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[00:00:09] and there is still a fear
[00:00:36] Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif returned home after completing his visit
[00:00:40] to Saudi Arabia. Governor of Medina, Prince Salman bin Salman bin
[00:00:43] Abdulaziz, bid farewell to the Prime Minister and the Pakistani
[00:00:46] delegation.
[00:00:55] Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, along with his delegation, had the honor of visiting
[00:00:58] the Prophet's Mosque (PBUH) in Medina.
[00:01:02] They also offered Nawafil prayers in Riyad-ul-Jannah and performed Ziyarat. Special prayers were offered for the progress and
[00:01:05] prosperity of the nation. Deputy Prime Minister Muhammad
[00:01:09] and Federal Ministers Khawaja Muhammad and
[00:01:12] Special Assistant Tariq Fatemi were also with the Prime Minister.
[00:01:15] were.
[00:01:22] OIC welcomes Mecca Mutual Defense Agreement. The agreement will strengthen
[00:01:26] solidarity and constructive partnership among OIC member states.
[00:02:30] Has the realization of defense cooperation become a challenge for India? Defense
[00:02:33] experts.
[00:02:42] Pakistan's important mediating role in de-escalating tensions between
[00:02:46] the US and Iran. High officials of both countries held direct talks in
[00:02:49] Islamabad. Pakistan played a diplomatic role that even major
[00:02:53] global powers could not play. Pakistan succeeded in bringing
[00:02:55] a global and
[00:02:58] that role, but another important regional power to the negotiating table at a time
[00:03:02] the entire agreement had been reached, when tensions between them were at their peak. Analysis
[00:03:03] by South Asian Voices.
[00:03:10] and persuade Iran in this own interpretation The Mecca Mutual Defense Agreement
[00:03:13] is a major milestone in the country's history. The defense
[00:03:17] capabilities of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey will be further strengthened. The agreement
[00:03:21] guarantees the future security of the three countries and is an important step towards
[00:03:24] global peace. Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir's role is commendable.
[00:03:28] Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's statement on the social media website
[00:03:32] X.
[00:03:32] Statement.
[00:03:41] The public wholeheartedly welcomes the Mecca Mutual Defense Agreement between
[00:03:45] Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. This agreement is
[00:03:49] a manifestation of the three countries' shared commitment to strengthening collective security
[00:03:53] and global
[00:03:53] peace, including in the Middle East.
[00:04:01] Security forces operation on secret intelligence in Hangu. Terrorists
[00:04:05] of the seditious group Al-Khawarij, active under Indian patronage, eliminated. The Khawarij
[00:04:09] violated the sanctity of the mosque and used it as a hideout. Weapons
[00:04:12] and ammunition recovered from the possession of the killed Khawarij. In an exchange
[00:04:17] and there are regular of fire, Captain Hamza Akram was martyred while bravely leading his troops. President Asif
[00:04:21] Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif paid
[00:04:25] tribute to the courage and
[00:04:26] devotion to duty of Captain Hamza Akram Shaheed.
[00:04:34] The 68th martyrdom day of the nation's great son, Major
[00:04:37] Tufail Muhammad Shaheed Nishan-e-Haider, Major General Noman Manzoor Awan laid
[00:04:41] flowers at the shrine of the martyr in Tufailabad, Tehsil Burewala. A smartly turned-out
[00:04:45] contingent of the Pakistan Army presented a salute. Chief of Defense
[00:04:49] as to how the disruption of the Forces, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Chief of Pakistan Navy, Admiral
[00:04:52] Naveed Ashraf, Chief of Pakistan Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmad
[00:04:56] Babar Sidhu, and the Armed Forces paid a glorious tribute to Major Tufail Muhammad Shaheed Nishan-e-Haider.
[00:05:07] President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif paid a glorious
[00:05:11] tribute to Major Tufail Shaheed. Major Tufail Shaheed, with his sense of duty,
[00:05:14] courage, and steadfastness, wrote a golden chapter in the history of national defense.
[00:05:18] The martyr's unparalleled bravery will be a beacon for future generations.
[00:05:37] Assalamu Alaikum, you are watching Pakistan Television News, and I am Kashif
[00:05:40] Raza with you, and I am the interpreter.
[00:07:15] One messenger,
[00:07:19] one Quran,
[00:07:23] one Allah, one messenger, one
[00:07:26] Quran, one Kalima, one
[00:07:30] Qibla, one identity,
[00:07:33] Turkey, Saudi Arabia,
[00:07:36] Pakistan,
[00:07:38] guardians of the Islamic world.
