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[00:00:13] Emergency imposed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. On the advice of Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif,
[00:00:16] President Asif Ali Zardari signed the summary. Under Articles
[00:00:20] 232 and 234 of the Constitution, on the recommendation of the Federal Cabinet,
[00:00:23] the Prime Minister had sent the summary to the President.
[00:00:26] to contact political leaders The President signed the summary
[00:00:28] that the government of Pakistan Tehreek after reviewing the security situation in the province, reports from institutions, and the failure of negotiations. signed the summary.
[00:00:34] had become the B-team .
[00:00:39] The use of Afghan soil for terrorism in Pakistan is unacceptable. Khyber
[00:00:42] Pakhtunkhwa government became a silent spectator instead of fighting terrorism.
[00:00:46] Silence on terrorism is tantamount to enmity with the country.
[00:00:50] Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa backed out of the draft agreed upon in negotiations.
[00:00:55] was given, and Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif speaks at the Federal Cabinet meeting.
[00:00:56] .
[00:01:06] Federal Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif. Cabinet
[00:01:10] members expressed concern over the terrorism situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and termed the provincial
[00:01:13] government's deliberate indifference to the fight against terrorism as alarming.
[00:01:17] Before a final decision regarding Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a last attempt was made through Maulana Fazlur Rehman.
[00:01:20] .
[00:01:22] .
[00:01:27] After the imposition of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Governor Faisal... .
[00:02:14] The Governor has the authority to exercise the powers of the provincial government. Incidents of terrorism in Khyber
[00:02:18] Pakhtunkhwa had become commonplace. The PTI provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
[00:02:21] is not serious about ending terrorism.
[00:02:25] Law and Justice Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar's news
[00:02:28] conference.
[00:02:33] In negotiations with the opposition, the war against terrorism was discussed. Despite four
[00:02:36] changes in the draft, the opposition backed out of negotiations.
[00:02:40] Every effort was made to resolve matters through dialogue. The situation in 12 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
[00:02:44] is very bad. The contact between the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and
[00:02:48] the Taliban is not a secret. Peace and order will be ensured in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at all costs.
[00:02:52] Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi's news
[00:02:55] conference.
[00:03:26] They also sat
[00:03:27] with the government and negotiated
[00:03:43] they are of the same sect as the Taliban,
[00:04:01] Pakistan has a bilateral and diplomatic agreement with Saudi Arabia. We
[00:04:05] strongly condemn the attacks on Saudi Arabia. We will not tolerate
[00:04:08] any aggression against Saudi Arabia. There is no justification for aggression
[00:04:12] against Saudi Arabia. The entire Muslim Ummah is united for the sanctity
[00:04:16] and protection of Harmain Sharifain. Prime Minister Shahbaz
[00:04:18] Sharif.
[00:04:23] round. The next day, they waited,
[00:04:27] The Prime Minister at King Khalid International.
[00:05:42] and the demand to stop it unexpectedly, reiterated the commitment to protect
[00:05:45] the citizens and residents of Saudi Arabia.
[00:05:49] Joint
[00:05:49] declaration.
[00:05:54] In the attacks by Houthis at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia,
[00:05:58] 12 people were killed, 309 injured. Among the deceased
[00:06:01] were four Saudis and two Bangladeshis, as well as one citizen each from America,
[00:06:04] Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine and Sudan.
[00:06:08] The condition of the injured is critical. Flights from Riyadh Airport.
[00:07:12] This is another government, we are happy, we are distributing sweets.
[00:07:15] The Governor's rule imposed in KP is the government of Pakistan.
[00:07:19] The people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, fed up with the incompetent PTI government
[00:07:23] in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, declared the emergency a day
[00:07:26] of salvation. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had been under the control
[00:07:30] of a corrupt group for the past decade,
[00:07:34] which had reached its peak. They spent all the money received from the federation
[00:07:38] on sit-ins, which left the province far behind. We support the decision of the federation.
[00:07:42] .
[00:09:54] Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim. Hello viewers of News Night program, I am your
[00:09:57] host Najam Wali Khan. Viewers, today's special transmission from Pakistan
[00:10:01] Television is being broadcast especially regarding the situation
[00:10:04] in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This special news
[00:10:08] segment is presented to you with
[00:10:11] experts, specialists, and all those people who
[00:10:15] better understand the constitutional, legal, and political position.
