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Imran Khan's Wears an Uneasy Crown

Photo Source: The Sunday Times By Naveed Qazi | Editor, Globe UpFront Imran Khan, the cricketer, who won the 1992 World Cup for Pakistan, has surprised a few after becoming the new prime minister of Pakistan in the 2018 election. For the ardent followers of Imran Khan in Pakistan, and in the diaspora, this might be the happiest day of their lives. It is because he has come a long way, from being one of the finest all-around players in Pakistan’s cricketing history, to Pakistan’s 22nd Prime Minister. Imran Khan's historic win has happened because Pakistanis were brimming for a change. He, in many ways, was an embodiment of a change, in the minds of many Pakistanis, with his strong, strategic, catch all politics. By believing that corruption is a national malaise, his cause, it seems, was helped through, by the people. Before the election, there was a threat of around ten suicide attacks, but a transition in the electoral process happened smoothly. If Imran Khan sticks around ...