Kaptaan in the Light of Data

In 2018, the Pakistani Captain, Imran Khan, was a major contender for the position of Pakistan’s Prime Minister. Given his monumental rise in popularity since the last election, and especially his brief ‘dharna’ stunt where he blocked the roads in the capital city for a months-long protest, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at all that people had been saying about him. More importantly, I wanted to see if the general public’s sentiment around him has changed, or if it has, by how much?

With the elections nearly upon us, I hoped that armed with data science and the arsenal of tools that come with it, I would be able to make an educated guess about how much Imran Khan has managed to achieve during the past few years and how it has affected people’s opinion about him. Moreover, I also wanted to see what were the biggest and most notable events in the past few years that forced people to talk about him (be it in a positive or negative light).

Goal
Applying exploratory sentiment analysis on comments, tweets, Facebook, and forum posts to gauge the general interest and opinion about Imran Khan.

Published Results
• Kaptaan in the light of Data: Exploratory and Sentiment Analysis – Part 1
• Kaptaan in the light of Data: Exploratory and Sentiment Analysis — Part 2