Amir Khan's importance as a boxer and fighter goes way beyond the Olympic medals or world titles he has won. He wants to go to Pakistan next week to help rebuild the school.
He shows his support to those affected by the Peshawar massacre, although he admits that his life will be in danger after speaking out against the Taliban. Taliban killed 132 schoolchildren in Peshawar, Pakistan. He revealed that the tragedy had affected him greatly. ‘They were innocent kids, they had nothing to do with anything and the Taliban killed them. They are killing their own people,’ he says without hiding his emotions. Setting the teachers on fire in front of these kids, these people are ruthless and have no brains, and I can’t believe they would do something like this. It upsets me and it’s disgusting to see.
Khan was deeply distressed by Taliban attack on Peshawar, where 141 people, mainly children, were killed at an army school in what has been described as the Taliban’s deadliest attack to date has affected Khan hard, particularly as he is now married with a baby daughter.
Khan belong to Pakistan and whose brother and fellow boxer Haroon represented the country at the Commonwealth Games, is one of the biggest sporting icons in Asia and visits the subcontinent regularly. Khan’s grandparents moved from Rawalpindi to England in 1963 but he still feels a special affinity with the country. He visited Pakistan in 2005 to hand out food parcels following a devastating earthquake in Kashmir and donated and raised money to rebuild schools and hospitals
Khan’s married to Faryal Makhdoom, gave birth to the couple’s first child, Lamaisah, in May and he explained how fatherhood has helped him empathize with those affected by the tragedy.
Khan is proud to be Pakistani and often chooses to have his training gear and clothing designed in the distinctive shade of green associated with the nation. Of a potential backlash, he says: ‘You can’t hide away from life, and anyway everything is in God’s hands. I do a lot of charity work there and I want to rebuild the school that has been affected
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