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[00:00:00] "and it will also have lot of bilateral issues also, especially [00:00:03] investment in Pakistan, considering our economic situation, [00:00:07] economic [00:00:08] needs and prime [00:00:09] in minister being accompanied by the field marshall, it clearly reflects [00:00:13] of that is overall it is going to be a quite a number [00:00:16] of strategic discussions which will take place during this visit, [00:00:20] but a significant [00:00:21] of visit a very critical time, I would say, absolutely, [00:00:25] and it's very important emphasize, of course it's beyond what is happening in the [00:00:29] regional." situation in the larger middle eastern aspect of course and I'm [00:00:33] glad you pointed that out, but in what ways do you think that the international [00:00:37] community would also be looking at this very historic visit in light of what is [00:00:41] happening as part [00:00:42] of the middle eastern crisis and then also the defense cooperation that exists [00:00:46] between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia so we all know [00:00:50] that situation in Middle East is very delicate [00:00:53] of you know there are spoilers there are hard hard liners and situation is very [00:00:57] of complex if Saudi Arabia Qatar, Kuwait, I [00:01:01] would, I can very confidently say they have shown restraint in this [00:01:04] war, in spite of having opportunity and in spite of reaching [00:01:08] to point where I think to maintain the detarance, they were [00:01:12] supposed to be taking on certain military actions, they they they [00:01:16] exercise restraint, it was all because of [00:01:19] a Pakistan, so Pakistan being a strategic [00:01:21] of partner can understand the devastating effects of this war, otherwise [00:01:25] this war will spread, still Israel sitting at the fringes is [00:01:29] expecting that. brother sitting [00:01:32] the the Israelies they want to sit outside the ring and they want that these [00:01:36] wrestlers should start wrestling with each [00:01:38] of other so that will suit their nefarious [00:01:41] of designs so that's what Pakistan is you know trying to [00:01:44] avoid so Pakistan will try that [00:01:48] Saudi Arabia they continue with [00:01:50] of this restraint and they are also putting lot of pressure on Iran [00:01:54] as well to to to address these concerns [00:01:58] of otherwise United States. they may withdraw from this [00:02:02] of war, they go back as they do, you [00:02:05] know, it has been happening, look at Afghanistan [00:02:09] 20 years, so left, they left the area with lot of chaos, today [00:02:13] Pakistan is the biggest sufferer of [00:02:14] a that situation, look at Iraq, what is the condition inside Iraq, [00:02:18] Vietnam, if you read history, so they have been doing this, and [00:02:22] if they go out with lot of chaos spread in the [00:02:26] of region, again there is, then we will have no war, no... [00:02:30] peace situation which is extremely dangerous, so that's what Pakistan [00:02:34] is trying to avoid and that must be the desire [00:02:38] of the region as [00:02:39] of well. Right, and General Zaid, how [00:02:42] exactly can Pakistan also leverage this very [00:02:46] of important relationship in terms [00:02:48] of the international economic crisis that is also [00:02:51] something that the entire world is is facing of course Pakistan too, especially with [00:02:55] the uncertainty around the straight of her moons and now Babel Mandab as well. [00:03:00] what [00:03:00] of can Pakistan and Saudi Arabia achieve together to help [00:03:04] alleviate some of this for Pakistan? [00:03:08] look [00:03:09] of sanam, [00:03:09] we are all already in the IMF program and we economy is biggest [00:03:12] challenge along with the [00:03:15] of security a for of Pakistan. so of course Pakistan [00:03:18] and by the way, Saudi Arabia has always been a great help [00:03:22] to Pakistan in the times of crisis. [00:03:25] a Saudi Arabia is a friend which doesn't [00:03:28] you know boost much about, what this how they supported [00:03:31] Pakistan but quietly they have been supporting Pakistan in many ways in the recent [00:03:35] crisis also and in the past as well and even today once [00:03:39] Pakistan you know [00:03:41] there was economic pressure on Pakistan they were disported [00:03:44] of Pakistan in many ways [00:03:45] of to improve our reserves because of [00:03:49] that lot of pressure has been released instead of putting the [00:03:53] pressure onto the general [00:03:55] of of public of course Pakistan is looking forward to more investment in [00:03:58] Pakistan especially. in the you know mineral [00:04:02] sectors and all that and secondly Pakistan import [00:04:06] bill as far as our fuels are [00:04:09] concerned, it it has always been very high and Saudi Arabia has been supporting [00:04:13] Pakistan, but most