"He was a young boy who was very smart and all the girls from universities were after him, but I never thought about him in this way. "I was in college when he became famous, but I never thought of him as a leader of a political party or something like that," says Nusrat Wahid, who went on to join Mr Khan's party and was elected to Pakistan's National Assembly. He went on to Oxford, where he captained the university's team while studying politics and philosophy. Imran Khan was always destined to be part of Pakistan's biggest sport. He was born into a great cricketing family, stood out in his local team in Lahore, and played at a Grammar School in England where he completed high school. It's another cautionary tale about a celebrity who became a political leader. With the cricket champion turned politician unable to rely on his sportsmanship and fame anymore, he is engineering chaos to get back into power.īut will it work? The ABC has spoken to some of Mr Khan's closest allies, Pakistani experts, and staunch opponents who are all split on whether he can succeed in becoming prime minister again. While no leader has ever completed a full five-year parliamentary tenure in Pakistan, it is believed a falling out with the military resulted in Mr Khan being sensationally ousted in April. Mr Khan ascended to the country's highest office in 2018. Some even called him a god.Įxactly 30 years on, however, the shine has worn off. His success on the pitch had undoubtedly made him the King of Pakistan, an unrivalled hero in a cricket-obsessed nation. "Amazing, the World Cup fever," he said humbly to a journalist. The streets were full of fans, hordes of young women screamed his name, bands played traditional music, and police were beating away people just so the cricketing legend could get through. It was 1992 and he had just led the country's cricket team to its first, and only, World Cup win in Australia. ``I’m trying to make something positive out of something very bad,″ she said, ``and it was very bad.Imran Khan was casually dressed when he stepped off a bus in Pakistan's biggest city of Lahore to kisses and hugs from so many fans he could barely breathe. She’d gladly give it all up if she could take back the decision to participate in Fox’s show. Maybe, she said, someone could use her health expertise. She’d like to do television work, even if Regis doesn’t call. She’ll be the featured guest at Playboy’s ``Wet ‘n’ Wild Party″ at a video distributors conference in Las Vegas.Īfter that, she’ll sift through offers. ``This might be the first Playboy where men actually read the articles,″ said Rockwell, a stand-up comedian who has quickly incorporated his quickie marriage into the act.Ĭonger is running through the media gauntlet _ an appearance on ``Today″ on Wednesday and visit to Howard Stern on Thursday. ``I am recommending that people walk in to the store, look through it and put it back on the shelf,″ Rick Rockwell said on Fox News Channel. It’s pretty tame.″Ĭonger’s estranged ex-husband called for a nationwide boycott of Playboy. ``They were very kind, very respectful,″ Conger said. Inside, she reposes on a sun-baked beach, against a rock and in water _ all wearing nothing. On Playboy’s cover, Conger holds a bouquet and wears a veil on Playboy’s cover. She had other offers to pose nude, from a Web site and Penthouse magazine, but considered Playboy ``a respectable mainstream magazine.″ Conger refused to say how much she was paid for disrobing. I think he and I would get along rather well.″Ī Playboy pictorial seemed somehow inevitable ever since Conger was the chosen one in Fox’s February fiasco, ``Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire.″ ``I’d like to think I could do a good job as Regis’ co-host. ``I don’t think anyone could replace Kathie Lee,″ Conger said. She’s already thinking of other job opportunities, like moving into the talk show chair next to Regis Philbin when Kathie Lee Gifford departs later this month.
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