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we'll be able to skim over the next

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period which was in a way uninteresting

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though I had skin in the game as it were

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as a friend or benazir bhutto but you

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had a Tweedledee Tweedledum period where

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the Americans were controlling both

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parties the army was actually really

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running the country with a civilian

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facade Nawaz Sharif is either in the

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Prime Minister's house or in the

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jailhouse Benazir Bhutto's in the Prime

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Minister house or in the jailhouse but a

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new figure

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now comes on the scene and it's your

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friend

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Imran Khan tell us what he represents he

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represents what is called Naya Pakistan

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new Pakistan and when he came to

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prominence as a political figure after

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years and years of being a sporting hero

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for all Pakistan he's and beyond

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Imran Khan started his PTI party in 1996

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and while the tweedledum that was Nawaz

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Sharif and the Tweedledee

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that was benazir bhutto a very different

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creature from her father I might add a

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good woman but one whose marriage did

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her more harm than good or put it that

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way and everyone in Pakistan will know

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exactly what I mean

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Imran came trying to offer a third way

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that was very skeptical of an alliance

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with the United States skeptical of

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getting into these entangling conflicts

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on either side of Pakistan supporters

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and he promulgated a notion of neo

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non-alignment a third economic way

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between the crony feudal capitalism of

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the late 60s and the nationalizations

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of the mid 70s he was essentially

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someone who wanted to do for Pakistan

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what dong shall ping did for China he

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had a very difficult road to travel no

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one in the 90s ever thought that he had

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any chance of ever going anywhere near

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the Government of Pakistan let alone the

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leading opposition but Pakistan had to

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learn the hard way that it would take

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someone like Imran who rejected the

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Shibboleth of the post who rejected the

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that Pakistan will always be caught into

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this matrix bouncing back and forth

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between China and the United States

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being pushed and pulled on both sides by

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a hostile New Delhi government and a

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hostile kabul government he said we can

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do better and in 1999 things actually

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got worse because the third military

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coup took place when pervez musharraf

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took over after a failed war with India

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in 1999 eventually the parliamentary

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system was once again restored in 2008 a

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year after the assassination of Benazir

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Bhutto who whatever one thinks of her

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politics or her marriage it was a sad

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day for Pakistan but now that we're in

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2018 we've got to reflect on what's

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happened since 2001 up to the present

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day

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Pakistan has fought and won the biggest

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war against terrorism in history the

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u.s. war that was unleashed in

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Afghanistan in 2001 led to not only

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refugees but to terrorists of all

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stripes flying over the Durand Line like

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locusts fomenting extremism killing

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civilians the civilians that weren't

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killed by terrorists were frequently

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killed by Bush and Obama's drone strikes

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which didn't - always target the right

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target to put it mildly

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but because of the professionalism of

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the Pakistani army and of the eye aside

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the intelligence service terrorism was

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largely beaten back and in 2013 PTI

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formed a regional government this is

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Imran Khan in our party in in in Khyber

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Pakhtunkhwa in the former Northwest

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Territories of the country on Survivor

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yes indeed the that most of the most

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uncover noble part of Pakistan but Imran

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and Pt I actually brought government

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good governance to this place and it got

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people thinking so our PTI boycotted the

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'08 election in 2013 they became a very

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viable national opposition party they

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became the leader in KP in the northwest

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and this led to 2018

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to what I would call the most

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sensational election victory of anyone

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in Pakistani history but one of the most

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important of actions in

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I do think that the rise of PTI ending

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the dynastic battle between the pml-n

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and PPP which both had lost their Sheen

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from rather more noble beginnings

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truly represents a country that has

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overcome conflict with India conflict

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with Afghanistan abuse from allies even

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worse abuse from enemies

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it's overcome internal partition its

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overcome extremism flying in from other

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borders its overcome the foreign

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intelligence servants services of other

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countries funding extremism and now

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looks to the future to rebuild its

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economy to strengthen its social

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cohesion and make new meaningful

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partnerships across the umma the wider

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Islamic community and beyond so for a

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country that many thought couldn't exist

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a country that many thought wouldn't

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exist and the country that many have

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tried to cease existing I think that the

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future for Pakistan is not only bright

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but it shows a resilience which is more

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extraordinary than the most harrowing

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and inspirational tales of film or

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novels a rallying cry I think they'll be

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interested in that amongst the general

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public but perhaps amongst the Pakistani

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public most of all Adam Garry thank you

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very much indeed

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I've been George Galloway I've been Adam

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Garrick together we have been their

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history boys

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