They do plan to allow full foreign ownership and repatriation of profits. He is an extraordinary figure — English-educated, a star cricketer, a successful ex-chancellor of a UK University Bradford University , an ex-playboy who in an about-turn became a devout Muslim, a man of peace who has taken the stance of demanding a Pakistani apology for its massacres in Bangladesh, a proponent of negotiations with the Taliban and with India on Kashmir which he considers a humanitarian and not a nationalist issue. Across the region, investors are taking stock after a politically eventful quarter, which saw everything from massive elections in India and Indonesia to protests in Hong Kong. Khan pledged to end corruption and dynastic politics, and introduce economic reforms. Lalaine C.