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[00:00:00] The government says that because there was a war,
[00:00:03] we increased prices. Okay, even if you increased prices because of the war, what
[00:00:07] does this levy have to do with those prices, which they have to collect as a protection
[00:00:11] tax and a land tax from us? And 1900 billion
[00:00:15] rupees they have to take from students, common people,
[00:00:18] laborers, farmers whose income is not taxable. They are paying
[00:00:22] so much money in the name of petrol levy.
[00:00:25] They also impose it on diesel, which makes public transport and goods transfer
[00:00:29] difficult. They are not ready to accept it. They say there is pressure
[00:00:32] from the IMF. But it also tells you many other things: reduce your luxuries,
[00:00:36] reduce your expenses. You don't do that. A plane worth 11 billion rupees was bought by a madam,
[00:00:40] a car worth 90 million was bought by a chairman of the Senate. This is what
[00:00:43] the public's peaceful protest is not only a right for the people,
[00:00:47] but it is also necessary to put pressure on the government. Otherwise, they don't listen.
[00:00:51] Now you see, it's a very important point, Hamid Mir Sahib. From
[00:00:55] February 20 to February 28, the war started on February 28. From
[00:00:59] February 20 to 28.
[00:01:21] too. And it is their right
[00:02:09] At 510 locations, if you close roads tomorrow,
[00:02:12] please educate the people so that they don't come
[00:02:17] in this way. out at that time. What time will you start closing the roads?
[00:02:20] And Karachi, Lahore, Islam
[00:02:22] abad, Peshawar, Quetta, the big cities of
[00:02:26] Pakistan. So will you tell us a little bit about which places you will close?
[00:02:31] Tiny Lado is one of Look, we have set the time at 4 PM.
[00:02:34] We have not called for a strike. The traders themselves say that they are
[00:02:37] ready for a strike, but we have said that if the government does not accept that call, then we will give
[00:02:41] it later. For now, please come to the streets. And
[00:02:45] look at this. All the cities you mentioned, be it Islamabad, Lahore,
[00:02:49] Peshawar, Karachi, Quetta, everywhere. In Balochistan, it will be done at 18 locations,
[00:02:52] including Quetta, Insha'Allah. And this will also show
[00:02:56] that Balochistan will also be included in the mainstream.
[00:03:30] In Peshawar, similarly, on their main road, it is there, similarly in Gujranwala,
[00:03:34] we will come to the main road, we will come to Sahiwal, we will come
[00:03:37] towards Bhai Phero, similarly in South Punjab, we will come on the main roads,
[00:03:41] in Multan, we will come on Boston Road, similarly, all the places
[00:03:45] that I remember right now, I am telling you. Our model is that
[00:03:48] young people come, students come, laborers, farmers, common people come and turn
[00:03:52] off their motorcycles and become a part of this protest and if
[00:03:56] the government does nothing about this, then Insha'Allah nothing will happen.
[00:04:00] If an ambulance comes, we will give it way. We will appeal to the public to become
[00:04:03] a part of our protest. Insha'Allah, we will be on the roads and the whole of Pakistan
[00:04:07] will be peaceful at the same time. Yes, one question is that you know that
[00:04:11] Islamabad, I am only talking about Islamabad right now, here
[00:04:15] a law has been made for protest. This
[00:04:18] assembly has made this law and when they impose Section 144,
[00:04:22] which has been going on since the British era,
[00:04:26] then people get arrested on the charge of violating it.
[00:04:30] So if young people get arrested, will this
[00:04:34] not be a violation of the law? No.
[00:04:36] ہوگی؟
[00:04:39] Look, it is the responsibility of the one who misuses the law, isn't
[00:04:42] it? Peaceful political protest, coming to the streets,
[00:04:46] this is our right, isn't it? This is the right of the people.
[00:04:50] You have blocked the highways of our economy. You have blocked the arteries of our life.
[00:04:54] Look at the situation all around, these people have made life hell
[00:04:57] in this country. You see. Just imagine the plight of a common
[00:05:01] man. When the electricity bill comes, it drops like a bomb.
