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[00:00:05] clause and as a
[00:00:34] Good evening, assalamualaikum, you're watching Pakistan TV, I am Fahem
[00:00:38] Bangash, first of all, let's take a quick look at the main headlines of the hour.
[00:01:14] Deputy prime minister and foreign minister Sagad says Pakistan is
[00:01:17] committed to the complete elimination of terrorism and demands
[00:01:22] infrastructure and the life structure of of Afghan Taliban regime to stop all support to
[00:01:24] terrorists. Addressing a counter terrorism conference dar stresses
[00:01:28] that attacks originating from the.
[00:01:31] they... were not only supportive of soil must end and the world must acknowledge Pakistan's sacrifices.
[00:02:09] Federal minister for information and broadcasting says
[00:02:12] Pakistan is facing the major
[00:02:14] Committee meeting and challenge of terrorism and extremism addressing a conference on
[00:02:17] counter terrorism. The ministers that thousands of terrorists are living in safe
[00:02:21] Havens on Alfan
[00:02:23] soil.
[00:02:40] We are going to be moving to the news in detail, but after a short break, stay tuned.
[00:03:10] now once the framers of
[00:03:17] We have to give hope to the business community
[00:03:22] Modi regime is using notorious agencies like national investigation
[00:03:26] with the federation, agency.
[00:04:43] Pakistan TV team is here at the Beijing Capital International
[00:04:46] airport
[00:04:53] with the new generation decides the next chapter of
[00:04:56] Bangladesh.
[00:05:08] second thought about the fact that he is the man of
[00:05:11] peace.
[00:05:17] you about about the Pakistani
[00:06:20] blind approval for Israeli policy, because the
[00:06:24] Americans have paid, American soldiers have died, hundreds have been injured
[00:06:27] and hurts, for what, for nothing. The
[00:06:31] military conflict came to draw,
[00:06:34] nobody won, neither side really wants to re-engage
[00:06:38] militarily, so it has evolved into..."
[00:06:42] economic conflict as a society we do stat a
[00:06:46] chance when it comes to platform accountability and specifically
[00:06:49] protecting our children all right. the innocent people of Afghanistan
[00:06:52] are the biggest victim of this application. They do not
[00:06:56] exist. Let's be very frank, they do not exist in their mind,
[00:07:00] they do not exist in
[00:07:12] their policies.
[00:07:49] Welcome back, you're watching Pakistan TV live from Islamabad studios, I'm
[00:07:53] Fahim Bangashanna for the news in detail, deputy prime
[00:07:56] minister and foreign minister Saghdar said Pakistan has written story of
[00:08:00] everlasting sacrifices in the war on terror, offering more than
[00:08:03] 90 thousand lives and suffering severe damage to its
[00:08:07] economy, addressing a conference on the changing landscape of counter
[00:08:10] terrorism in Islamabad the deputy. Prime Minister said Pakistan fates terrorism with
[00:08:14] courage, bravery and resilience.
[00:08:18] He said on the directive offield marshall sayid operations against
[00:08:22] terrorists are being conducted daily in every province has to
[00:08:25] play its due role. Speaking about Afghanistan dars that
[00:08:29] Pakistan is only one demand that on territory
[00:08:32] not be used for terrorism and that Pakistan has continued to press the
[00:08:36] Afghan regime and has visited Afghanistan for talks. The
[00:08:40] deputy prime minister said in a trilateral. meeting of Pakistan, China
[00:08:43] and Afghanistan which was held in kabable in August 25,
[00:08:47] the Afghan authorities did not fulfill their commitments. He
[00:08:50] also said presence of banned TTP and other terrorist groups in
[00:08:54] Afghanistan is a threat to regional peace and that terrorist
[00:08:57] infiltrate across the border to attack soldiers and
[00:09:01] citizens. The deputy prime minister said terrorism from the
[00:09:04] Afghan soil is not acceptable under any circumstances in that
[00:09:08] Afghan Taliban regime must immediately stop all support to
[00:09:11] terrorists. including weapons. He reaffirmed that
[00:09:15] Pakistan is committed to the complete elimination of terrorism.
