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IMRAN KHAN: A Leader the world needs

“An international initiative dedicated to elevating Imran Khan’s leadership, public service, and role in challenging entrenched systems of power at both national and international levels. The campaign highlights his reform-driven agenda, his engagement with issues facing the Global South, and his efforts to build cross-border solidarity in the struggle for social equity, democratic rights, and accountable governance.”

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Imran Khan: “I’m afraid Pakistan is headed towards martial law”

By Bruno Maçães

The country’s former PM warns that its spiralling political crisis could end as a brutal military dictatorship.

Pakistan believes in peace beyond borders: Imran Khan

by Pazir Gul

MIRAMSHAH: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said Pakistan believes in peace beyond borders and will play its role in the Afghan peace process, as peace in the war-ravaged country is critical for achieving an enduring peace in Pakistan.

Imran Khan: Former Pakistani prime minister speaks to ITV News from solitary confinement

by Rohit Kachroo

Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has urged Sir Keir Starmer to raise awareness of threats to democracy in Pakistan in a rare interview granted from solitary confinement

EXCLUSIVE: Imran Khan Talks to Me From Prison

by Mehdi Hasan

The former Pakistani PM says he’s “confined to a death cell,” as he lambasts Pakistan’s political and military leaders.

5 myths about Imran Khan that should have been busted years ago

By Husain Nadim.

Since a lie on-repeat becomes a given truth, let me correct the record on this:

Trump, Tel Aviv, and Rawalpindi: The Generals’ Desperate Gamble to Stop Imran Khan

by Orhan Khan

In Pakistan today, the country’s powerful generals have turned politics into a zero-sum game — a battle for survival in which the rise of Imran Khan would mark the end of the military’s 78-year-long dominance.

Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan arbitrarily detained, says UN working group

Geneva-based UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention says Khan’s imprisonment violates international law and demands ‘immediate’ release.

The Hidden Imran

by Osman Samiuddin

Just so we’re clear, the following is a fact. Not opinion, not a point of view, not a hot take. Fact. There is no Pakistani male, female, dead, alive, real, imagined – as famous as Imran Khan. Every turn in a multifarious public life has abounded in fame, first as a cricket legend, then as a beloved philanthropist who built a cancer hospital for the poor, latterly as a maverick politician who swept to power promising reform, and now, as the sole occupant of a cell in Pakistan’s most notorious jail. So famous he’s been the subject of two death hoaxes most recently in November, when he went unseen for so long that many concluded he had died.

Mr Popular vs Mr Power: Imran Khan vs Asim Munir

Reporter: Meenakshi Ravi – Al Jazeera

Despite being in jail for more than two years, Imran Khan continues to occupy air time in Pakistan. After the army restricted access to Khan, rumours of his death ricocheted across social media. Pressure from his supporters and family forced the military to lift the restrictions and grant Khan’s sisters access to speak to him.

A Life in Service: Imran Khan’s Impact on Nation and Society

Imran Khan’s public life spans more than four decades and touches sport, philanthropy, politics, and social reform. For many Pakistanis, he first emerged as a symbol of national pride when he led the country’s cricket team to victory in the 1992 World Cup. Yet his later work, particularly in healthcare, social welfare, and governance, has shaped his legacy in ways that reach far beyond the boundary lines of a cricket field. Whether admired or criticised, his services to Pakistan and his advocacy on global platforms have left a mark that continues to influence public debate and civic life.

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