00:00In a country ruled from the shadows, one man stands in defiance.
00:10Imprisoned, silenced, but not broken.
00:16His name is banned from screens, yet it echoes in every home.
00:22This is Imran Khan, the leader the world needs.
00:26Since his ouster in April 2022, Imran Khan has been locked in a historic confrontation with Pakistan's most powerful force, its military establishment.
00:40Hundreds of cases, imprisonment, a media blackout.
00:46But never before has a leader ignited such resistance, unified so many, and inspired so deeply.
00:53Imran Khan's life is the story of chasing the impossible.
01:00A cricket legend.
01:02A World Cup champion.
01:05The man who built Pakistan's first cancer hospital.
01:09And a world-class university in the heart of rural Punjab.
01:13When the world said no, he always answered, watch me.
01:17Then he turned to politics.
01:21From one seat, to the largest party in Pakistan.
01:25He didn't divide, he unified.
01:28Muslims, minorities, expats.
01:31All under the banner of self-respect and sovereignty.
01:35He said absolutely not to military bases.
01:38Do you have a CIA here in Pakistan to conduct cross-border counter-terrorism missions against Al-Qaeda, ISIS or the Taliban?
01:49Absolutely not.
01:51Any basis, any sort of action from Pakistani territory into Afghanistan.
01:57Absolutely not.
01:57He always promoted talks and opposed wars.
02:02Advocated peace with India.
02:04Opened Kartarpur for Sikh pilgrims, which is the holiest shrine of Sikh community.
02:22Helped evacuate global officials from Afghanistan.
02:27Mocked as Taliban Khan.
02:30Yet he never stopped speaking for the voiceless.
02:32As Prime Minister, Imran Khan governed with empathy.
02:38Launched the largest social safety net in Pakistan's history.
02:42Esas.
02:43Managed COVID with dignity and independence.
02:47Introduced universal health cards.
02:49Planted billions of trees to fight climate change.
02:53And stood tall for Kashmir, for Palestine.
02:55I came to attend the United Nations General Assembly wars to highlight the plight of people of Kashmir.
03:03I came out to New York only because I felt that unless we highlight what is going on in Kashmir, the world is not going to know.
03:10Neither will the people know the oppression that is going on.
03:14Nor will the world understand that this is just the beginning.
03:18It's going to get worse and there's a potential that two nuclear armed countries will come face to face at some stage.
03:26Hence, I felt that it is extremely important that we highlight what is happening in Kashmir amongst the world leaders and a forum like the United Nations General Assembly.
03:38Pakistan has a very straightforward position and it was a founder of Pakistan, Qaeda Azzam, Muhammad Ali Jenaar, who was very clear that, you know, there has to be a just settlement, a homeland for Palestinians before Pakistan can recognize Israel.
03:56Today, he sits in a prison cell, cut off from his family, his people, not for corruption, not for crime, but for challenging an old system built on fear.
04:10Even behind bars, he leads.
04:13His message lives on.
04:15He is a bridge between civilizations, east and west, and global south.
04:20The most famous Pakistanian history, now a prisoner of conscience.
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