[00:10:19] And the first thing we need to talk about
[00:10:22] is the decision that was made by the Federal Cabinet
[00:10:26] today. The Federal Cabinet requested Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz
[00:10:30] Sharif to send this
[00:10:33] advice to the President that it has become absolutely impossible
[00:10:37] for the government to function according to the constitution
[00:10:41] and law in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
[00:10:44] because when it comes to terrorism,
[00:10:48] this charge sheet has already been leveled against the government
[00:10:53] Insaaf and its Chief Minister
[00:10:59] of terrorists. Even if you say it in the softest
[00:11:02] and simplest words, they were silent
[00:11:06] against terrorism, and when the security forces
[00:11:10] demanded to establish peace
[00:11:13] in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the impression of the rule
[00:11:17] of Fitna-tul-Khwarij
[00:11:20] that impression had to be eliminated. We need
[00:11:24] to control drugs
[00:11:40] Whenever they were talked to, they would respond with a non-cooperation
[00:11:44] attitude, which is now recorded in history.
[00:11:47] Today we also have to talk about Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from the Muslim
[00:11:51] League N and Pakistan People's .
[00:12:04] When it is said that terrorism
[00:12:05] must be eliminated
[00:12:09] and peace must be given to the people
[00:12:13] of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and that security
[00:12:17] forces and even police forces are attacked there,
[00:12:20] and that force must be used to end them,
[00:12:24] they would obstruct it. They would not only obstruct
[00:12:28] but their administration would follow the provincial
[00:12:31] government's policy, because of which the objections
[00:12:35] of the security forces, you could say,
[00:12:39] the reservations and resentments were growing.
[00:12:42] The damage was increasing to such an extent that according
[00:12:46] to the statistics I have and which were also presented
[00:12:49] in the cabinet today, terrorism in Khyber
[00:12:52] Pakhtunkhwa increased by 195%
[00:12:55] from March 1, 2024 to September
[00:12:59] 23, 2026. Our sons were dying
[00:13:02] there, our brothers were dying there,
[00:13:06] and the government there was planning
[00:13:09] to attack the federation. The Chief Minister,
[00:13:13] who should have joined the funerals of the martyrs,
[00:13:16] was instead preparing to attack the federation.
[00:13:20] This was a terrible constitutional, political,
[00:13:24] and you could say a terrible situation
[00:13:28] regarding the constitution that was faced there,
[00:13:32] but despite this, the federal government made every
[00:13:35] possible effort, held negotiations. Maulana Fazlur Rehman
[00:13:39] was tried to the last extent, that is, until
[00:13:42] today's cabinet meeting, an attempt was made
[00:13:46] to find a way out, but the government of Pakistan
[00:13:49] Tehreek-e-Insaf remained stubborn that it would not allow
[00:13:53] peace and order to be established in the province. It would maintain
[00:13:57] its rule, its political power, and its political
[00:14:01] grip with the cooperation of terrorists. And all those places where Jamiat
[00:14:05] Ulema-e-Islam is talked about, that is,
[00:14:08] despite this, if we talk about Awami National Party,
[00:14:12] if we talk about Pakistan People's Party, if we talk about Pakistan Muslim
[00:14:16] League N, no political party could carry out
[00:14:20] its activities there. Only Pakistan
[00:14:23] Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)'s rule, with the cooperation
[00:14:27] of the TTP, was maintained there.
[00:14:30] This was unacceptable to the state. We want peace,
[00:14:33] we want the end of drug
[00:14:36] production and its sale there.
[00:14:39] We want an end to smuggling there. We want
[00:14:43] peace, education, health, and infrastructure
[00:14:47] to be built there, but they were obstructing all of these. That is why
[00:14:50] big talks were being made, big claims were being made
[00:14:54] that if Governor's rule was imposed in Pakhtunkhwa,
[00:14:58] the example of Turkey would be forgotten, and what happened is that
[00:15:01] today in the entire Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, you can go to any
[00:15:05] city, videos are coming from everywhere, sweets are being distributed
[00:15:09] there, prayers of gratitude are being offered
[00:15:12] there, small and big, women, all the people
[00:15:16] are currently releasing their video messages
[00:15:20] in which thanks are being expressed that Governor's rule was imposed
[00:15:23] in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. And an advisory council has been formed
[00:15:27] there, which consists of experts in their respective fields.
[00:15:31] What is this situation, especially what is the entire
[00:15:34] position there, what is the constitutional position, and
[00:15:38] what is the political position? We will talk about it with our panelists.
[00:15:41] First of all, Javed Farooqi, analyst, is present
[00:15:45] with me in the studios. Thank you very much, Javed Sahab, for your time.
