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    Imran Khan Pakistani – Cricket Legend, Ex-PM, Jailed Leader

    Olivia Hartley · ✓ Reviewed by Thomas Ellery

    Imran Khan: Pakistani Cricket Legend, Ex-Prime Minister, and Imprisoned PTI Leader Few figures in modern history have traveled an arc as dramatic as Imran Khan: from World Cup-winning cricket captain to prime minister of Pakistan, and now to jailed opposition leader. His story is a tangle of athletic glory, political ambition, and a legal crisis…

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