Imran Khan and the PTI may be raging against international media for "conspiring" against him and his party, but British publication The Independent is predicting success for him in tomorrow's general election.
In an editorial titled 'It looks like Imran Khan is about to become Pakistan's prime minister', the paper notes:
"Mr Khan and the PTI has done well in recent years in building support, mainly at the expense of two older parties, the vaguely progressive Pakistan Peoples Party, currently led by another member of the Bhutto dynasty, and the more conservative Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N), whose ex-leader, and former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, was recently jailed on corruption charges."
While the editorial notes that Khan's prominence could be owed to support from the establishment, it also says:
"Pakistan, then, may change under Mr Khan, and for the better, but it will take formidable skill to make this happen. Mr Khan has won for Pakistan many times on the cricket pitch; he will find his new job a much stickier wicket."
