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[00:00:00] Jamaat-e-Islami is capable of shutting down roads across Pakistan.
[00:00:03] And for what reason are you shutting down roads?
[00:00:05] ہیں؟
[00:00:08] Look, the basic problem right now is that
[00:00:11] there is extreme inflation, and a very big reason for this
[00:00:14] is petroleum products. And the increase in petroleum
[00:00:18] products is so much that its effect is being felt on every
[00:00:21] aspect of life. Just three days ago, there was a report that 27 more
[00:00:24] items have become expensive due to the increase in petrol prices. Now, regarding these petroleum products,
[00:00:28] the government says that, sir, since there was a war,
[00:00:32] we increased prices because of the war. Okay, so you increased prices because of the war.
[00:00:36] But what is the relation of this levy to these prices, this extortion tax
[00:00:40] and other taxes that they have to collect from us? And 1900 billion rupees
[00:00:44] they have collected from students, from common people, from laborers,
[00:00:47] farmers, whose income is not taxable, they are paying so much money
[00:00:51] in the name of petrol levy. They also impose it on diesel. This makes
[00:00:55] public transport and goods transfer difficult. They are not ready to accept
[00:00:59] it.
[00:01:18] for transportation and
[00:01:30] The price of crude oil was 72 dollars per barrel.
[00:01:33] At that time, it was 74 dollars per barrel, but at that time,
[00:01:37] petrol was 258 rupees. At this time, petrol is
[00:01:40] 333 rupees. At that time, diesel was approximately 275
[00:01:44] petrol rupees. At this time, diesel is 383 rupees. So, they should tell us
[00:01:47] some science as to why when global
[00:01:50] too. And it is their right market prices have returned to the same level, what are they collecting from us?
[00:01:53] And it's not just levy, there are various taxes included
[00:01:56] in it. The ex-refinery price is very low,
[00:02:00] and they impose so much on us, which affects every sector of life.
[00:02:04] Of course, we have fought for IPs as well, and it had a result.
[00:02:08] Electricity prices decreased. Jamaat-e-Islami's
[00:02:11] model is not to burn, besiege, shoot, throw
[00:02:15] stones. We will come to the streets peacefully. We have designated
[00:02:18] 510 locations across Pakistan. And people in their respective districts
[00:02:22] have announced it. Some are highways, some are big roads. We have nominated those, and
[00:02:26] even otherwise, if students and youth with their bikes .
[00:02:45] things are then spread in such a way.
[00:02:57] So, will you tell us a little bit about which places you will close?
[00:03:00] Look, we have set the time at 4 o'clock. We have not called for a strike.
[00:03:04] Traders themselves say that they are even ready for a strike, but we have said that if the government
[00:03:08] does not agree to that call, we will give it later. For now, you
[00:03:12] should come to the streets, and look, all the cities you mentioned,
[00:03:15] be it Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi, Quetta, it will happen everywhere.
[00:03:19] In Balochistan, it will happen at 18 places, including Quetta,
[00:03:22] Inshallah. And this will also show that Balochistan too will be
[00:03:26] included in the mainstream. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, there are many.
[00:03:37] Similarly, in Lahore, Main Mazang, a
[00:03:40] roundabout, and before that, people will come out from different zones
[00:03:44] in the form of rallies, young people, and then they will come and sit on Mazang.
[00:03:47] Shahrah-e-Faisal in Karachi will be there. Similarly, in Islamabad, we have
[00:03:51] designated the 26th stop. Similarly, Murree Road
[00:03:55] in Rawalpindi has been designated. In Peshawar,
[00:03:59] similarly, their main highway is there. Similarly, Gujranwala
[00:04:02] will come on Minji Road. We will come to Sahiwal,
[00:04:06] we will come towards Bhai Pheru. Similarly, in South Punjab also, we will come on main roads.
[00:04:09] In Multan, on Boston Road, they will come. Similarly, all
[00:04:13] that I remember right now, I am telling you. Our model is that
[00:04:17] young people should come, students should come, laborers, farmers, common people should come and
[00:04:21] switch off their motorcycles and become a part of this protest.
[00:04:24] And if the government does nothing about this, then Inshallah, nothing will happen.
[00:04:28] An ambulance will come, we will give it way. We will appeal to the public to become a part
[00:04:32] of our such protest. Inshallah, we will be present on the streets,
[00:04:36] and the whole of Pakistan will be peaceful at the same time. The question is,
[00:04:39] you know that Islamabad is. I am only talking about Islamabad
[00:04:42] right now. Here, a law has been made for protest
[00:04:46] by this very assembly. And when
[00:04:49] they enforce Section 144, which has been going on since the British
[00:04:53] era, then people are arrested on charges of violating it.
