TIME spoke with former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for a cover story on his plan to return to power. Here are five takeaways from the exclusive interview
5 Takeaways from TIME’s Exclusive Interview With Ex-Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khann late March, TIME spoke with former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan by Zoom from his home in Lahore for a new. Khan was ousted in a parliamentary no-confidence vote last April, and he spent the next year holding rallies to demand snap elections that might bring him back to power.
“For one and a half months before [my shooting], I was warning that this is what is going to happen,” Khan says. “I told them that they will bump me off and blame a religious fanatic. Because I was in power for three and a half years and, from within the intelligence agencies, they would give me this information. So now, [my supporters] outside [my home] believe that if they arrest me, they will kill me.
“We have a huge debt [and] the reason why we can’t service the debt is because you have to create wealth. But what would create wealth is your industry and agriculture; they’re both contracting. There’s no one to invest in Pakistan from outside or within. They have lost all confidence in the government. Our default risk ratio is almost 100%. Our bonds have become worthless, so no-one is willing to lend us money.
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