General election results
in Pakistan on Wednesday
July 25, 2018, declared
Imran Khan a cricket legend
turned politician victorious.
Elections were held in 270
constituencies for National
Assembly. Imran Khan’s
the Pakistan Tehreek-eInsaf party (PTI) became the
single largest party at the
national level both in terms
of popular vote and seats.
The former ruling Pakistan Muslim
League (PML) came in second with 64
seats and the Pakistan People’s Party
(PPP) of late Benazir Bhutto won 43 seats.
Khan will form a coalition government
with the independents and the negotiations have already been started. Khan
however, wouldn’t shake hands with religious fundamentalists he was up against
his whole political life.
Undoubtedly, Imran Khan is the most
popular countryman and well known in
the world and his focus would be to reduce corruption which he indicated in his
various speeches that corruption is eating away Pakistan like a cancer. He stood
to end corruption and provide justice to
common citizens. His personal honesty
is his strength.
In a nation obsessed with cricket, Khan
cleverly leveraged his star status to transition into a career in politics, founding
the PTI, formerly known as the Justice
Party, in 1996. While banking on the PTI’s
success as a regional party, Khan and
his anti-graft mantra struck a chord with
young and middle-class Pakistanis.