[00:12:25] And in the US conflict, you have always seen a very
[00:12:29] strong pressure point ever since this war began. On that,
[00:12:33] the development is that Oman has mediated
[00:12:37] a framework, as it is called, of
[00:12:40] understanding, and American
[00:12:44] officials have also announced that such an
[00:12:47] understanding has been reached
[00:12:50] under which you can formally open the Strait of Hormuz.
[00:12:54] On this,
[00:13:27] after which they launched a first attack on ships,
[00:13:30] and they have their
[00:13:34] of this agreement, especially of how to use the Strait of Hormuz.
[00:13:37] Now, there were concerns about this. You saw that America also
[00:13:41] retaliated, and then you continued to see
[00:13:45] retaliation from Iran's side. So this war and
[00:13:48] retaliation continued, and America also did another thing,
[00:13:52] which is that all the sanctions in which Iran
[00:13:56] was seeing relief, we saw that America backed
[00:13:59] away from them, and now
[00:14:03] America has imposed new sanctions on six Iranian
[00:14:06] entities and one individual. And the reason for this
[00:14:10] is that it is being said that they have some connectivity,
[00:14:14] some connection with the Iran-linked digital asset network,
[00:14:17] and after the Hormuz attacks, America
[00:14:21] is claiming that we are forced to take these
[00:14:25] serious steps again. Now, Hormuz is
[00:14:29] a very strong economic and
[00:14:33] strategic leverage for Iran that it is using,
[00:14:36] and if this strait
[00:14:38] remains disrupted as you are seeing,
[00:14:42] complaints from all countries regarding
[00:14:45] the shipping procedure, the
[00:14:48] navigation procedure, and the way they are demanding
[00:14:52] a fee, there is a lot of freedom on this, and if it is
[00:14:56] not formally restored, then every country will be affected by it,
[00:15:00] not just Iran, not just America, those two countries that you
[00:15:03] are currently seeing directly at war, but the shipping of all
[00:15:07] countries around the world is affected by it,
[00:15:10] and we have seen it being affected
[00:15:14] supply chain has affected
[00:15:50] presented a resolution for its illegal termination. So you can see
[00:15:53] that various
[00:15:56] senators are taking a prominent part in it. In which they state
[00:16:00] that American lives are being wasted in the war against
[00:16:03] Iran. The prices of gas and fertilizer are also rising very high.
[00:16:08] And the military's stockpile is slowly running
[00:16:12] out. The war should be ended immediately. Well, when we talk about the military's stockpile
[00:16:16] running out, you should remember that even before
[00:16:19] that, especially the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General
[00:16:23] Dan Kaine, formally advised President Trump, formally advised
[00:16:27] the Pentagon, writing in a letter that they should
[00:16:31] immediately withdraw from the Iran war because our stockpiles
[00:16:35] are now running very low.
[00:17:37] his blockade is in place, so their situation
[00:17:41] is also precarious. They would want to get out of it, but since all their policies
[00:17:45] are under the control of the IRGC, it is a heavily militarized decision-
[00:17:49] making, and because of that, I think some hardline
[00:17:52] decisions are made that do not benefit them.
[00:17:56] America also wants to get out because mid-term elections are
[00:17:59] coming, and they are under stress. There are some reports that their
[00:18:03] defensive weapon systems, the interceptors, THAAD,
[00:18:06] and
[00:20:00] and if the war starts again, it is not in Iran's benefit,
[00:20:04] nor in the benefit of other
[00:20:37] they should resolve the issue of nuclear enrichment, which is
[00:20:41] the root of this whole dispute, and after that, the issue
[00:20:45] in Southern Lebanon of Israel's withdrawal
[00:20:48] and keeping it clear. So these are four issues that were to be resolved
[00:20:52] in 60 days, and after the agreement,
[00:20:56] other matters were to be improved, but if it is not
[00:20:59] given a chance, on the basis of the Islamabad Memorandum
[00:21:03] of Understanding, on which the agreement is to be made,
[00:21:07] then this continuous
[00:21:10] destabilization will remain in this region, and
[00:21:13] both opposing forces can again
[00:21:16] move towards tension. Well, this Islamabad Memorandum
[00:22:20] one, they can play to their own gallery, and
[00:22:24] the essence is that if matters are settled, then that is an enduring,
[00:22:28] sustainable, permanent basis
[00:22:31] for settlement, and in that, the
[00:22:35] fundamental cause is resolved. Until the fundamental cause
[00:22:38] is resolved, then this will be negative peace, meaning
[00:22:42] violence will be absent, but positive peace means that its
[00:22:45] causes will not be removed, so at any
[00:22:49] time, the region can again move towards tension.
