| IMRAN | ___ Khan, prime minister of Pakistan beginning in 2018 |
| BHUTTO | "Pursuing peace means rising above one's own wants, needs, and emotions." She was prime minister of Pakistan twice, in 1988-90 and in 1993-96. Who said this? |
| IMRANKHAN | 2018-22 Prime Minister of Pakistan; captain of their 1992 Cricket World Cup winners (5,4) |
| NAWAZSHARIF | The 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan, deposed by a military coup in 1999 |
| KHAN | Ex-cricketer Imran _, Prime Minister of Pakistan since August 2018 (4) |
| SHEHBAZ | Prime minister of Pakistan who succeeded Imran Khan on 11 April 2022 (7) |
| SHARIF | Prime minister of Pakistan who succeeded Imran Khan on 11 April 2022 (6) |
| BENAZIR | and 9ac, Prime minister of Pakistan from 1988-90 and 1993-96 |
| BENAZIRBHUTTO | and 9ac, Prime minister of Pakistan from 1988-90 and 1993-96 |
| LAKER | LeBron James, e.g., beginning in 2018 |
| YELLOWVESTS | French protesters beginning in 2018 |
| BOONE | Aaron ___, Yankees manager beginning in 2018 |
| FBI | CBS drama beginning in 2018 |
| AETNA | CVS Health subsidiary beginning in 2018 |
| ALI | Liaquat - - became the first PM of Pakistan in 1947 (3,4) |
| STREAK | Heath ___, former Zimbabwean cricketer who made his Test debut in Zimbabwe's 1993/1994 tour of Pakistan in which he won Man of the Series |
| BENGAL | Region of India that, in part, became part of Pakistan after partition and then, in 1971, Bangladesh (6) |
| BAHAWALPUR | City in the Punjab province of Pakistan, site of the Noor Mahal (10) |
| SINDHI | Language of Pakistan and India used in head of state's greeting |
| LAHORE | City of Pakistan, capital of West Pakistan from 1955-70 (6) |
