Pakistani cricket star-turned-politician and head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, addresses a political campaign rally ahead of the general election in Islamabad on July 21, 2018. Pakistan held the general election on July 25, 2018. (Photo by FAROOQ NAEEM / AFP)
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The dust is settling and the results are in: Imran Khan will take the oath as Pakistan's next prime minister on Aug. 18. About 55 million Pakistanis cast votes July 25 in national and provincial elections amid plummeting foreign exchange reserves and a challenging geopolitical landscape. Khan's centrist Pakistan Tahrik-e-Insaf party (PTI) won a plurality in the National Assembly with 116 seats, ahead of imprisoned former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) at 64 and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) at 43. The latter two have formed a parliamentary alliance amid allegations of vote-rigging....
