In the World Cup, Imran Khan was a hero
in Pakistan, he's a king almost a living
God, his country is one of the poorest in
the world crying out for help
Namur and Khan answered that call
he's using his fame to raise a fortune
to help cancer victims in Lahore the
the town where he was born he's building a
the new hospital there which eventually will
provide 20th-century medicine and it's
hoped to save hundreds of lives
[Applause]
[Applause]
[Music]
back home with Imran Khan, it is clearly
a case of hail the conquering cricket
hero Pakistan is a country of a hundred
and fifteen million people and if they
had their way every one of them would
touch it thank you everywhere he goes
he's mobbed and sometimes it can be
downright dangerous so dangerous that
they need armed police to control the
crowds
[Applause]
[Music]
time do you get worried sometimes this
could get out of hand they're fairly
okay in Punjab in Pakistan good Muslim
girls are not supposed to go crazy to
carry on like Western teenyboppers at a
rock concert
[Music]
[Applause]
but Imran Khan's magnetism can upset
even the most sedate school for young
ladies hundreds of them are out there
screaming we want Imran we want Imran
and you wouldn't even come out to the
work mainly because the principal said
that she wouldn't be able to control
they and there was best that I went
through the back entrance so you were
scared of these young schoolgirls no the
the principal told me to do and I did what
she asked me to you know she felt she
couldn't control them
these are Imran Khan's people to pattern
people from the Northwest Frontier here
in the Khyber Pass these days that
tribesmen use their firearms the way we
use fireworks but back in the days of
the Raj the fiercely independent
patterns gave the British hiding on
the battlefield their native son has
followed tradition on the cricket field
and Khan has the freedom of this city
even here in a Peshawar bazaar where
Their trade in the contraband market is good
quality supposed to be a pure wonder with
him for a while and you strike something
even more in Congress at this shootin
supermarket they've been buying raffle
tickets to support Iran's favorite
charity by setting those tickets oh yeah
can I ask you to divide it because we had
you under either ugly because he knew it
was for the hospital these tickets were
sold to collect money for the hospital
this is a country that can do with every
new hospital it can get
[Music]
in Pakistan, he's a king almost a living
God, his country is one of the poorest in
the world crying out for help
Namur and Khan answered that call
he's using his fame to raise a fortune
to help cancer victims in Lahore the
the town where he was born he's building a
the new hospital there which eventually will
provide 20th-century medicine and it's
hoped to save hundreds of lives
[Applause]
[Applause]
[Music]
back home with Imran Khan, it is clearly
a case of hail the conquering cricket
hero Pakistan is a country of a hundred
and fifteen million people and if they
had their way every one of them would
touch it thank you everywhere he goes
he's mobbed and sometimes it can be
downright dangerous so dangerous that
they need armed police to control the
crowds
[Applause]
[Music]
time do you get worried sometimes this
could get out of hand they're fairly
okay in Punjab in Pakistan good Muslim
girls are not supposed to go crazy to
carry on like Western teenyboppers at a
rock concert
[Music]
[Applause]
but Imran Khan's magnetism can upset
even the most sedate school for young
ladies hundreds of them are out there
screaming we want Imran we want Imran
and you wouldn't even come out to the
work mainly because the principal said
that she wouldn't be able to control
they and there was best that I went
through the back entrance so you were
scared of these young schoolgirls no the
the principal told me to do and I did what
she asked me to you know she felt she
couldn't control them
these are Imran Khan's people to pattern
people from the Northwest Frontier here
in the Khyber Pass these days that
tribesmen use their firearms the way we
use fireworks but back in the days of
the Raj the fiercely independent
patterns gave the British hiding on
the battlefield their native son has
followed tradition on the cricket field
and Khan has the freedom of this city
even here in a Peshawar bazaar where
Their trade in the contraband market is good
quality supposed to be a pure wonder with
him for a while and you strike something
even more in Congress at this shootin
supermarket they've been buying raffle
tickets to support Iran's favorite
charity by setting those tickets oh yeah
can I ask you to divide it because we had
you under either ugly because he knew it
was for the hospital these tickets were
sold to collect money for the hospital
this is a country that can do with every
new hospital it can get
[Music]
Conditions for the common patient care
close to appalling especially if they're
suffering from cancer
and most of the hospitals the poor
people suffer you know this they
don't have the money they can't get
rooms inside they can't get medicine
what's your goal well initially ready to
provide cancer care of top quality and
most importantly for the poor people
here is free treatment Emraan wants more
for his country than simply cricket
supremacy he's capitalizing on his
popularity trying to raise twenty-two
million dollars for his Hospital a
the project is already underway and a project
with which he's obsessed
[Applause]
well Richard this is my vision the Sun
is not just a hole in the ground this is
something I have worked on for now seven
years and finally seeing this I cannot
even express the amount of fulfillment
sense of achievement I felt whenever I
walk in through that door you know it
means more to me than anything I've ever
done or achieved in life it should open
next year and will be called the shock
cannon hospital was named after Imran's
a mother who died from cancer it was the
a most painful experience I've ever gone
through you know watching her die and
especially suffering and when we knew
she was going to die the last three
months and been you know probably
changed my whole course of life you're
39 years of age almost 14 you've still
full of idealism magic, yes but you know
