PakistanImran Khan is a former cricket captain who founded Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and served as prime minister from 2018 until his removal in 2022. He campaigned on anti-corruption, welfare and an Islamic welfare state, and has been imprisoned since 2023.
In the 12 Axes register, Imran Khan leans hardest on Internationalism – Nationalism: Nationalism 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Imran Khan sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Centrist
Governed federal Pakistan; no distinct stance on devolution
Centrist
Elected 2018; first PM removed by no-confidence vote
Centrist
Mixed record; 2021 media authority plan raised press concerns
Nationalist
Stressed Pakistani sovereignty against foreign pressure
Neutral
Opposed US drone strikes; returned captured Indian pilot 2019
Assimilationist
Defended blasphemy laws; opened Kartarpur Corridor for Sikhs
Mixed Economic
Launched Ehsaas welfare; took a 2019 IMF program
Balanced
Mixed economy with state welfare programs
Moderate
Backed CPEC trade and investment links with China
Religious
Called for an Islamic welfare state, "Riyasat-e-Madina"
Traditionalist
Socially conservative; religious framing of politics
Neutral
Ten Billion Tree Tsunami afforestation drive
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Internationalism – Nationalism
On Internationalism – Nationalism, Imran Khan is at Nationalism 83%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Militarist – Pacifist
On Militarist – Pacifist, Imran Khan is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.cidob.org
Portrait: Imran Khan, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