importantly Pakistan is looking forward for more [00:04:17] investment, sodi investment in Pakistan, so [00:04:20] me we we have the fruit for very long period, so [00:04:24] that the Pakistan would be looking on that as well and of course if [00:04:28] economically Pakistan. is strong, it is going to [00:04:31] help the the strategic partner Saudi Arabia also, you know, they want to [00:04:35] see us like that, so Pakistan has a quite [00:04:39] effective [00:04:40] of agenda of which they are taking along, and of course there will be lot of discussions and as [00:04:43] in the past Pakistan will will be helped [00:04:47] by Saudi Arabia, that is that is most [00:04:50] important. Thank you very much, General [00:04:54] Zayat for joining us and being a part [00:04:55] of the discussion today, there's of [00:04:57] of course lot of developments taking place in mid. situation and in [00:05:01] that backdrop, the prime minister's visit to Saudi Arabia [00:05:05] is very, very integral, there are number of fronts that are open right [00:05:09] now, and that of course is [00:05:11] of creating of [00:05:11] of a of lot of... scenario a spot of what are the concerns for the international community, but [00:05:15] Pakistan's relationship with the kingdom of course is much more than just that, [00:05:19] and so the visit would also be focusing on other areas of trade and investment and [00:05:23] bilateral ties that of course have historically been there for very [00:05:27] long time. We're now going to take a look at our last segment that takes a look at [00:05:31] what is happening within the United States and particularly in terms the [00:05:35] victory by progressive Abdul Adsayd who has dealt a big blow [00:05:39] to the democratic establishment in the Michigan Primary and what that [00:05:42] means for both the Republicans and the Democrats and then of [00:05:46] course in the ways uh that this is a big win for progressives [00:05:50] and what it does then as part of what the general elections will [00:05:53] bring in for this. we have been joined um [00:05:57] by Dr. Muktadar Khan who is a professor of international relations, the [00:06:01] University of Delhi. Thank you very much Professor Mudir for joining us and [00:06:05] being a part the show. In your opinion, what has happened [00:06:08] in terms the win by the progressives in Michigan? [00:06:12] what does that say about the current political scenario in the [00:06:16] United States and what is it representative of in terms [00:06:20] of how this will then impact or reflect [00:06:23] upon what will come next? thank [00:06:27] you for having me sana. i think what you are seeing is [00:06:31] as to use cliche that there is a battle for the soul the democratic [00:06:34] party taking place, but there is also a systematic [00:06:38] realignment of American politics taking place. for example, [00:06:43] "now nearly 80% of people who say they are [00:06:47] democrats are not inclined to support Israel and [00:06:50] conditionally, yes there are those who support Israel say for [00:06:54] defensive purposes, they would like to fund the iron dome but [00:06:58] not fund its atrocities in Gaza or West [00:07:02] Bank, there is horrified feeling going [00:07:05] around in in the west that they [00:07:08] are continuing to essentially support." [00:07:13] for whatever reason some people for religious reasons especially on the right [00:07:16] and some for politically correct and liberal reasons on the [00:07:20] central left to Israel, but they are horrified by what's going on in [00:07:24] Gaza. the genocide in Gaza has not stopped more than [00:07:28] 1300 people have been killed in Gaza after the [00:07:31] seasfire. the violence in west bank is [00:07:33] continuously on the rise. so so and the [00:07:37] public in most these countries are asking the question, why are we [00:07:41] supporting these? atrocities and so the balance of power is [00:07:45] shifting. I think the most critical moment was when Zohran Mamdani [00:07:49] won the elections to as mayor the city of New [00:07:52] York, which is the second biggest city when it comes to [00:07:56] Jewish population, and he won 30% the Jewish vote in the city [00:08:00] of New York, and today Zoran Mamdani is more [00:08:03] popular in America than BB Netan Yahu among [00:08:07] American Jews, so Netan Yahu has [00:08:11] less popularity with jews of America than Zohran Mamdani, so [00:08:15] this is seismic shift in politics inside the [00:08:19] US, so yesterday's elections [00:08:21] in Michigan was [00:08:25] very critical, so Abdul Rahman al sayid, he is a [00:08:29] brilliant, brilliant man who won the primary, [00:08:32] but with the raisert in margin, it it was very, very close, it [00:08:36] was about just 14 thousand [00:08:39] votes over over million votes with. cast so [00:08:43] he beat Haley Stevens a moderate democrat who was [00:08:47] very pro Israel and