the founder of the political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and served as the 19th prime minister of Pakistan from August 2018 until April 2022. In jail since 2023, he has been facing several court cases charging him with offenses ranging from corruption to misuse of power. He denies the accusations.","url":"https://time.com/author/imran-khan/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```