[00:23:20] Both main belligerent powers,
[00:23:24] Iran and America, need to understand this, and here
[00:23:27] comes the role of mediators, because there is a very good
[00:23:31] article by Stimson in which he has given
[00:23:34] the concept that Pakistan has taken a geopolitical
[00:23:38] advantage and played a mediating
[00:23:40] role as a credible moral force,
[00:23:44] and it is still playing
[00:23:48] its limitation is that it can only
[00:23:52] do this when the moment is ripe. And the moment is ripe when
[00:23:56] there is mutual hurting consensus, meaning
[00:23:59] both parties understand that if we continue this war,
[00:24:03] it will be detrimental to us, and if we stop it,
[00:24:07] there is also some loss for us. They are unable to take any step, so when the moment is ripe,
[00:24:11] mediators step in. Pakistan did it before, very successfully
[00:24:14] conducted diplomacy. Now also is the opportunity for Pakistan,
[00:24:18] and Pakistan is the only credible mediator,
[00:24:22] regardless of what Qatar,
[00:24:24] Saudi Arabia, Egypt, all these countries are trying, because they are all affected
[00:24:28] by instability in the region, but the trust
[00:24:31] of Iranians and Americans in Pakistan is greater
[00:24:35] because it is a completely neutral arbiter.
[00:24:38] And its strongest points are
[00:24:41] that it is affected. Obviously, there is a 900-kilometer border
[00:24:45] with Iran. It would not want Iran to be destabilized. Similarly, it would not want
[00:24:49] its ally, America, to be embroiled
[00:24:52] in such a war and such matters
[00:24:55] that would distract it from other matters in
[00:24:59] South Asia or the Pacific.
[00:25:01] So it should be taken away from that. So that's
[00:25:05] why Pakistan's position at this time is morally,
[00:25:08] geopolitically, quite strong. The leadership is very clear,
[00:25:11] and the need at this age is that both parties,
[00:25:15] especially the Iranians, since they have suffered more loss,
[00:25:19] there is a need for building.
[00:26:02] or blame a few elements within it, then you feel that even
[00:26:06] there, the hardliners do not want to stop this war at any cost,
[00:26:12] that even if negotiations happen
[00:26:15] or a deal or agreement is reached,
[00:26:17] it will still be sabotaged. These
[00:26:20] complications regarding Iran are valid, we accept
[00:26:24] that they exist. At this time, they have
[00:26:28] a young leadership after the elimination
[00:26:31] of the top leadership.
[00:28:32] to show, and since if you don't give it a chance,
[00:28:36] and every action will have a reaction, then this
[00:28:39] continuous verbal and
[00:28:42] diplomatic jousting will
[00:28:46] lead both protagonists nowhere. So the entire
[00:28:49] region will suffer if this
[00:28:53] Bab-el-Mandeb and this
[00:28:56] is closed even for a short while, it will have a major negative
[00:29:00] impact on the world economy and on countries,
[00:29:03] including us. So America now has a greater responsibility
[00:29:07] at this time to show large-heartedness
[00:29:12] way. The matters between Iran and Oman will be settled
[00:29:16] because that is an operational level
[00:29:18] discussion. The Iranian
[00:29:22] leadership has to explain to them that they must
[00:29:25] also abide by international law
[00:30:17] And it is for this reason that there is a continuous effort from within them to somehow obtain some concession in this matter. concessions.
[00:30:21] Similarly, there is the issue of Hormuz.
[00:30:24] Now they have moved towards maximalist demands. Earlier,
[00:30:28] they just wanted to have leverage over it. Now they are saying
[00:30:32] that we also need to gain control over it,
[00:30:35] and after that, the transit phase, which, according to UNCLOS
[00:30:39] and international customary law, no transit fee can
[00:30:43] be levied on an international waterway because there is a right
[00:30:46] of innocent passage and also a transit right.
[00:30:49] Many UN conventions and other
[00:30:53] international law bodies,
[00:30:57] even the rulings of the ICJ,