[00:09:29] Federal minister for information and broadcasting has said
[00:09:32] Pakistan's facing the major challenge of terrorism and extremism
[00:09:36] addressing a conference and changing landscape of counter terrorism.
[00:09:40] He said Pakistan made the greatest sacrifice. in the war on terror
[00:09:43] and suffered economic losses of more than hundred billion
[00:09:47] dollars. the ministers of Pakistan made the world safer by
[00:09:50] fighting the war against terrorism and added that Pakistan played the role
[00:09:54] a mediator between the US and Iran and made a full contribution to
[00:09:57] establishing peace in the region. speaking about
[00:10:00] Afghanistan, thouters that a peaceful and stable Afghanistan is in the
[00:10:04] interest of both Pakistan and the wider region. Federal
[00:10:07] minister said Pakistan has repeatedly asked the Afhan regime
[00:10:11] on various fora. to play its due role in eliminating
[00:10:15] terrorism, said Pakistan hosted for million Afghans for
[00:10:18] 40 years, adding that the world is a witness to the country's
[00:10:22] hospitality in love for Off on refugees. The minister
[00:10:25] claimed that more than 20,000 terrorists are present in Afghanistan,
[00:10:29] including over 6000 TTP militants who have taken
[00:10:33] refuge there, so these terrorists are living in safe havens in
[00:10:36] Afghan soil and receiving all kinds of training. That's that
[00:10:40] Pakistan wants an end to extremism and militancy in
[00:10:42] Afghanistan, also so the people of Khaibar are
[00:10:46] patriots.
[00:11:01] We're now joined by Zahir Shah Shirazi, senior analyst and Afghan
[00:11:05] affairs expert who's joining us to discuss the latest
[00:11:09] developments in Afghanistan and their regional
[00:11:11] implications. Walaikum and welcome to
[00:11:14] Pakistan
[00:11:23] while, even the minister he. voted
[00:11:25] figures, beat in the number of human lives
[00:11:29] or economic losses that Pakistan has had to incur,
[00:11:33] now my question to you is, what sort of
[00:11:36] influence can regional players like
[00:11:39] say China, Russia or the central Asian states or Iran for
[00:11:43] that matter, can they pressure Kabul into doing
[00:11:47] something about it, because Pakistan has been saying this not just
[00:11:50] directly to up on government, but also on
[00:11:53] multiple inter national fora that alfan soil must
[00:11:57] not be used for
[00:11:59] terrorism terrorism
[00:12:01] purposes.
[00:12:04] i believe, i think Pakistan has done a lot, it
[00:12:07] has you know taken up the issue on all
[00:12:11] forums, not only regional but with China, with
[00:12:14] Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the latest efforts
[00:12:17] by Turkey, they were like the last efforts
[00:12:21] which tried to persuade
[00:12:24] Afghan taliban authorities to stop terrorism and
[00:12:28] stop promoting rather patronizing terrorism, but I think there is
[00:12:31] no solution to that, we should be looking for
[00:12:34] regional solution, that is very important as you were mentioning,
[00:12:38] because the countries which are bordering Afghanistan, they are the one who are
[00:12:41] likely to suffer, if it's Pakistan, it's Iran, in the
[00:12:45] central Asian republics even Russia, but the
[00:12:48] recent statement by the Russian foreign
[00:12:52] minister Larof, I think it was bit condemnable
[00:12:56] because the way he was you
[00:12:59] know glorifying the afghan taliban efforts for
[00:13:01] countering the daesh or isk threat that
[00:13:04] was not based on the
[00:13:07] reality. we have number of those reports, the united nations
[00:13:11] security consel report, the FSB reports as well as the
[00:13:14] Afghan Taliban monitoring committee reports and the recent
[00:13:17] as and deputy prime minister Is was
[00:13:21] mentioning, these were all internationally acknowledged figures that... how
[00:13:25] Afghanistan has become a hub of terrorism, it is promoting
[00:13:28] patronizing and rather it's now the state
[00:13:31] terrorism against Pakistan which is being launched
[00:13:35] from a one soilt, that is a
[00:13:37] worrisome for not only for Pakistan but the regional
[00:13:41] players as well, we must have to go for a regional solution because
[00:13:45] Americans are their allies, they are not no more
[00:13:48] interested what is going on in Afghanistan and what is being done on Pakistan's western
[00:13:52] border, so I think China, Russia.
