Where did it all go wrong for Imran Khan? – podcast
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The Guardian
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🗓️ 15 April 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Guardian. |
| 0:07.6 | Today, what does the future hold for Pakistan as Imran Khan is forced out as Prime Minister? |
| 0:14.8 | It was 1991 and a world famous Pakistani cricketer named Imran Khan was giving an interview to the BBC's Desert Island discs. |
| 0:36.3 | Born in Pakistan 38 years ago and educated at Oxford University, he's today considered one of the game's great all-rounders. |
| 0:43.8 | Then at the height of his cricketing career, Khan was used to winning. |
| 0:47.6 | When I was younger, I found it so hard to accept defeat. |
| 0:51.6 | In a way it was good because I hated losing so I tried even harder the next time. |
| 0:56.6 | But in another way, it created a lot of turmoil. |
| 1:01.7 | I couldn't accept defeat. |
| 1:03.6 | So it was easy to accept a lot of things in life with this policy or philosophy. |
| 1:08.8 | It's a philosophy that has stayed with him through the many lives he's lived, cricket star, international playboy, |
| 1:15.6 | philanthropist and finally as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. |
| 1:20.7 | Khan projects himself as a champion of the working class. |
| 1:24.1 | He is undeniably charismatic and he has railed against corruption throughout his political career. |
| 1:29.9 | I want a change in Pakistan. |
| 1:31.9 | We wanted the whole idea was to fight the political mafia's in Pakistan. |
| 1:36.5 | And it was always going to be difficult. |
| 1:40.2 | But in the space of just a week, Khan was defeated. |
| 1:49.8 | A dramatic vote of no confidence in parliament, which he had tried to block, forced him out. |
| 1:56.4 | Political scientist Sara Khan was in Islamabad watching this constitutional crisis |
| 2:01.3 | reach a crescendo. On Saturday, I was glued to various television channels. |
| 2:07.5 | Limran Khan of course will be facing the no confidence motion today. |
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