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A decade ago, the man almost certain to become Pakistan鈥檚 next prime minister told me something I have never forgotten. Imran Khan was a political footnote then 鈥� the celebrity cricketer whose political party had sputtered to no great success. Yet his passion was undimmed. Justice, he told me in an interview, was essential to Islam.聽聽

It is why he founded Pakistan鈥檚 leading cancer hospital, which offers free treatment to 75 percent of its patients, before he became a politician. It is why he named his party the Movement for Justice. It is why his core political promise is the rooting out of corruption.

His rise to power, culminating in an election beset by violence Wednesday, has brought many compromises. Some see worrying moves toward populism, as well as attempts to placate the all-powerful Army, the ruling class, and religious bigotry.聽Yet in , Mr. Khan once wrote that 鈥渙ne of the problems facing Pakistan is the polarization of two reactionary groups鈥� 鈥� the Western elite and religious hard-line conservatives whose 鈥渁ttitudes 鈥� are repugnant to the spirit of Islam.鈥�

The path to justice, he wrote, was in building a shared sense of understanding. Now, Khan has his chance, and as his first wife ,聽鈥淭he challenge now is to remember why he entered politics in the 1st place.鈥�

Now, here are our five stories for today, which include a deeper look at the economic good news from the United States Friday and two stories that examine changing views of community in border communities from Jordan to Texas.聽