Imran Khan - UK Publication

9 September 2011

 

With his highly-anticipated book PAKISTAN: A Personal History due to be published by Bantam Press on Thursday 15^th September, Imran Khan will be visiting the UK for publicity and will be making several public appearances.

 

Imran's schedule is as follows:

Saturday, 17^th September

·         5pm – Event at the Welford Road Stadium, home of the Leicester Tigers, in the Legends Room – Imran Khan speaking followed by a Q&A and book signing

Tuesday, 20th September

·         6.30pm – Imran at LSE, The Old Theatre, Aldwych Campus, hosted by Asia Research Centre, chaired by Prof Athar Hussein. Imran will be speaking, followed by a Q&A  and book signing               

Wednesday, 21^st  September

·         7.00pm - Imran attends a Waterstones event in Birmingham at The Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston. Imran will be speaking followed by a Q&A and book signing

Thursday, 22^nd September, 7.15pm

·         Imran will be appearing at the East London Libraries Festival, Ilford Town Hall. He will be speaking followed by a Q&A and book signing

 

Born only five years after Pakistan was created in 1947, Imran Khan has lived his country's history. Recounting it through the prism of his own memories, Imran Khan starts from its foundation, ripped out of the dying British Raj. He guides us through and comments on subsequent historical developments which shook the Muslim world – the wars with India in 1965 and 1971, the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the 9/11 terrorist attacks and America's retribution 10 years later with the assassination of bin Laden – to the current controversial and intractable war in Afghanistan.

Drawing on the experiences of his own family and his wide travels within his homeland, PAKISTAN: A Personal History provides a unique insider's view of a country unfamiliar to a western audience. Woven into this history we see how Imran Khan's personal life – his happy childhood in Lahore, his Oxford education, his extraordinary cricketing career, his marriage to Jemima Goldsmith, his mother's influence and that of his Islamic faith – inform both the historical narrative and his current philanthropic and political activities. It is at once absorbing and insightful, casting fresh light upon a country whose culture he believes is largely misunderstood by the West.

 

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For all media enquiries, please contact Nicky Henderson on: 44 (0)7970 450170 / nhpr@btinternet.com