[00:15:49] Hassan Khan Sahab is joining us from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
[00:15:52] I also thank him. He is also
[00:15:56] with us. Brigadier Retired Babar Alauddin Sahab is also joining us
[00:16:00] shortly. Similarly, we are trying
[00:16:03] and other experts as well.
[00:16:08] Let's talk. First of all, Javed Farooqi Sahab, I was just
[00:16:11] seeing that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf had given a reaction and said
[00:16:15] that this Governor's rule or the imposition of emergency
[00:16:19] is unconstitutional. It is in the articles of the Constitution,
[00:16:23] Section 232, 234 of the Constitution.
[00:16:26] It has been implemented, and it is being called unconstitutional.
[00:16:29] Thank you very much, Najam Wali Sahab.
[00:16:33] Look, they, PTI, have to say it's unconstitutional because
[00:16:37] they consider every action of theirs to be in accordance
[00:16:41] with the constitution and law, and their opponents
[00:16:44] are all undemocratic and unconstitutional.
[00:16:47] They shouldn't even exist. In fact, the tragedy of PTI
[00:16:51] has been from the very beginning that they are self-obsessed
[00:16:54] and don't accept anyone other than themselves.
[00:16:58] That is why today they are isolated and alone,
[00:17:02] and today it has reached its peak
[00:17:06] that the only refuge they had,
[00:17:10] the government of KP, which you could say was their
[00:17:13] pride, and their base
[00:17:17] camp, today they lost it due to their own mistakes,
[00:17:21] and after that,
[00:17:24] I think you can well imagine its future.
[00:17:27] Secondly, look, the President
[00:17:31] of Pakistan has imposed this emergency.
[00:17:34] He has imposed Governor's rule. And these steps have been taken
[00:17:38] under Articles 232 and 234 of the Constitution.
[00:17:41] Within the state, the President
[00:17:45] of Pakistan is such a personality
[00:17:47] that he is the constitutional head of the state, and
[00:17:51] within the state, you always have to keep
[00:17:54] such a person and such a position
[00:17:58] and such an office that has the ultimate power,
[00:18:01] and that exists in Pakistan and in any state.
[00:18:05] So it is
[00:18:09] a constitutional office, he is the Supreme Commander.
[00:18:12] If we take this to the Pakistan People's Party, we saw statements
[00:18:16] emerging earlier that the Pakistan People's Party
[00:18:20] would not favor Governor's rule and would not go into it.
[00:18:23] But then, when they themselves sat in negotiations,
[00:18:27] they saw the attitude of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, how
[00:18:30] after 8-10 hours of negotiations, the draft itself was rejected.
[00:18:34] So I think the People's Party also understood that this
[00:18:53] won't be resolved with words. But here the situation
[00:18:56] reached such a point that the President and the People's Party
[00:19:00] also delivered their ultimatum.
[00:19:05] with the PTI, and they
[00:19:15] saw the views of Mr. Naveed Qamar and all the other leadership of the People's Party
[00:19:19] with their own eyes, and after
[00:19:23] talking to them, they saw that there was no flexibility
[00:19:27] and they were continuing on the same path, so ultimately they also reached
[00:19:31] the conclusion that this path should be taken. What I was talking about the President
[00:19:35] was that whether at home or anywhere, you have to give
[00:19:39] an office such a status
[00:19:42] that it ultimately makes a decision about the situation.
[00:19:46] So this office exists in any state. So the notification
[00:19:50] they issued, the wording
[00:19:53] of that notification begins with the administrative
[00:19:57] breakdown in the province. Now the word breakdown,
[00:20:01] Najam Wali Sahab, is extraordinary.
[00:20:04] This word is not used in normal circumstances. And
[00:20:08] an administrative breakdown in a province means that there is
[00:20:12] what they call anarchy, chaos,
[00:20:16] and there is no caretaker of that province.
[00:20:19] In this situation, the federation has no other
[00:20:22] option. Then the role of the federation comes here. At this time,
[00:20:26] the rules and regulations of the federation that are made
[00:20:29] are for such situations. And under this, the federation
[00:20:33] intervened. .
[00:21:20] No, there will be a revolution there, there will be a storm there, people
[00:21:23] are so attached to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
[00:21:27] that they won't tolerate it, and who knows what will happen. Hasan Sahab
[00:21:31] is with me. Hasan Sahab, what is the position of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, what is the
[00:21:34] situation right now, and what about those who were saying
[00:21:38] that they would completely shut down the province? Where are
[00:21:42] the members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf assembly, ministers, chief minister, where are they all?
[00:21:46] ? Thank you very much, Najam.
