#Pakistan: Imran Khan alleges Washington forced him from the premiership. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
4.5 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2024
⏱️ 15 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
#Pakistan: Imran Khan alleges Washington forced him from the premiership. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute
https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2024/01/04/imran-khan-warns-that-pakistans-election-could-be-a-farce
1900 Karachi Pakistan
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Spark your creativity with the Sims. Sometimes you might feel like you're not creative |
| 0:07.0 | and you have to go in search of your creative spark again. |
| 0:10.0 | Maybe this is catching up with creative friends, experimenting with a new look or trying out a new recipe. |
| 0:16.0 | And thanks to The Sims, inspiration is just one game and one spark away. |
| 0:21.3 | Ready to spark something. Download the Sims 4 and play for free. This is CBS I on the World with John Bachelor. |
| 0:37.0 | Here's John Bachelor. |
| 0:40.0 | The Year of Democracy, the Vote in Pakistan imminent. |
| 0:45.0 | I welcome Haseh O'Connor, former Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States, now director, |
| 0:51.0 | South and Central Asia at the Hudson Institute. |
| 0:54.0 | Mr. Ambassador, a good day to you. |
| 0:56.0 | Imran, the former Prime Minister now detained by the government |
| 1:02.0 | is in the Economist magazine, prominently in the |
| 1:07.1 | Economist magazine around the world making remarks and |
| 1:11.0 | allegations that are striking about the vote in Pakistan imminent early February |
| 1:18.6 | is the date that I have and the possibility that we're not looking at democracy. We're looking at state |
| 1:25.9 | action by a combination of the military, the family, the sheriff, and the United States of America. I want to start with the headline in |
| 1:37.9 | Bloomberg momentarily. Pakistan blocks. Khan's bid to contest polls from two seats, writes Bloomberg. |
| 1:45.7 | Nomination papers for Lahore and Meinwale constituency rejected. |
| 1:50.8 | I believe that would be a significant part of the vote on the basis of what are is his |
| 1:56.6 | party the PTI being blocked in Lahore good evening to you. |
| 2:02.0 | Good evening let us begin with Imran's complaints. Some of them are probably |
| 2:07.1 | justified. The government would argue that they are all in accordance with the law. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from John Batchelor, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of John Batchelor and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