apac the pro Israel [00:08:51] lobby spent over 50 million dollars in trying to defeat el [00:08:55] sayid. [00:08:56] Said in total spent about 19 million, he raised 12 million [00:09:00] within Michigan and 7 million came from outside, but Haley [00:09:04] Stevens got more than 60 million dollars from outside, so it was [00:09:07] APAC and pro Israel lobbies and the [00:09:11] establishment democrat. so I'll say defeated not just [00:09:15] establishment democrats but also in many ways the [00:09:18] Israel firsters in this country to [00:09:22] win the primary and so he is now the first [00:09:26] arab muslim arab to be [00:09:30] nominee for senate, no muslim has come this far in [00:09:33] American politics, so it's a big step forward, but [00:09:37] it also shows something that in the beginning [00:09:41] there was a perception that I would we win by at least 10% [00:09:44] percentage points and the fact that Stevens came [00:09:48] so close is very frightening because the [00:09:52] message that it has sent to Israeli supporters is, [00:09:56] oh, if we have spent few more millions we could have done this, [00:10:00] so so there is hope now for pro Israeli lobbies in [00:10:03] this country, so you're going to see lot more money being raised against [00:10:07] al sayid, so apac which supported democratic candidate in the [00:10:11] primary with nearly... 60 or 50 million dollars will now [00:10:15] throw all its weight and its money behind the republicans to [00:10:19] defeat in the main elections in November and the message [00:10:22] is it's possible to beat also that if we can get more [00:10:26] money, so that is very difficult [00:10:30] position for the progressives to make, and while progressives have won [00:10:34] consistently across the country, for example in Michigan [00:10:37] itself, Thanedar, Shri Thanedar, who [00:10:41] is of Indian origin, a semi progressive [00:10:45] democrat who initially was critical of Israel, then became [00:10:49] very strong supporter of Israel, took a money from [00:10:52] apac, he lost to, he lost to progressive democrat [00:10:56] don, i think his name was, so you can [00:11:00] see that progressive democrats also [00:11:03] associated with the democratic socialist organization continue to [00:11:07] win. Kory Bush lost in Missouri who [00:11:11] is very much aligned with Alsayd and [00:11:13] Mamdani, so we can see that there is a positive [00:11:17] trend, there is clearly a trend [00:11:20] towards progressive values and very critical of Israel. [00:11:25] and unfortunately is the moderate democrats, people like [00:11:29] Chuck Shumer or media agencies like CNN [00:11:33] who are making Israel the key element and so like for [00:11:37] example when [00:11:37] they talk to say they don't ask him what is agenda is his number [00:11:41] one agenda is medicare for all [00:11:45] sayad is very talented guy he has a PhD from Oxford [00:11:49] and a medical degree and MD from Columbia [00:11:53] University and university, he is an [00:11:56] epidemiologist, has written fantastic book on healthcare, [00:12:00] that is his number one issue, that's why he won the primary, because [00:12:03] michiganers know that he is one the key [00:12:06] persons who can potentially reform America's medical system [00:12:10] and health care system, but media never ask him anything about [00:12:14] his agenda and how he is going to do something so colossal, all they [00:12:18] ask is does Israel have a right to exist, which is actually a code [00:12:22] word, code for will you continue to support Israel even if [00:12:26] it commits a genocide, that is what they are asking, and if [00:12:30] you don't, then you are unacceptable. Donald Trump was so abusive in his [00:12:34] connamination, calling him that, oh, he has the Jewish people, he hates [00:12:37] Israel, as if that is the only thing that matters in American politics [00:12:41] that you love Israel, so we are [00:12:44] seeing an interesting development within the American [00:12:48] political sphere, so basically what is going to happen [00:12:52] is the Pro. or shall i say america [00:12:56] first democrats are definitely at an advantage [00:13:00] over Israel first democrats right now in the [00:13:03] primaries and then we will see what happens in the main [00:13:06] elections for those of you who are interested in south asian [00:13:10] politics i just wanted to tell you that [00:13:13] india indian origin people the indian americans people [00:13:17] whose parents are from india [00:13:19] who who themselves are from India they were six in the US [00:13:23] congress so far but "two them have lost, so there will be only [00:13:27] four Indian Americans in the congress [00:13:30] potentially in the next congress and the [00:13:33] two them who lost lost to progressives [00:13:37] and they were supporters of Israel, so I think for the Indian American [00:13:41] caucus, it's also