• “We’re going to run Pakistan in a way it’s never been run before.”

Imran Khan, a former cricket star and fierce critic of the U.S., addressed the nation after early election results showed his party decisively ahead, and put him on the cusp of becoming prime minister of the nuclear-armed nation.

Mr. Khan vowed to fight corruption, improve relations with China and seek “mutually beneficial” ties with the U.S. He said he would create a just welfare state, as the Prophet Muhammad did centuries ago. Above, an election rally in Karachi this week.

The extent of Pakistan’s poverty, he said, would keep him from ever living in the prime minister’s mansion. “I would be embarrassed,” he said.