[00:04:57] So, if young people are arrested,
[00:05:01] will this not be a violation of the law?
[00:05:04] ہوگی؟
[00:05:07] Look, now the responsibility falls on the one who is misusing the law.
[00:05:11] داری اتی ہے نا۔
[00:05:42] If you calculate 125, it's approximately 750 rupees
[00:05:46] in tax that a person is paying daily, whose income is not taxable.
[00:05:50] Oh brother, what is the fault of a student who goes to university? He is not
[00:05:53] earning anything, so those who are not earning have paid 1900 billion rupees in levy.
[00:05:57] And the landlords and feudal lords who have hundreds of acres
[00:06:01] of land have not even deposited 12 billion rupees in the whole of Pakistan. This is elite
[00:06:05] capture. So, tell me, if we keep watching their 144,
[00:06:09] they will keep enjoying themselves, they will keep beating us, and
[00:06:13] we will remain spectators and agree to everything they say.
[00:06:16] Therefore, it is our right, and this is an illegal and wrong
[00:06:20] use of 144, that the government does things as it pleases. This
[00:06:24] cannot be accepted. On August 8th,
[00:06:28] a transporters' organization, called All Pakistan
[00:06:31] Goods Transporters' Alliance, has also called for a protest
[00:06:34] on August 8th. So, will you support them too?
[00:06:38] Do you have coordination with them that you are protesting on August 7th
[00:06:42] and they are doing it on August 8th?
[00:06:44] Look, protest is their right too.
[00:06:48] They are also worried because, of course, the price of everything increases.
[00:06:52] So, they are also worried. We are in constant contact with them. In Karachi,
[00:06:55] their main organizations have announced it, and people from Punjab are also
[00:06:59] joining, and people from other parts of the country
[00:07:02] to raise their voice. But we announced this
[00:07:06] protest for the 7th fifteen days ago, and right now,
[00:07:10] rallies are happening all over Pakistan. Young people have come out, and they are contacting people.
[00:07:14] Look, I want to tell you again that we want to remain peaceful.
[00:07:17] We want to protest peacefully. It is the government's job
[00:07:21] not to let this peaceful protest fall victim to any kind of adventure.
[00:07:25] Jamaat-e-Islami is an organization throughout Pakistan. We have organized
[00:07:28] people everywhere, Alhumdulillah. We have support, and especially since this is a public
[00:07:32] issue, we are not raising our voice for our party or our leader. This protest is not happening
[00:07:36] for Naeem-ur-Rehman, is it? This is happening for 250 million
[00:07:40] people of Pakistan. This is for millions of efforts
[00:07:47] then Jamaat-e-Islami knows other ways too, which we do not want to use.
[00:07:51] We know how to spread our protest, Alhumdulillah.
[00:07:54] And we know how
[00:07:58] It shouldn't happen that this movement to reduce petrol prices
[00:08:01] turns into a movement to overthrow the government. So, Shahbaz Sharif should avoid this
[00:08:05] and give us the right to peaceful protest.
[00:08:08] Okay, Hafiz Sahab, you are talking about the government,
[00:08:12] but yesterday, in our program, Prime Minister's
[00:08:15] advisor, Rana Sanaullah Sahab, was present. I asked him that Jamaat-e-Islami
[00:08:19] is closing roads on August 7th, so what is your opinion on that?
[00:08:23] He replied, please listen to that if you don't mind,
[00:08:27] and then if you deem it appropriate, please give a reply.
[00:08:31] Sir, Jamaat-e-Islami generally does not make such
[00:08:34] announcements, but now they are saying that on August 7th, we will close
[00:08:38] all highways across Pakistan. So
[00:08:41] this announcement, what
[00:08:43] No, Jamaat-e-Islami sometimes
[00:08:47] makes such announcements, but they don't
[00:08:51] act on them. Okay, so they have made this
[00:08:54] announcement with you, but they will not act on it on August 7th.
[00:08:57] So, Hafiz Sahab, he said that you have announced
[00:09:01] to close roads on August 7th, but he thinks that you will not
[00:09:05] act on it.
[00:09:08] So, August 7th will also come then, won't it? Inshallah, your program will also happen then.