[00:13:55] as well as the central Asian republics and including Iran, I think these are the
[00:13:59] key countries which can pressurize the Afghan Taliban authorities that
[00:14:03] if they wanted to live like a peaceful neighbor, they wanted to have
[00:14:06] business, they wanted to have development, they wanted to
[00:14:09] benefit from the CPAC and the belt and road
[00:14:12] initiative, the only ways to stop terrorism,
[00:14:16] stop rather patronizing terrorism, supporting terrorist
[00:14:19] organizations and using these terrorist organization as
[00:14:23] leverage to blackmail.
[00:14:25] Pakistan and other neighboring countries, so that is the only message which
[00:14:29] today the deputy prime minister have given and the
[00:14:33] information minister has very clearly conved, the only
[00:14:35] ways we have to get rid of terrorism if really Afghanistan want
[00:14:39] to be developed and it wanted really to have trade and other
[00:14:43] ties with the Pakistan and other
[00:14:51] already ongoing and Pakistan is of course under.
[00:14:55] taking that we are seeing operations being conducted almost an
[00:14:58] everyday basis. now do you think that is enough or do you
[00:15:02] think some more needs to be done? say the inclusion of
[00:15:06] civilian policing, the civilian courts and
[00:15:10] something which is more closer to local governance for that
[00:15:12] matter. well, if you are speaking about Pakistan, I
[00:15:16] would say inside Pakistan has done a lot, I think
[00:15:20] kinetic operation, intelligence based operation as today
[00:15:22] mentioned, but obviously... the way things have changed
[00:15:26] in the KP now we would have an
[00:15:29] administrative setup which is likely to pursue the
[00:15:33] policy and toe the policy of the federation, earlier we were
[00:15:36] facing a bit of... challenge of narrative because the provincial
[00:15:40] government, which was more or less you know the PTI
[00:15:43] narrative, it was actually
[00:15:47] much in opposition to what the state
[00:15:50] was doing regarding terrorism,
[00:15:53] regarding one policy, so I believe I think there should
[00:15:56] be consensus on what the Pakistani state is doing, and
[00:16:00] that is we have to once for all get rid of this terrorist
[00:16:03] and extremist elements which are penetrating in...
[00:16:07] our society now we have to go for a multipl strategy,
[00:16:11] yes intelligent operations are important, yes kinetic
[00:16:14] operations are very important, we have to strengthen the law enforcement agencies,
[00:16:18] the active policing is very important, the governance
[00:16:21] mechanism is the most important of all, and the last
[00:16:24] thing i think the development of these areas in terms
[00:16:27] of governance, in terms of livelihood support, in terms of more
[00:16:31] jobs and business ventures, especially along the
[00:16:35] bordering areas which are mostly relying on the the border
[00:16:38] trade or maybe we can say legal or illegal both, but we have to find a
[00:16:42] mechanism that how we are going to engage the tribal young
[00:16:45] population in different forms of
[00:16:49] economic engagements, we have to go for vocational training, that has been done to some
[00:16:53] extent, but actually we need a proper plan to
[00:16:56] revive the total
[00:16:59] these people, so for that we have to revisit
[00:17:02] entirely what we had been promising in the national action plan
[00:17:06] that has to be met. realized the kinetic operation was done, but
[00:17:10] the the lagging that was the
[00:17:13] governance problem, the development and the
[00:17:16] livelihood support projects which could have drifted
[00:17:19] these youngsters from those extremist and terrorist
[00:17:22] tendencies and it would have also shrink the
[00:17:25] space which the militants and the terrorist elements as well as the the
[00:17:29] foreign elements, the foreign funding which was
[00:17:32] misusing our youth so that we have to go for an
[00:17:36] entire. radicalization as well as rehabilitation plan
[00:17:40] if we really wanted to get rid of this terrorism once for
[00:17:51] now, federal minister for information and
[00:17:53] broadcasting
[00:17:56] there was a breakdown of governance and terrorists for destroying people's
[00:17:59] livelihoods. talking exclusively to pakistan tv, the federal
[00:18:03] minister for information and broadcasting said federal government imposed emergency
[00:18:06] in the profit. under valid constitutional
[00:18:17] just said what happened in kp imposing the governor
[00:18:20] rule was not a political move, but there are other
[00:18:24] thoughts that you know there was a
[00:18:28] two-third majority of a party called BTI at was thrown
[00:18:31] out, how do you justify the governor rule
[00:18:35] being imposed there, the 1973? constitution of
[00:18:38] Pakistan has valid
[00:18:40] clauses with regard to imposition of emergency and
[00:18:44] imposition of governor's rule.