it was through this idealism that we've
got so far
close to appalling especially if they're
suffering from cancer
and most of the hospitals the poor
people suffer you know this they
don't have the money they can't get
rooms inside they can't get medicine
what's your goal well initially ready to
provide cancer care of top quality and
most importantly for the poor people
here is free treatment Emraan wants more
for his country than simply cricket
supremacy he's capitalizing on his
popularity trying to raise twenty-two
million dollars for his Hospital a
the project is already underway and a project
with which he's obsessed
[Applause]
well Richard this is my vision the Sun
is not just a hole in the ground this is
something I have worked on for now seven
years and finally seeing this I cannot
even express the amount of fulfillment
sense of achievement I felt whenever I
walk in through that door you know it
means more to me than anything I've ever
done or achieved in life it should open
next year and will be called the shock
cannon hospital was named after Imran's
a mother who died from cancer it was the
a most painful experience I've ever gone
through you know watching her die and
especially suffering and when we knew
she was going to die the last three
months and been you know probably
changed my whole course of life you're
39 years of age almost 14 you've still
full of idealism magic, yes but you know
it was through this idealism that we've
got so far
you know everyone discouraged me for the
first three years everyone said it was
impossible you won't get far where will
you get the money but we have got this
fine I believe that I'm gonna do
it I you know I have had doubts and
other things in life but for some reason
I've never doubted that they're going to
make this hospital for this man the
the memory of his mother is probably what
matters most
next might come to his love for Pakistan
and then his devotion to his religion
right this is the mosque here this is
one do you mind if I come in
[Music]
just as Imran is an ambassador for his
the country he's also an ambassador for
Islam Islam always gets the worst
publicity in the West you know either
you have veiled women you have you know
screaming fanatics you have sort of
terrorism and that's how Islam comes out
here people have no idea I mean, Islam
for me as the easiest religion people
keep saying is there a clash you know
living your life in the West there is no
clash but you know Islam is a very
lenient religion I see no problem in
never following my faith wherever I am
[Music]
Imraan is conscious of the
contradictions that abound here a
country where the Prime Minister can
host a garden party for successful
cricketers just a full toss away from
the poorest slums
but the cream of society wants to share
the victory and every politician wants
Imran on his side Richard has come from
Australia 16 Prime Minister great
a pleasure to meet you thank you very much
indeed it is your last minute yeah I
know a second are you proud of your proud
of a young boy if he was to go into
politics he'd be the right man to have
on your team, I don't know why well you
know I have thought about it you
know because I was offered twice to come
into politics and it's something
I know that you know one must know one's
limitations I know I'm not meant to be a
politician do you care about the
the corruption that provides the country
here yes of course one cares you know we
try and everywhere you go if you go to a
dinner table
first three years everyone said it was
impossible you won't get far where will
you get the money but we have got this
fine I believe that I'm gonna do
it I you know I have had doubts and
other things in life but for some reason
I've never doubted that they're going to
make this hospital for this man the
the memory of his mother is probably what
matters most
next might come to his love for Pakistan
and then his devotion to his religion
right this is the mosque here this is
one do you mind if I come in
[Music]
just as Imran is an ambassador for his
the country he's also an ambassador for
Islam Islam always gets the worst
publicity in the West you know either
you have veiled women you have you know
screaming fanatics you have sort of
terrorism and that's how Islam comes out
here people have no idea I mean, Islam
for me as the easiest religion people
keep saying is there a clash you know
living your life in the West there is no
clash but you know Islam is a very
lenient religion I see no problem in
never following my faith wherever I am
[Music]
Imraan is conscious of the
contradictions that abound here a
country where the Prime Minister can
host a garden party for successful
cricketers just a full toss away from
the poorest slums
but the cream of society wants to share
the victory and every politician wants
Imran on his side Richard has come from
Australia 16 Prime Minister great
a pleasure to meet you thank you very much
indeed it is your last minute yeah I
know a second are you proud of your proud
of a young boy if he was to go into
politics he'd be the right man to have
on your team, I don't know why well you
know I have thought about it you
know because I was offered twice to come
into politics and it's something
I know that you know one must know one's
limitations I know I'm not meant to be a
politician do you care about the
the corruption that provides the country
here yes of course one cares you know we
try and everywhere you go if you go to a
dinner table
The main conversation no matter where
you go is invariably comes on politics
the sort of what's wrong with the
society and yet people seem
incapacitated to do anything and that's
why do I say that I try and do what I can
and I in realize my limitations but do
you need a revolution yeah I think so
you know I think maybe a revolution is
the answer provided it's the right one
you don't feel the situation here is
hopeless hopelessness is a sin in Islam
you know it's very specific in Quran
it states that for a Muslim to be to
ever think of hopelessness as a sin
which I kept telling my team by the way
during the World Cup and things where
there was the lowest ebb as a man bargains
edema
because of one man cricket has become a
The second religion in Pakistan is
