A legendary all-rounder

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is the top most famous personality among all Pakistani leaders, has emerged as the ninth most popular world leader with over 9.4 million followers on social networking website Twitter.

The Pakistan Premier is the ninth most followed world leaders on Twitter, according to Spectator Index, a website that displays statistics and international rankings from the fields of politics, economics, history, military affairs, sports, science and technology. Imran Khan’s cricketing career ended in 1992 and he soon turned an interest in national politics into an active concern.

Four years later, in 1996, he founded the Pakistan Tehreek-eInsaf party and installed himself as its leader. Commonly abbreviated to PTI, the title literally translates as Pakistan Movement for Justice. Progression was solid for Imran: In 2002 he battled for a seat in Pakistan’s National Assembly and served in the region of Mianwali until 2007.

By 2013, things had changed dramatically and as he was voted into parliament once again, Imran Khan’s PTI party had become the second largest in the country. The route to power had therefore been paved and by 2018, Imran became the nation’s Prime Minister. In terms of politics, it was a rapid rise but it’s not likely to have taken the man himself by surprise. As a cricketer also he was a great success in taking the Pakistan cricket team to greater heights.

The team won its first world cup in 1992 under his stewardship. The positive vibes he spread within the team while walking out to the field was remarkable. He got everyone to believe that they were marching out to conquer their opponents, and he led the way too through his performance with the bat and ball.

This is the same confidence he has managed to generate among the masses and make them believe that he will be able to conquer the problems in Pakistan. Imran Khan has also been featured in a list of ‘100 Global Thinkers’ by international Foreign Policy magazine.