(25 Jul 2018) One of the leading contenders in Pakistan's general election, former cricket star and chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party, or PTI, Imran Khan voted in Islamabad on Wednesday.
Khan turned to politics more than two decades ago and may be on the verge of becoming Pakistan's next prime minister in Wednesday's parliamentary elections.
The 65-year-old opposition leader has disparaged liberals, attacked feminism, embraced radical religious parties and vowed to uphold Pakistan's blasphemy law.
He enjoys the support of the country's powerful military establishment, although he has been known to go his own way.
Khan has led his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, or PTI, in widespread protests alleging ballot-rigging in the 2013 election, in which he received about 19 percent of the vote.
He also has seized on an anti-corruption message and led demonstrations against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, demanding a criminal investigation after leaked documents from a Panama law firm revealed that Sharif and his family had undisclosed assets abroad.
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