"Do you remember how I made my political party and do you remember the days of my struggle?' Imran Khan posed this question to me at the start of a recent meeting which took place days after his victory in the general elections 2018 of Pakistan.


It was not a formal interview. It was just a coffee meeting in his Bani Gala office where a big change was visible a few days before Imran Khan takes oath as Prime Minister. I was asked to deposit my mobile phone at the entrance of his office. This had never happened in the last two decades. I suddenly realised '" Ohh, I am going to meet the new Prime Minister of Pakistan.


Read Hamid Mir's column on Pakistan's PM-in-waiting here.