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In 2022, you believed you could use people power to force the army to come back to you, in essence, and you were wrong? and going back to what happened in may 2023, when your supporters went to the streets, they committed that violence, including against key military infrastructure. you basically crossed a red line — a red line that even supporters of your own pti party, even former friends and colleagues in your government say is on you. it's your responsibility. to quote your former defence minister pervez khattak, he says, "all of the political representatives of my new party "hold imran ...

Wounded, one dead. despite that, there was no burning, there was no arson. there were peaceful protests, but they were protests without any arson. so, how come — this is the big question — when they see me being dragged — like, the head of the biggest party — abducted, there was going to be a reaction. my point is were we involved in the arson? arson only took place in four buildings. they put 10,000 of our workers injail. now, stephen, you've got to listen to this, this is very important. this was all pre—planned. police could have picked me up. why did they need commandos to pick m...

Independent investigation into just the four — just four places where the violence took place. crosstalk. but hang on. did you not think for a moment — knowing pakistan as you do, the polarised feelings amongst your people, did you not think for a moment it was irresponsible of you in the months running up to may 9th of this year, to be accusing the military of essentially running a puppet government, of launching a coup d'etat, of taking over pakistan and completely undermining its democracy? did you not for a moment think that that might lead to trouble? so, stephen, what you're saying i...

And going back to what happened in may 2023, when your supporters went to the streets, they committed that violence, including against key military infrastructure. you basically crossed a red line — a red line that even supporters of your own pti party, even former friends and colleagues in your government say is on you. it's your responsibility. to quote your former defence minister pervez khattak, he says, "all of the political representatives of my new party "hold imran khan responsible for the tragedy of may 9th". he said, "imran khan's anti—state agenda has been "rejected by the masse...

Crosstalk. but hang on. did you not think for a moment — knowing pakistan as you do, the polarised feelings amongst your people, did you not think for a moment it was irresponsible of you in the months running up to may 9th of this year, to be accusing the military of essentially running a puppet government, of launching a coup d'etat, of taking over pakistan and completely undermining its democracy? did you not for a moment think that that might lead to trouble? so, stephen, what you're saying is that i should not tell what was the truth? everyone in pakistan knows what happened. the defenc...