[00:18:48] the constitution intended the use of these clauses
[00:18:51] in dire circumstances,
[00:18:54] so constitutional provision exists, whenever there's a
[00:18:58] breakdown of governance, whenever there's a collapse,
[00:19:02] that is the time when such
[00:19:04] clauses are invoked, so I think with regards. to
[00:19:08] terrorism, there was a surge in terrorism for the past many
[00:19:12] years, PTI government has been
[00:19:15] there in KPK for the past 13 and a half years and they
[00:19:18] failed to take any credible steps to eradicate terrorism, in fact
[00:19:22] they were hand in glove with the terrorist, terrorist infrastructures
[00:19:25] were being promoted in and in the south districts in many
[00:19:29] areas terrorists had been given complete ingress,
[00:19:32] terrorists were manning police stations, they were there in the
[00:19:36] administration, after nightfall and I
[00:19:39] think there was a sympathy with the
[00:19:42] Taliban, with the TTP, with the prescribed
[00:19:45] organizations by the PTI government. now the National Finance
[00:19:49] Commission, yes since 2010 has given
[00:19:52] 1% of its year to the KPK government, which now amounts to,
[00:19:55] after so many years, amounts to 800 million, 800 billion
[00:19:58] rupees. now where has this so the setup which is in
[00:20:02] place right now, will they be looking into where the that
[00:20:06] money has gone? they absolutely should and it's not my place to tell them if
[00:20:10] they should or they should not. i think it's a very very competent setup,
[00:20:13] very as I must say non partisan
[00:20:17] setup, very professional people, with accuman,
[00:20:21] with skill, with integrity, with experience, with qualification, these
[00:20:24] people, their integrity and their competence
[00:20:28] is beyond any doubt, so i think there was a
[00:20:31] breakdown of governance, terrorists were roaming about the
[00:20:34] districts, killing people,
[00:20:37] destroying their livelihoods, so I think once these terrorists were
[00:20:41] gaining ingress with the help and support of the PTI government and
[00:20:45] the chief minister, that is when uh this emergency
[00:20:49] has been imposed. and it has been imposed through
[00:20:52] valid constitutional
[00:20:55] result we have seen that there have been no protest in
[00:20:58] the province of khibar pakhtunkhah the PTA used to
[00:21:02] claim that if there is such eventuality where
[00:21:04] emergencies imposed millions of people would come on the
[00:21:07] streets so we have not seen one credible protest
[00:21:11] in the entire province in fact people have welcome this step
[00:21:14] because they have seen that the new advisory council is based on
[00:21:17] professionals is based on non-partisan people. based on people
[00:21:21] who are from the soil oftunkwah and want the betterment of the people of
[00:21:25] so honorable minister, the federal
[00:21:28] government have associated the BTI with the
[00:21:32] TTP and the other terrorist organizations,
[00:21:35] so do you have any evidence? number one, there is
[00:21:39] one argument that they have been doing the long marches in
[00:21:43] the districts where the army and police
[00:21:46] cannot go and you know there are...