called the Samosa caucus, those who are [00:13:45] supporting Israel, it's beginning to cost and they have paid for [00:13:49] it, there are some like Suhas Subramani from Virginia and Amy [00:13:53] Bera from California who won their primer." but right now [00:13:56] the heroes are people like Rokana and Jaipal who are very [00:14:00] critical of Israel, so you could say that while the [00:14:04] main reasons why the the social progressives [00:14:08] and democratic socialists are winning is because the affordability [00:14:12] crisis in America. America, [00:14:15] you know, if you look at data, it says America's per capita income is [00:14:18] 9000 dollar, it's one the richest countries in the world, but actually that is [00:14:22] very bad indicator because half of America. "the top half of [00:14:26] America, the per capita income is about [00:14:28] $180,000 and the bottom half of [00:14:31] America is about $3000, and for this bottom [00:14:35] half of America, life has become very difficult, simply unaffordable, [00:14:39] top of that, the war on Iran, which has raised gas prices by [00:14:43] 30%, and let tell you audience that when [00:14:47] the price of gas goes up, the price of milk and eggs and bread also [00:14:51] goes up because everything needs to be transported, so the 30%." [00:14:55] rise in price of gas has really made life very [00:14:58] uncomfortable and extremely expensive, pushing some people into credit card [00:15:02] debt, etc. so people are in America, half of [00:15:06] America is indeed suffering, so they don't care about [00:15:09] Ukraine or Taiwan or Israel, they want [00:15:13] the to have health careare, to be able to afford health careare, to be able to afford child [00:15:17] care, if you can't afford child care then you can't work, there are so many single [00:15:21] motherers in America, the education crisis is going on, "you [00:15:25] can't afford to rent, so nobody is talking about these [00:15:28] issues, it is sad thing that the Republicans, which is seen as a [00:15:32] party the rich actually won the [00:15:35] majority the vote the poor." [00:15:37] in the 2024 elections, so what is what we are seeing at the [00:15:41] moment in America is that the [00:15:44] because the the distorting fact is the pro Israeli money in [00:15:48] American politics, because the way our society is [00:15:52] money makes a huge difference, and so it's distorting American [00:15:56] politics by sort of picking American [00:16:00] voters into voting for candidates who are pro Israel and have [00:16:03] nothing else to offer, and so so we there is some kind. [00:16:07] of a correction taking place, but the correction is not at the pace [00:16:11] at which progresses would like to see that, and the [00:16:15] election of al said by such a thin margin [00:16:19] has made them worried, they could potentially lose [00:16:22] Michigan, and if democrats lose Michigan then maybe [00:16:26] Republicans will hold to the Senate, so if democrats have to win [00:16:30] Senate, they have to win Michigan, which means al said has to beat a very [00:16:33] strong Republican candidate who will not only be supported by [00:16:37] republicans, but he will also be supported by [00:16:40] democrats who are Israel first, and of [00:16:44] course billions of dollars that Israel's lobbies can throw [00:16:48] against al said. right, [00:16:51] professor, in what ways do you think that the [00:16:55] relationship that exists on the top level with [00:16:59] Netan Yahu and Mr. Trump is also affecting these [00:17:02] dynamics within the parties and of course the larger American [00:17:06] public and how is this shift then going to also [00:17:09] impact the decisions [00:17:11] of organizations such as Apach [00:17:15] in terms their support in different states and what you of course also refer [00:17:19] to in terms of defeating al sayad and supporting the republican [00:17:22] candidate later on, how exactly will the larger [00:17:26] context as part the topmt decision [00:17:30] makers is going to impact these [00:17:32] actions? so so there [00:17:36] are two different things: going on, one is that that young people, [00:17:40] whether they are democrats or republicans, are turning away from these [00:17:44] Israel first politics, and people have recognized very [00:17:48] clearly that the war in Iran, Donald Trump for example, promised that he would never get [00:17:52] into regime change war, never get into a forever war in the middle [00:17:55] east, and his policies would be America first, so there are [00:17:59] many republicans like Takka, Carlson and Megan Kelly and [00:18:03] others who are actually, there is one guy who... [00:18:07] 'who used to run a show called info wars who was so [00:18:11] pro Trump is now openly calling for Trump to be impeached because he [00:18:15] has abandoned America first policies in favor of Israel first [00:18:18] policies so there