[00:05:04] If a person pays 150 rupees tax on every liter
[00:05:08] of petrol, a person riding a bike uses 6 liters of petrol,
[00:05:11] you tell me that in 6 liters, 125 into 6,
[00:05:15] calculate it, this is approximately 750 rupees of tax
[00:05:18] he is paying on a daily basis whose income is not taxable.
[00:05:21] Oh brother, what is the fault of the student who goes to university, he is
[00:05:25] not earning anything, so those who are not earning have paid a levy of 1900 billion
[00:05:29] rupees, and the feudal lords and big landlords who have hundreds of acres
[00:05:32] of land have not even deposited 12 billion rupees in the whole of Pakistan.
[00:05:36] This is elite capture, so you tell me that if we keep watching
[00:05:39] their 144, then these people also indulge in luxuries.
[00:05:50] And this is an illegal and wrong use of 144 that the government
[00:05:53] does things according to its will and it cannot be accepted.
[00:05:57] On August 8, an organization
[00:06:00] of transporters, named All Pakistan Goods Transporters
[00:06:04] Alliance, has also called for a protest
[00:06:07] on August 8. So will you also support them?
[00:06:10] Do you have coordination with them?
[00:06:18] Look, protest is their right too. They are also worried that, of course, the prices of everything
[00:06:22] increase, so they are also worried. We are in constant contact
[00:06:25] with them. This is an announcement from their organizations mainly
[00:06:29] in Karachi, and people from Punjab are also joining in, and people from other parts of the country
[00:06:34] to raise their voice. But we announced
[00:06:38] this protest seven days ago, and right now,
[00:06:41] it is happening all over Pakistan. Young people have come out and they
[00:06:45] are contacting people. Look, I want to say again that we want to remain peaceful.
[00:06:48] We want to protest peacefully. It is the government's
[00:06:52] job not to let this peaceful protest fall victim to any kind of adventure.
[00:06:56] Jamaat-e-Islami is an organization of the whole of Pakistan. They are organized
[00:07:00] people. Everywhere, Alhamdulillah, we have support, and especially since
[00:07:03] this is a public issue, we are not raising our voice for our own party or our own leader.
[00:07:07] This protest is not for Naeem-ur-Rehman, is it? This is for 25
[00:07:11] crore people of Pakistan. This is for crores of youth of Pakistan.
[00:07:14] Therefore, I want to warn the government that if it tries to do any adventure,
[00:07:18] then Jamaat-e-Islami also knows other ways which we do not want to use.
[00:07:22] We know how to spread this protest, Alhamdulillah. And we know
[00:07:25] how things are then spread
[00:07:29] It shouldn't be that this movement to reduce petrol prices
[00:07:33] turns into a movement to overthrow the government. So Shehbaz Sharif Sahib
[00:07:37] should avoid this and give us the right to peaceful protest.
[00:07:40] Okay, Hafiz Sahib.
[00:07:42] You are talking about the government, so yesterday in our program,
[00:07:45] the Prime Minister's advisor, Rana Sanaullah Sahib,
[00:07:49] was present. I asked him that Jamaat-e-Islami is closing roads on August 7,
[00:07:53] so what do you think about it? He
[00:07:57] replied, listen to that if you don't mind and then if you deem
[00:08:00] it appropriate, give a reply. Sanaullah Sahib, Jamaat-e-Islami
[00:08:04] generally does not make such announcements, but now they are saying
[00:08:07] that on August 7, we will close all the highways
[00:08:11] of Pakistan. So this announcement has
[00:08:15] not been made?
[00:08:19] Does Jamaat-e-Islami sometimes make such announcements
[00:08:23] but does not act upon them? Okay, so you
[00:08:26] have made this announcement with them, but on August 7, you will not act
[00:08:29] upon it. So Hafiz Sahib, he said that you have announced to close
[00:08:33] roads on August 7, but he thinks that you
[00:08:37] will not act on it.
[00:08:40] So August 7 will also come, won't it? Then Insha'Allah, your program will also happen.