[00:21:50] they were they they requested the terrorist for safe passage, yes, we have lot
[00:21:54] of credible evidence on our hands which shows
[00:21:57] this unholy alliance, this collusion of the PTI, KPK
[00:22:00] government and the terrorists, in fact all political parties have
[00:22:04] given sacrifices and you know we wish safety for PTI,
[00:22:08] but they had asked the terrorists to give their marge, safe passage to
[00:22:12] the districts where ordinary citizens cannot pass, where other political parties
[00:22:16] representatives cannot pass, so I think
[00:22:21] the terrorists, they were in fact promoting these terrorists. you see, i
[00:22:24] went to kohart, i visited the home of a martered policeman and
[00:22:28] his father said to me that we are ready to fight this fight, but the government of KPK is not
[00:22:32] supporting us. i went to the hospital, i met the
[00:22:35] injured and their resolved and determination to fight against
[00:22:38] terrorism, it's it's stronger than ever, the people of khibar pakhtunkwah
[00:22:42] have given innumerable sacrifices, valuable
[00:22:46] sacrifices against this war, but we had a
[00:22:49] government, which was you know promoting terrorists
[00:22:52] and enabling them to carry out these attacks, they did not do any
[00:22:56] capacity building for the police, for the CTD, to install safe city
[00:23:00] cameras all across KPK, to make a forensic lab, to give equipment to the
[00:23:03] police, in fact whenever federal government tried to give any equipment, they returned it back, so I
[00:23:07] think it's it was very sorry state of affairs and I would say good, you had
[00:23:11] given negotiations a chance of
[00:23:14] course, if they hadn't opted for the long
[00:23:18] march would the federal government still
[00:23:22] had gone for so I think the imposing we
[00:23:26] we gave negotiations lot of room a lot of chance we had long
[00:23:29] police going on but they were never serious they used to agree to one thing and then they
[00:23:33] used to you know just turn back on their word we had only one agenda
[00:23:37] that was counter terrorism eradication of terrorism and serious efforts on part of the
[00:23:41] provincial government to counter terrorism had they carried on
[00:23:44] with the long march we don't care we had only one agenda that please
[00:23:48] fight against these terrorists and
[00:24:20] rejected it. For two days, we saw the security
[00:24:23] situation, the public did not respond
[00:24:27] as such, and also,
[00:24:30] rather, they celebrated the day of salvation. Sweets were distributed at various places,
[00:24:34] and even now, their container is abandoned.
[00:24:37] There is no owner for their container or truck to take it away. It's still standing,
[00:24:41] and we are waiting for someone to come and claim
[00:24:44] it and take it away. Otherwise, definitely,
[00:24:47] some TMA person or someone else will take it, because until now,
[00:24:51] and I myself am waiting, because I was waiting
[00:24:54] through your media, I saw that many people were supposed to come here to besiege
[00:24:58] the Governor's House, to attack it, to entertain them. We had made arrangements,
[00:25:02] but until today, I am still waiting that no one has climbed
[00:25:06] the wall, nor knocked on the door, nor come. Therefore, I thank the people
[00:25:09] of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for rejecting this
[00:25:13] 13-year-long ordeal,
[00:25:16] and Inshallah, we have started
[00:25:20] a new journey. With the start of a new
[00:25:24] journey, our first priority today in the Apex Committee
[00:25:27] was discussed. In yesterday's meetings, it was decided that our first priority
[00:25:31] is the war against terrorism. And we want to assure
[00:25:34] our army, our police, our FC,
[00:25:38] our security agencies, that this
[00:25:41] committee of ours
[00:25:45] or our government that has been formed
[00:25:48] is standing shoulder to shoulder with you. We will fully support you.
[00:25:52] Yesterday too, in our meeting, we decided
[00:25:56] that development will be our second priority.
[00:25:59] Our first priority is our police.
[00:26:03] We will provide the resources that our CTD needs.
[00:26:06] Today, I want to assure my police officers,
[00:26:09] my police constables, my police brothers
[00:26:12] and sisters, from this government,
[00:26:15] that we are standing shoulder to shoulder with you.
[00:26:19] We will own you. Whatever weapons you need, whatever
[00:26:22] your necessities are, we will provide them to you.
[00:26:26] You are fighting on the front lines against enemies, against terrorists.
[00:26:30] We will cut everything, but
[00:26:33] we will not compromise on our young police officers.
