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Boxer Amir Khan made an honorary captain of the Pakistan Army

Boxer Amir Khan is now an honorary captain of the Pakistan Army!

Amir Khan expressed his gratitude to the army for the honour in a video posted on his Instagram handle.

“I have a lot of love for the people of Pakistan and the country as a whole. So, I wanted to share this experience,” he wrote in a comment under the video.

He also clarified that the title was “simply an honorary rank” given to him by his country, Pakistan and emphasised that he did not have “any involvement in the politic[al] side of things”.

British-Pakistani boxer Amir Khan was granted the honorary rank of captain by the Pakistan Army on Saturday, May 4.

Days after the Pakistan Sports Board facilitated the evacuation of the Amir Khan Boxing Academy by the FC, took to social media to announce his latest award.

Khan disclosed on social media that the Frontier Corps (FC) paramilitary force had taken over his boxing academy in Islamabad and set up residence in the academy, located within the Pakistan Sports Complex.

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