An Oxford University in Pakistan? In a country described as potentially the “most dangerous place on Earth” by Newsweek? You’d have to be kidding, right? Well apparently not according to Pakistan cricket legend turned maverick politician, Imran Khan.
“I want a proper university like Oxford and Cambridge,” says the determined Khan, himself an Oxford graduate. “So I have this beautiful place, miles and miles of land on a lake and mountains behind.” He is talking about his dream project, Namal College, located in Pakistan ’s Mianwali district.
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