[00:26:37] We will equip them well. Along with them,
[00:26:41] yesterday, I gave orders to my IG and Chief Secretary
[00:26:44] that you should issue that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police
[00:26:48] will provide free education. We will own them. Those children
[00:26:52] are not theirs, they are the children of our martyrs, and we will own them.
[00:26:56] And we hope that the police
[00:26:59] brothers, sisters, and officers will have their hopes fulfilled,
[00:27:03] Inshallah. We will stand shoulder to shoulder with them.
[00:27:07] Those days are gone when there was no coordination
[00:27:10] between the federation and the province. Those days are gone when we used to fight
[00:27:14] unnecessarily with another province. Those things are not there.
[00:27:17] We will have coordination with the federation. Our policies will come from Islamabad.
[00:27:21] Our policies will not come from Kabul, Jalalabad, or Kandahar.
[00:27:25] This is a clear statement. And the people
[00:27:29] of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Inshallah,
[00:27:34] just as they have rejected it, our security forces, our police are standing shoulder to shoulder.
[00:27:38] Inshallah, the tunnel we are passing through,
[00:27:41] after darkness comes light. The darkness has passed, and Inshallah, our journey
[00:27:45] is towards light. And I also want to tell you
[00:27:48] that wars are not fought by armies, wars
[00:27:52] are fought by nations. And our nation, our people, are
[00:27:56] standing shoulder to shoulder with our army, our police, and our FC, and Inshallah, they will continue to stand.
[00:27:59] Today also, you see, from the federation,
[00:28:02] Mohsin Naqvi Sahib came today and gave
[00:28:06] 10 APC vehicles to our police. Before this, they used to come,
[00:28:09] but our people sometimes used to show off, sometimes they didn't show them.
[00:28:13] And today, in the Apex
[00:28:17] before that, in my meeting with Mohsin Naqvi Sahib,
[00:28:20] he assured me and our Apex Committee
[00:28:24] that our police, our security, will get all the money
[00:28:27] they need. Whatever shortfall there is with the province,
[00:28:30] the federation will cover it.
[00:28:32] We will not let any shortfall occur, Inshallah. Many projects
[00:28:36] that were shelved at that time, especially for the police,
[00:28:40] whether they were police lines, police stations, police checkpoints,
[00:28:44] or along with that, safe
[00:28:47] cities, we will work on all of them on a war footing, Inshallah. We will complete them,
[00:28:51] and whatever their requirements are,
[00:28:54] Inshallah, we will fulfill them. And
[00:28:58] our only goal, I have also told my council, is that
[00:29:02] our priority, our focus, is peace plus
[00:29:05] development. We have to work 24/7.
[00:29:09] We have to give people hope.
[00:29:12] We have to give hope to our youth. We
[00:29:16] have to give hope to the business class.
[00:29:19] that, Inshallah, even today I am telling them
[00:29:22] that this war is not yours anymore, it is our war.
[00:29:25] Our case
[00:29:28] Inshallah, we will all fight that case together.
[00:29:32] Whatever your case is, this war is now
[00:29:36] not for a specific class. This war is against terrorists.
[00:29:40] This is for the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Insha'Allah, we
[00:29:44] will fight with them. I want to give this message to
[00:29:47] our young doctors who were on strike that you
[00:29:50] should end your strike. Insha'Allah, your problems will be solved.
[00:29:54] The mafia that was imposed on you
[00:29:58] will not be imposed anymore and Insha'Allah, we
[00:30:02] will solve their problems. Insha'Allah, we
[00:30:05] will solve their problems. Along with this, I also
[00:30:09] want to tell the faculty of our universities that
[00:30:12] Insha'Allah, your strikes and protests for your
[00:30:16] livelihoods and salaries will not happen now, but I also
[00:30:20] want to give this message there that those days are gone
[00:30:24] when a political group or political party or political federation
[00:30:27] used to run the university. Whoever does not respect
[00:30:31] their faculty,
[00:30:37] no matter which party they belong to, whoever does not respect their elders, whoever
[00:30:41] does not respect the faculty, that will be their last day and I will give my faculty