[00:08:43] Then call Rana Sanaullah Sahib and ask him. Look, of course,
[00:08:47] they are in the government and they should talk like that
[00:08:51] perhaps, but the thing is, what is the issue?
[00:08:55] The issue is the public. The issue is the people who are dying on a daily basis.
[00:08:59] Address that. We started talks with IPs.
[00:09:02] We talked to 17-18 IPs. It was beneficial. As a result,
[00:09:06] electricity bills decreased. First, they used to say, when we started the sit-in, you
[00:09:10] also remember, you also did a program, so
[00:09:42] you are collecting from them, so tell me, you are collecting money
[00:09:46] from the nation in a specific way, but you are
[00:09:50] not using it. Okay, you gave us figures
[00:09:53] that in February, that
[00:09:57] is, in February 2026, the price of petrol
[00:10:00] in the international market was
[00:10:03] $72 per barrel, and at that time,
[00:10:07] the price of petrol was 258 rupees per liter. That's what you said,
[00:10:10] didn't you?
[00:10:29] And the protest you are doing tomorrow, how much do you want
[00:10:32] the government to reduce the price of petrol
[00:10:36] and diesel so that you will be happy
[00:10:39] and satisfied? Look, our demand right
[00:10:42] now is that 225 rupees is the figure that is possible
[00:10:46] right now. I mean, this is not something like that. They are getting
[00:10:49] it for 209 rupees or approximately 213 rupees ex-refinery.
[00:10:53] This is something
[00:12:25] from a liter to 225 rupees per liter will not come,
[00:12:28] then we will not leave the streets. Are you saying
[00:12:31] that? I am saying that we will come to the streets,
[00:12:34] we will protest all over Pakistan. We will see the situation at that time.
[00:12:38] It is also possible that we tell people to prolong it, and it is also possible
[00:12:42] that we start sit-ins at some other specific places
[00:12:45] and call off at other places, but we will consult at that time.
[00:12:48] It also depends on the government. If the government messes up, then these 510
[00:12:52] places can become 1510. It's a simple matter.
[00:13:25] Our forum is present, they can give their point of view
[00:13:29] here. Here we will take a break, after the break we will meet again.
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[00:19:42] Welcome back to Capital Talk, and finally, we will talk about a story
[00:19:46] published in the British newspaper The Guardian.
[00:19:50] The story is about a newly elected
[00:19:54] member of the Azad Kashmir Assembly,
[00:19:57] Mr. Rukhsar Ahmed, a former Pakistani minister on bail
[00:20:00] over child rape in
[00:20:03] 1990. So, regarding this story,
[00:20:06] we tried to contact him,
[00:20:08] but we couldn't. But for more details,
[00:20:12] since this story was published in Britain, we contacted
[00:20:16] our special correspondent in London, Mr. Murtaza Shah. So,
[00:20:20] let's ask Mr. Murtaza Shah what
[00:20:23] are the details, did he talk to Mr. Rukhsar,
[00:20:26] and did he talk to the concerned police officials?
[00:20:30] Yes, Mr. Murtaza Shah, what information do you have?
[00:20:32] Rukhsar Ahmed will have
[00:20:36] to appear before the Manchester police
[00:20:39] next month. His bail is currently on police bail, and he will have to appear
[00:20:43] before the police to extend his bail or get an update on his case.
[00:20:47] He will have to appear there.
[00:20:53] I contacted him, and he said that he would not talk about this case at all.
[00:20:56] That is also wrong. He also said that regarding
[00:21:00] the police bail claim, he said that
[00:21:03] Rukhsar Ahmed cannot go to the police station
[00:21:06] by force. If the police have not yet he said that he has not received
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[00:21:43] in the elections held in Azad Kashmir, took a lead of approximately seven
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[00:21:54] police said that they would not give
[00:21:58] any statement, and the police said that they would not comment
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[00:22:05] Okay, thank you very much, sir. We also contacted Mr. Rukhsar,
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[00:22:12] Anyway, there are many allegations and many questions,
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