is a generational issue young people are [00:18:22] not committed to foreign wars nor are [00:18:25] they captured by Israel the second thing is like [00:18:29] if you take for example the highest elected democrat in the country which is [00:18:33] Chuck Shumer chuck shumer says that his job is [00:18:37] "my job is to keep the left pro Israel, his job is not [00:18:41] to work for American working class, his job is not to make sure that there is [00:18:45] increase in minimum wages or improve health care or improve [00:18:48] jobs, no, he thinks this is the the democratic leader [00:18:52] the senate, and he thinks his job is to keep the American left pro [00:18:56] Israel, so this is the kind of manner in which they talk, because they [00:19:00] taking millions of dollars from apac, but recent [00:19:03] CNN survey and by recent, I mean just last week..." they [00:19:07] found that the most popular democrat in america is [00:19:11] zohran mamdani and his approval rating, [00:19:15] his net approval rating is [00:19:17] 60%. net approval means you [00:19:21] take their approval rating minus disapproval [00:19:24] rating, so for example Donald [00:19:27] Trump's net approval rating is like minus 17 or [00:19:30] something, so for example 30% approve, 35% approve [00:19:34] of him and 52% disapprove, so his net approval [00:19:38] is negative 17, so 17% extra on [00:19:41] disapproval, but Mamdani has 60% approval [00:19:45] rating, net approval rating, so you can imagine his approval rating must be [00:19:49] close to like, if it is 80 then 20 disapproval, it becomes [00:19:52] 60, and Chuck Schumer who is the [00:19:55] highest ranked elected democrat, his [00:19:59] approval net approval rating is [00:20:01] one, that means that the number of [00:20:05] people who disapprove of him is nearly equal to those [00:20:09] who approve of him, so you can see that there is a [00:20:12] shift taking place, but all the [00:20:16] billionaires, most the billionaires and all the rich [00:20:19] money is aligned with Israel for various [00:20:23] reasons that we should do separate show on it, but the [00:20:27] point is that yes, it's like for example [00:20:30] Elon Musk, he is very islamophobic, and if Elan Musk thinks [00:20:34] that if he thinks of Muslims and is... a zero sum [00:20:38] game, he might just throw 200 million dollars or so easily, he's a [00:20:42] trillionaire, he doesn't care, in in one particular way, and that can make [00:20:46] huge difference in elections across the board. [00:20:50] so there are people like for example Michael Bloomberg who is democrat, he [00:20:54] was in the Democratic Party, he was the former mayor of New York, [00:20:58] he is billionaire, he spent nearly 20 billion dollars to defeat [00:21:02] somebody from his own party, which was [00:21:05] Zohran Mamdani, so for progressives, they are not [00:21:09] just fighting their own party, but they are also fighting [00:21:13] foreign lobbies and they are also fighting the Republicans, [00:21:17] so so that tells you how strongly the [00:21:20] public is standing with them that they are still winning [00:21:24] and fortunately there are many more public voices [00:21:28] like rokna, my god he's become such a profound champion for [00:21:32] progressive values and is so boldly critical of [00:21:35] Israel and then there is Jayapal [00:21:39] in in from the state of Washington so [00:21:43] yes Pramila Jaypal these are all very progressive so I [00:21:46] think that you can see that as the crisis of a affordability [00:21:50] increases ultimately as at some point Americans [00:21:54] are going to say, oh my god, I don't have health care, why am I [00:21:58] supporting wars abroad, why have I spent 300, I understand that, thank [00:22:02] you very much Dr. Muktather for joining us and giving [00:22:06] your comprehensive and valuable inside in terms of what is going on and how [00:22:09] exactly these dynamics are shifting as as we can see what [00:22:13] transpired in Michigan, we've also been joined by senior journalist Anwar [00:22:17] Iqbal, thank you very much Mr. Anwar for being part of news. in your [00:22:20] opinion, what is representative of what has happened in Michigan with the [00:22:24] victory by the progressive candidate by a small margin however, [00:22:28] but in what ways does that impact the change in dynamics within the [00:22:32] United States in terms of how much support Israel had in the [00:22:36] past? well, thank you very much for having me, [00:22:40] if you ask me to identify one factor [00:22:44] that is contributing to this change, I would [00:22:47] say Gaza. what happened [00:22:51] in Gaza after [00:22:54] this september what october [00:22:56] 2024 events [00:23:00] that actually shook everybody in the United States, [00:23:05] mean not all of it, but the large part of it was [00:23:09] shown on American tv screens, it was on [00:23:13] the internet, it was