A country that relies on aid? Death is better than that. It stops you from achieving your potential, just as colonialism did.

Khan anticipated doing well in the elections and was prepared to form a coalition if his party did not get a majority of the vote. According to Khan he was Musharraf's choice of prime minister in 2002 but turned down the offer. A month later on 21 June they were married again in a civil ceremony at the Richmond register office in England followed by a reception at the Goldsmiths' house in Surrey.

At 39 Khan led his team to Pakistan's first and only World Cup victory in 1992. He represented Mianwali as a member of the National Assembly from November 2002 to October 2007. He has a record of 3807 runs and 362 wickets in Test cricket making him one of eight world cricketers to have achieved an 'All-rounder's Triple' in Test matches.