Netflix releases documentary on Imran Khan

Rating Justification

The iVerify Pakistan reviewed this content and determined that it is false.

iVerify Pakistan reached this conclusion after checking the trailer, and looking into whether any such documentary was in the works.

On May 26, 2025, several users across different social media platforms like X and Facebook shared a trailer, claiming that streaming platform Netflix has released a documentary named “Imran Khan: The Game Changer.” However, the streaming giant has released no such trailer or documentary.

Despite some acquittals and suspended sentences, Imran remains in Adiala Jail due to ongoing legal proceedings as of May 5, 2025. He has been acquitted in 16 out of the 33 cases filed against him since 2022. In January 2025, Imran was sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption related to the Al-Qadir University Project Trust.

HOW IT STARTED

On May 26, 2025, a user on X, who is a PTI supporter based on his profile picture and past posts, shared a trailer attributed to streaming platform Netflix and announced that it has released a documentary about Khan, called “Imran Khan: The Game Changer.”

The caption of the post read: “Netflix has released a documentary on Imran Khan titled ‘Imran Khan The Game Changer.’ Keep retweeting.”

The post received 149,300 views and was shared 8,900 times.

The same video was shared by several other PTI supporters on X with the same caption here, here and here. The posts collectively garnered more than 80,000 views.

The trailer could also be found on Facebook with the same caption here, here and here.

METHODOLOGY

A fact-check was initiated to determine the veracity of the claim due to its virality, significant public interest in Imran Khan, especially as he remains away from the public eye, and the attribution of an international streaming giant producing a documentary on him without any announcements or media reports.

Searching for the documentary on Netflix yielded no results, despite users claiming that it had been released. It was also not found on its YouTube channel, which is updated with the latest trailer releases, date announcements, and interviews.

A search of national and international media also yielded no results of articles on the documentary, or anything of the sort being in the works. However, on April 6, 2024, during a livestream on X with PTI’s head of social media, Jibran Ilyas, former Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Zulfiqar Bukhari stated that he would speak with Jibran and others to provide footage to Netflix, expressing hope that, InshaAllah, a good series would be made on the ongoing situation in the country. Since then, no further updates or developments have been reported. Khan’s party, PTI, also has not shared any such trailer on its official social media platforms.

Moreover, the text at the beginning of the trailer contains a spelling error, as the line reads, “A mini series on the struggle of a lagend,” which is unlikely to appear in an official Netflix trailer.

The other text that appears later on the screen is not linear and flashes across different points of the frame.

The trailer, which is comprised of clips from PTI protests, Imran Khan addressing the crowd, Ali Muhammad Khan’s speech on the night when Khan was ousted via a no-confidence vote, and Khan’s other appearances during his premiership, ends abruptly with a title reading, “Imran Khan: The Game Changer”, and does not include a release date — a detail usually found at the end of every Netflix trailer.

FACT-CHECK STATUS: FALSE

The Netflix trailer of a documentary on Imran Khan’s political journey is false.

No such documentary or its trailer could be found on the streaming platform or its YouTube channel.

Evidence and References

Netflix’s YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@Netflix/videos