[00:10:25] Previous governments did not do it. This levy has been collected for almost 20 years. So tell me,
[00:10:28] you are collecting money from the nation for a specific purpose,
[00:10:32] but you are not using it. You gave us
[00:10:36] figures that in February
[00:10:39] that in February 2026,
[00:10:43] the price of petrol in the international market was
[00:10:46] 72 dollars per barrel,
[00:10:50] and at that time, the price of petrol was 2000.
[00:10:53] پیٹرول کی قیمت تھی 2000
[00:11:17] What do you want in your protest tomorrow? How much do you want the government to reduce
[00:11:21] the price of petrol and diesel so that you
[00:11:25] will be happy and satisfied?
[00:11:27] گے۔
[00:11:29] Look, our demand right now is that 225 rupees is
[00:11:33] the figure that can be achieved right now. I mean, it's not like
[00:11:36] it's 209 rupees or about 200 or 13 rupees that it costs them ex-refinery.
[00:11:40] They can add some taxes
[00:11:43] other things, so they can give petrol at 225 rupees, and diesel can also be given
[00:11:47] at almost the same price. I don't understand this levy
[00:11:50] because petroleum development levy has no relation to petrol tax,
[00:11:54] nor does it have any relation to the movement of petrol. This levy
[00:11:58] has been imposed to hide their incompetence. FBR staff do not meet their targets.
[00:12:02] It's a staff of 25,000 people, costing millions of rupees.
[00:12:05] So your demand is that they use cars worth millions of rupees, your demand is that
[00:12:09] should be reduced from 333 rupees per liter to 225 rupees per liter.
[00:12:12] کم کر کے 225 روپے فی لی لیٹر کیا
[00:12:14] And my demand, Meer
[00:12:18] Sahab, is absolutely logical because they are collecting almost 80 rupees
[00:12:22] as levy. And this has no relation to the price.
[00:12:26] So they should fix their FBR and reduce their expenses. They should make their cars
[00:12:29] 1300 cc. They should reduce their luxuries,
[00:12:33] they should use their airplanes a little less, they should not buy new cars,
[00:12:36] then this thing will automatically happen, and as soon as the petrol price decreases.
[00:12:39] Okay, now tell me that you will start the protest at 4 o'clock
[00:12:43] tomorrow, so how long will you sit on the road?
[00:12:45] گے
[00:12:48] We will just start now and then we will see the situation, and after that,
[00:12:51] we might announce a long sit-in. This is also
[00:13:25] possible that we ask people to prolong it, and it is also possible
[00:13:28] that we start sit-ins at a few other specific places and call off
[00:13:32] at other places, but we will consult at that time. It also depends on the government.
[00:13:36] If the government makes a mistake, these 510 places can become 1510.
[00:13:40] It's a straight talk. So, they should
[00:13:43] understand the mood of our protest. I mean, it's not like what
[00:13:47] Sanaullah Rana Sahab is saying, that they will just announce it. No, they will know tomorrow
[00:13:51] Inshallah. Okay, thank you very much. Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman Sahab talked to us.
[00:13:55] Why are they protesting? The matter is such that it is also necessary for the government's
[00:13:58] stance to come forward. In the past, we have taken the stance
[00:14:02] of Petroleum Minister Ali Pervez Malik Sahab many times on this issue.
[00:14:05] Today also, we tried to get his stance, but he is not available today.
[00:14:09] Whenever he is available, our forum is ready.
[00:14:13] He can present his point of view here. We will take a break here.
[00:14:17] We will meet again after the break.
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[00:18:14] a story published in the British newspaper The Guardian.
[00:18:18] And the story is about a newly elected member
[00:18:22] of the Azad Kashmir Assembly, Mr.
[00:18:26] Rukhsar Ahmad, former Pakistani minister on bail
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[00:18:31] 1990s. So, for a comment on this
[00:18:34] story, we tried to contact Mr. Rukhsar, but we couldn't. However, for more
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[00:18:41] we contacted our special correspondent in London,
[00:18:45] Mr. Murtaza Shah. So, let's ask Mr. Murtaza Shah
[00:18:49] what are the details? Did he talk to Mr. Rukhsar
[00:18:53] and did he talk to
[00:18:56] the concerned police officials? Yes, Mr. Murtaza Shah, what
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[00:19:02] Rukhsar Ahmed has to appear before
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[00:19:24] He refused to talk about it, but I talked to his legal
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[00:19:35] They also said that the newspaper
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[00:19:49] they claimed that Rukhsar Ahmed
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[00:20:41] So the police said that they would not give any
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[00:20:52] Okay, thank you very much, sir. We also contacted Mr. Rukhsar,
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