The front wall of Lahore’s Shaukat Khanum hospital has come to resemble a shrine. Scores of bouquets of flowers are arrayed amid a sprinkling of “get well soon” cards. On the walls, posters appear with messages ranging from the plaintive to the stirring. “When a leader falls,” says one, “the nation rises for the leader.” The object of this devotion is Imran Khan, Pakistan’s World Cup–winning cricket captain turned politician.
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