FROM TAKING WICKETS TO TAKING VOTES
After an arduous World Cup of many highs and lows, Pakistan have come from the brink of elimination to walk onto the pitch at Melbourne, carrying the hopes of the
nation, to face a tenacious England side. The game gets off to a rocky start for Pakistan as the nervous atmosphere gets the better of them in the opening overs. Luck betrays England as captain Graham Gooch drops an early catch. This proves to be a crucial moment and enables one man to rise to the occasion and score a match winning 72 which galvanizes Pakistan to their first world cup title. This man is none other than their captain and Pakistan’s lionheart hero, Imran Khan. |
26 years later, PTI party wins the most seats at July’s national elections, Imran
Khan is once again on the center stage for Pakistan. Unlike his cricketing career, his political life never quite takes off and for years his PTI party is left inconsequential in Pakistan’s politics. However, after years of unrelenting corruption that have thrown Pakistan into political turmoil, citizens are eager for a change and Imran Khan is just the man for the job.
Khans gradual transformation from a Celebrity Casanova to a pious, populist, anti- poverty reformer is greatly influenced by his mother’s demise due to cancer. This prompts him to travel the country and raise donations for multiple state-of-the-art cancer hospitals that he decides to build in his late mother’s name. Imran Khan also provides numerous education opportunities to the under privileged and day by day further enforces himself as Pakistan’s savior.
Khan is once again on the center stage for Pakistan. Unlike his cricketing career, his political life never quite takes off and for years his PTI party is left inconsequential in Pakistan’s politics. However, after years of unrelenting corruption that have thrown Pakistan into political turmoil, citizens are eager for a change and Imran Khan is just the man for the job.
Khans gradual transformation from a Celebrity Casanova to a pious, populist, anti- poverty reformer is greatly influenced by his mother’s demise due to cancer. This prompts him to travel the country and raise donations for multiple state-of-the-art cancer hospitals that he decides to build in his late mother’s name. Imran Khan also provides numerous education opportunities to the under privileged and day by day further enforces himself as Pakistan’s savior.
Khan has always been a man of great courage and self-sacrifice. He is known for his leadership skills right from his days on the pitch. For many others, it is his integrity that has won their hearts. Some still believe that he is an unsuitable PM, but if there is one thing we’ve learned from his days on the field it’s that Imran Khan never fails to produce and shouldn’t be written off, especially, when it comes down to doing for Pakistan.
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