Imran Khan set to run for Oxford University chancellor from prison cell
Locked former high minister and PTI author Imran Khan is likely to run for the position of chancellor of the prestigious University of Oxford from Adiala Jail, several media outlets quoted former premier’s counsel on transnational media, Syed Zulfi Bukhari.
Imran, who’s an Oxford alumni himself, is presently serving out his judgment in Adiala Jail in a fresh Toshakhana case.
Khan has decided to throw his chapeau into the ring for one of the most rewarded positions in world academia.
“ Imran Khan will dispute for the chancellor of Oxford University as there’s a public demand that he should dispute, ” said Zulfi Bokhari in an interview with a British media outlet.
“ We’ll advertise it intimately formerly we get a go- ahead from Khan and start the hand crusade for it, ” he revealed.
The vacancy of chancellor of the University of Oxford is open following the abdication of 80- time-old Lord Patten, the former governor of Hong Kong and Tory Party president, who held the post for 21 times.
According to reports, it’ll be the first time the choices for the chancellor will be conducted online unlike the conventional process in which the graduates were needed to bounce in full academic dress.
Khan attained a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics( PPE) from Keble College in the University of Oxford.
preliminarily, Khan had served as the chancellor of Bradford University from 2005 till 2014.
It must be noted that several other high- profile numbers including two former British PMs Boris Johnson and Tony Blair are also eyeing the coveted niche.