{"id":113178,"date":"2026-05-20T15:01:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=113178"},"modified":"2026-05-20T15:08:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:08:36","slug":"mohammad-amir-granted-british-citizenship-receives-uk-passport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/mohammad-amir-granted-british-citizenship-receives-uk-passport\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohammad Amir granted British citizenship, receives UK passport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Pakistani fast bowler <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Mohammad Amir<\/span><\/span> has officially become a<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/news\/trump-rejects-british-aircraft-carriers-in-iran-war-says-us-has-already-won\/\"> British citizen<\/a> after being issued a United Kingdom passport.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"224\" data-end=\"406\">According to reports, Amir had applied for British citizenship several years ago and has now received his passport after completing all legal requirements and the stipulated process.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"408\" data-end=\"543\">Amir\u2019s wife, Narjis Khan, is already a British citizen, which reportedly supported the process of his settlement in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"545\" data-end=\"773\">Following the development, Mohammad Amir is now eligible to participate in franchise leagues that have restrictions on Pakistani players, including the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Indian Premier League<\/span><\/span>, under his British citizenship status.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"775\" data-end=\"911\">It is worth mentioning that the former Pakistan pacer announced his retirement from international cricket for the second time last year.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"913\" data-end=\"1052\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Mohammad Amir represented Pakistan in all formats of the game and was part of the squad that won the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">ICC Champions Trophy 2017<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Amir has officially become a British citizen after being issued a United Kingdom passport. According to reports, Amir had applied for British citizenship several years ago and has now received his passport after completing all legal requirements and the stipulated process. Amir\u2019s wife, Narjis Khan, is already a British citizen, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":59099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8660,42386],"class_list":["post-113178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-mohammad-amir","tag-british-citizen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113179,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113178\/revisions\/113179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}