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From playboy cricket icon to jailed politician – the eventful life of Imran Khan

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Imran Khan still has a considerable amount of support despite his fall from grace. (PHOTO: Gallo Images/Getty Images)
Imran Khan still has a considerable amount of support despite his fall from grace. (PHOTO: Gallo Images/Getty Images)

He was the guy who put the sexy into cricket, a smouldering-eyed dreamboat who had fans swooning. 

Imran Khan retired at 40, but instead of doing what most pro sportspeople do – some coaching, maybe a bit of business – he went into politics. And what a mixed bag that’s turned out to be. 

Imran (71), who became prime minister of Pakistan in 2018, has been in jail since August. But it hasn’t stopped his popularity. The party won the most seats in the recent general election. Yet it remains to be seen what happens next. Politics is rarely simple, and for Imran, it’s been filled with drama.

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