A statesman: Legendary Pakistan cricketer Imran faces a formidable task as the countrys new premier.
IN 2006 I interviewed a visibly agitated Imran Khan. He was annoyed because he had come to Malaysia only to be met by a bunch of journalists who didn’t know who he was.
I set out to talk to him about cricket. He was, after all, a legend who captained Pakistan to a World Cup win in 1992. But he was having none of it, telling me tersely that he was in Malaysia as a politician, not a cricketer. In fact, he said, he was here to pick the brains of our then former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir!
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