where Imran played his first game we had
very high cricketing standards here it's
a classy concrete pitch in the tough
send of town but now kids are taking up
the baton ball is all over the country
cricket has become
a passion in this country in the past
six or seven years day cricket has
completely transformed society and
while we were at this historic ground
I couldn't resist asking for one more
favor
come on give me a catch on the next one
so I've got something to take home okay
Imran is now nearly 40 though he says
his cricketing career is almost over he
certainly hasn't run out of steam he's a
fierce courageous and generous sportsman
but these days he's devoting most of his
energy to other more lasting things
[Applause]
Imran still has to raise millions to pay
for the cancer hospital so most evenings
you can find him raking in rupees
from those willing to pay for the
the privilege of just being in the same room
[Laughter]
[Applause]
so when you get a break a lot of hearts
and get married well let me just one
thing about marriage
I view marriage in a very
you go is invariably comes on politics
the sort of what's wrong with the
society and yet people seem
incapacitated to do anything and that's
why do I say that I try and do what I can
and I in realize my limitations but do
you need a revolution yeah I think so
you know I think maybe a revolution is
the answer provided it's the right one
you don't feel the situation here is
hopeless hopelessness is a sin in Islam
you know it's very specific in Quran
it states that for a Muslim to be to
ever think of hopelessness as a sin
which I kept telling my team by the way
during the World Cup and things where
there was the lowest ebb as a man bargains
edema
because of one man cricket has become a
The second religion in Pakistan is
where Imran played his first game we had
very high cricketing standards here it's
a classy concrete pitch in the tough
send of town but now kids are taking up
the baton ball is all over the country
cricket has become
a passion in this country in the past
six or seven years day cricket has
completely transformed society and
while we were at this historic ground
I couldn't resist asking for one more
favor
come on give me a catch on the next one
so I've got something to take home okay
Imran is now nearly 40 though he says
his cricketing career is almost over he
certainly hasn't run out of steam he's a
fierce courageous and generous sportsman
but these days he's devoting most of his
energy to other more lasting things
[Applause]
Imran still has to raise millions to pay
for the cancer hospital so most evenings
you can find him raking in rupees
from those willing to pay for the
the privilege of just being in the same room
[Laughter]
[Applause]
so when you get a break a lot of hearts
and get married well let me just one
thing about marriage
I view marriage in a very
Straightforward manner I think that it's
huge responsibility to have especially
to have children which are the main
reason one must get married and really
if one doesn't feel one can live up to
that responsibility one shouldn't go
into it because you know you stand to
wreck other people's lives and I've seen
it happens I mean in cricket it's a
full-time you know you go all over the
world traveling for months on a
cricketer, then you again come back and
go somewhere else I mean to do justice
to marriage the way a cricketer leads
his life I don't know some play
might have done it but I've seen a lot
of merit cricketers' marriages on the
rocks then I've always felt that I
wouldn't have done it justice most of
the guns I bought the ticket because
they wanted to pay tribute to the
national hero to the national hero not
just about you lots of respect for him
for what he did for us at one stage they
a check came up and put one of those
over to a whisper of funny hats on your
head and he looked at the way when
that's disdainfully I thought well you
drown me it was a crown meant for Kings
and you know it embarrassed me
I mean I couldn't wear a crown I don't
you know I mean it's embarrassing
[Applause]
it might be embarrassing for Imran Khan
but that is the way that millions of
Pakistanis feel that he is their king
their king of cricket I don't consider
myself a messiah and I don't consider
that I can solve people's problems but I
do feel that whatever I can do in the
the position I am and must do that's a
big responsibility
[Music]
hello I'm Tara Brown thanks for watching
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huge responsibility to have especially
to have children which are the main
reason one must get married and really
if one doesn't feel one can live up to
that responsibility one shouldn't go
into it because you know you stand to
wreck other people's lives and I've seen
it happens I mean in cricket it's a
full-time you know you go all over the
world traveling for months on a
cricketer, then you again come back and
go somewhere else I mean to do justice
to marriage the way a cricketer leads
his life I don't know some play
might have done it but I've seen a lot
of merit cricketers' marriages on the
rocks then I've always felt that I
wouldn't have done it justice most of
the guns I bought the ticket because
they wanted to pay tribute to the
national hero to the national hero not
just about you lots of respect for him
for what he did for us at one stage they
a check came up and put one of those
over to a whisper of funny hats on your
head and he looked at the way when
that's disdainfully I thought well you
drown me it was a crown meant for Kings
and you know it embarrassed me
I mean I couldn't wear a crown I don't
you know I mean it's embarrassing
[Applause]
it might be embarrassing for Imran Khan
but that is the way that millions of
Pakistanis feel that he is their king
their king of cricket I don't consider
myself a messiah and I don't consider
that I can solve people's problems but I
do feel that whatever I can do in the
the position I am and must do that's a
big responsibility
[Music]
hello I'm Tara Brown thanks for watching
to keep up with the latest from 60
minutes Australia make sure you
subscribe to our Channel you can also
download the 9 now app for full episodes
and other exclusive 60 minutes content
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