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    Imran Khan: From Swaggering Cricketer To Populist Prime Minister

    Imran Khan has been a world champion cricketer, a playboy splashed across gossip columns, and the husband of a British heiress. Now, he's poised to be the next prime minister of Pakistan.
    by Diaa Hadid Jul 29, 2018 6 minutes
    Imran Khan addresses a political campaign rally ahead of the general election in Islamabad on July 21. He's been in the public eye for decades, first as a cricket player, and now is set to become prime minister.

    When he was a swaggering cricketer, and the Pakistani national team was struggling, fans would chant: "Who can save Pakistan? It's Imran Khan! It's Imran Khan!"

    "And the chant has now continued into his rallies," says Omar Wariach, a Pakistani political analyst and former newspaper correspondent.

    For his supporters, Khan has come full circle, from the man who led Pakistan to victory in the 1992 Cricket World Cup, to winning Pakistan.

    On Friday, Pakistan's election commission said that Khan's party, the Pakistan Movement for Justice, had won the biggest share of seats in the National Assembly, paving the way for Khan to become the country's next prime minister.

    He possesses a rare trajectory. A sporting legend who was also a handsome playboy and British celebrity — he married one of Britain's wealthiest socialites — and transformed his public image. He became a philanthropist and took on the mantle of public piety even as he turned to politics.

    Now he assumes leadership of one of the

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