on youtube, mean the social [00:23:17] media had help [00:23:20] project it everywhere, people saw with [00:23:23] their own eyes what was happening and it had a profound impact [00:23:27] on them on their thinking, and now it's it seems [00:23:31] it is also affecting their voting patterns and [00:23:35] if you go to american discussions here in [00:23:38] Washington in think tanks or you go on the [00:23:42] social media, you will see that the young [00:23:45] people are mostly are very [00:23:49] upset. what they saw happening in Gaza and they [00:23:53] want Washington to change its policies towards [00:23:57] Israel, but [00:24:01] it will still take, [00:24:02] it it needs some more time to have a larger impact, [00:24:06] Armenia, the progressives are on the rise and [00:24:10] they can win [00:24:13] certain stays from here and there, [00:24:17] but [00:24:18] it is we still need. more time for this change to [00:24:22] happen and for this change to to [00:24:25] impact the process of policy making in [00:24:28] Washington. Right, thank you very [00:24:32] much. for joining us and being a part the news room sharing the important [00:24:36] aspect of what it is that's behind [00:24:38] the scenes and affecting the internal political dynamics inside the United States, [00:24:42] that of course will be important, not just in terms the kind [00:24:46] of primary wins that we [00:24:47] are seeing right now, but also as to what life Next in the general elections. [00:24:51] That's all that we have from the news room today. We'll now see you [00:24:54] tomorrow. [00:25:20] from the heart of South Asia to the cross roads of central Asia, from the turbulent middle [00:25:24] east and North Africa to the power corridors the west. Iran has [00:25:28] successfully demonstrated its [00:25:31] ability not just to negotiate its [00:25:35] term, but also to negotiate on [00:25:39] each term for that amount of time that [00:25:42] Tehran considers as strategically equivalent. [00:25:46] Article 3 the NATO treaty is all about. [00:25:50] self-defense and that's been a sore point between the United States of [00:25:54] America and the other NATO allies since the foundation [00:25:58] the the alliance, so what's happening now is burden sharing [00:26:02] is going to... evolve to burden shifting Amit Shah, he [00:26:06] is the one who is running the extortion, [00:26:08] assassination and all these plots sitting a [00:26:12] government office, being a minister of India, America [00:26:16] knows it, Canada knows [00:26:17] it, [00:26:28] you about about the Pakistani role, especially very good, we love Pakistan. Thank [00:26:32] you, how has the Iranian leadership rule being [00:26:36] so far? I think they generally mean [00:26:40] in the region leadership [00:26:44] and I have no [00:26:48] second thought about the fact that the man of [00:26:51] peace. [00:27:54] a job very well done by civil and military leadership and at [00:27:58] the same time they were able to rally the support the people of [00:28:01] Pakistani. to stand firmly behind the arm for policy the Israeli [00:28:05] occupation regime which is to ethnically cleanse the palestinian [00:28:09] people by ending any feature of life for them. Israel [00:28:13] is a criminal, a [00:28:15] full stop, we can't say any other thing. evidence should be shown about the [00:28:19] palgam, india could never produce it, pakistan had to [00:28:23] then respond that and pakistan did that with [00:28:26] very very mared capacity. india has [00:28:30] actually taken up fight with all its neighbors, [00:28:33] Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and even with [00:28:37] China. Responsible power is not the absence of force, it [00:28:41] is the disciplined and calibrated use of [00:28:44] force. [00:28:53] From the vibrant colors and cultures of South Asia to its voices [00:28:57] of resilience and [00:28:58] progress. Every. [00:29:02] Story carries a lesson for the world, to the cross roads of central [00:29:06] Asia where ancient silk road is now a highway of [00:29:09] trade ideas and possibilities for the [00:29:12] future, the challenges and hopes the middle [00:29:15] east and north africa, region where the past still [00:29:19] speaks, the future is being [00:29:23] written every single [00:29:25] day, and the ideas [00:29:29] shaping the west, innovation, [00:29:33] and the power to influence global [00:29:35] change. The future is [00:29:39] not limited by boundaries, it's defined beyond [00:29:42] borders. Join me on this very journey only [00:29:46] on Pakistan [00:29:47] TV. [00:30:26] Hello and very warm welcome to Pakistan TV, I fizza sajav with the top [00:30:30] stories of this hour, let's begin with. [00:30:50] Prime Minister Shahbas Sharif arrives in Saudi Arabia a three-day visit to [00:30:54] meet Cround Prince Mohammad bin Salman on bilateral ties and regional [00:30:57] issues. Field marshall say Assim.