From playboy cricketer to populist politician: how Imran Khan’s promises to Pakistan fell away

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From a playboy cricket celebrity with a British socialite wife to a conservative populist dubbed “Taliban Khan” by opponents for his flirtation with extreme views, Imran Khan’s life has traced an arc stranger and more colourful than most films. He reached the top of sporting and political life, guiding Pakistan to its only Cricket World Cup win in his first career, and then defied mocking journalists and dismissive political veterans to make his upstart party a major force and to ultimately become prime minister. Pakistan’s powerful military is widely credited with swinging the contested 2018 election in his favour, and...