6 years ago, Wikileaks' Julian Assange interviewed Imran Khan: Watch
Imran Khan
Assange's June 2012 interview with Khan was conducted over video link. Assange had in June 2012 taken refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in the UK
Wikileaks on Wednesday tweeted a 2012 video of founder Julian Assange interviewing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan.
The former cricketer has now declared victory in the Pakistan elections held Wednesday.
Assange's June 2012 interview with Khan was conducted over video link. Assange had in June 2012 taken refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in the UK.
The two men begin jocularly, with Assange joking about his cold, how that makes him sound sexier, and which should help him compete with Imran.
He then tells Khan he's worried he's (Khan) going to get blown up. Khan has from the very beginning run on an anti-corruption platform, albeit without much success for a long time. Assange talks of how US diplomatic cables had referred to Khan's PTI as a one-man party.
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Assange begins (his serious questioning) by asking Khan about the power factions in Pakistan. "Is it the ISI, the army, the Supreme Court?" he asks.
Khan replies that the problem in Pakistan is an entrenched status quo.
A tiny elite benefits from this status quo, says Khan, and shows no signs of leaving.
That he says is the problem with Pakistan (and the Middle East), not one of — as the West sees it — the liberals fighting the Islamists.
Khan gives his own example, saying that when he arrived on the scene and began talking about fighting corruption, all the established parties ganged up against him.
When Assange talks about the size of Khan's rallies, Imran says the last time that happened was 40 years ago when Zulfikar Ali Bhutto arrived on the scene. He was a newbie, says Khan, but he swept the election.
It took Khan another six years to do the same.
Watch the interview below: