Here is the story of Imran Khan ¹ ²:Early Life and Cricket Career- Imran Khan was born on October 5, 1952, in Lahore, Pakistan- He was born into an affluent Pashtun family- Khan played cricket in Pakistan and the United Kingdom in his teens- He played his first match for Pakistan’s national team in 1971- He was named captain of the Pakistani team in 1982- In 1992 Khan achieved his greatest athletic success when he led the Pakistani team to its first World Cup title, defeating England in the finalEntry into Politics- After his retirement from cricket, Khan became an outspoken critic of government mismanagement and corruption in Pakistan- He founded his own political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan Justice Movement; PTI), in 1996- In 2007 Khan was among a group of politicians who resigned from the National Assembly, protesting Pres. Pervez Musharraf’s candidacy in the upcoming presidential election- In 2018 Khan ran on a platform of fighting corruption and poverty, even as he had to fight off accusations that he was too cozy with the military establishmentPremiership- The PTI won a plurality of seats in the National Assembly, allowing Khan to seek a coalition with independent members of the parliament- He became prime minister on August 18, 2018- As prime minister, Khan faced a mounting balance-of-payments crisis- He attempted to seek foreign aid from “friendly countries” first; because a dozen previous packages from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had failed to solve Pakistan’s macroeconomic problems, his avoidance of an IMF bailout reflected popular fatigue with the IMF