[00:21:50] Look, we were expecting that the long march that started
[00:21:53] and was supposed to arrive from Mardan today,
[00:21:57] Swat Mardan and Swabi, it's a maximum of 25
[00:22:01] to 30 minutes distance or at most an hour
[00:22:05] or an hour and a half. So when this
[00:22:08] situation arose, we thought that this long
[00:22:11] march would intensify, but we saw that within
[00:22:15] an hour, the container was parked on the side of the road,
[00:22:18] and I talked to some people a little while ago,
[00:22:22] they say the driver has also left. Nowhere in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
[00:22:25] especially from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, there was a small
[00:22:29] protest in Swabi. People came
[00:22:32] out, but the local police managed them
[00:22:36] and arrested some people, and they dispersed.
[00:22:40] Similarly, in different groups, somewhere 20,
[00:22:44] somewhere 25, somewhere 50, wherever there are workers,
[00:22:47] and obviously the party
[00:22:50] has a base, apart from them, no one was seen
[00:22:54] because the basic reason is that the leadership
[00:22:58] has a big firebrand speaker too, maybe Khatak Sahab. I
[00:23:01] was watching his post on X,
[00:23:04] he says, "People of Peshawar, come out, and when
[00:23:08] your numbers increase, then I will also be among you."
[00:23:12] This means that similarly, Khyber,
[00:23:15] which is the ancestral area of Sohail
[00:23:18] Afridi Sahab. His idea was, and Afridi Sahab
[00:23:22] had taken this long march from the mountain when it
[00:23:26] came to the outskirts of Peshawar, to Khyber
[00:23:29] because it was his ancestral area, and he thought that he would gain
[00:23:33] strength from there, but even when he was
[00:23:36] passing through Peshawar, you people knew
[00:23:40] there were 150-200 people during the day
[00:23:43] because their movement was not during the day, it was at night. So today this
[00:23:47] was expected, and the local MNA
[00:23:50] Iqbal Afridi also said that we are leaving from here
[00:23:54] towards Peshawar, and so many people will go to Peshawar
[00:23:58] that Peshawar will be jammed. But they got lost somewhere on the way
[00:24:02] and were not seen. Similarly, their entire
[00:24:05] leadership, MNAs, MPAs, and
[00:24:08] ministers, it seems
[00:24:12] they are waiting for people to come out on their own.
[00:24:15] And when people come out and that situation arises
[00:24:19] that you are talking about, referring to Turkey, then
[00:24:23] we will appear there and take control of the situation.
[00:24:26] But as you know, because
[00:24:29] workers have to be mobilized and arrangements have to be made
[00:24:33] for them, we were expecting
[00:24:37] that maybe now there is an emergency
[00:24:40] in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, so Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, which has a considerable
[00:24:44] presence in Punjab as well, I think there would be
[00:24:47] around 100 of their provincial assembly members,
[00:24:51] etc. So we thought maybe there, there is no
[00:24:54] emergency there. So if they can't do it in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, then
[00:24:58] it will be more in Punjab. But from there too, Hasan Sahab, Hasan
[00:25:02] , let me tell you something very interesting. We are talking about today,
[00:25:05] let me tell you about the final call
[00:25:08] on November 26. Its date was November 24, which was given.
[00:25:12] I will tell you about the final call of November 26, 2024.
[00:25:15] Their central secretary general Salman Akram Raja came out on the streets
[00:25:19] of Lahore on that day. In the video he released, he was alone in his
[00:25:23] car making the video. The central
[00:25:26] secretary general was sitting alone. So you can imagine
[00:25:30] what this situation would be. So this means
[00:25:33] that now the long march, they were saying that Islamabad
[00:25:37] is filled with containers. We will reach there. The long march is over.
[00:25:41] Now no,
[00:25:43] the long march, I think, as soon as they found out
[00:25:47] that they left the container
[00:25:50] and went away. From morning, they didn't come to the container.
[00:25:54] They were in the same house. They
[00:25:58] had camped there. And they thought that perhaps
[00:26:01] they would not be arrested from the same house.
[00:26:04] And the long march, what happened last night
[00:26:08] happened. Today morning there was nothing. We were expecting
[00:26:12] that they would go to Swabi and then they had also given a plan
[00:26:16] that on the 12th, people from Peshawar Division, Hazara Division,
[00:26:20] and Bannu Division would come, and on the 13th,
[00:26:24] people from D.I. Khan Division, Kohat Division, and Mardan
[00:26:27] Division would come. That was the plan given,
[00:26:30] but we haven't seen anything today.
[00:27:32] What kind of patience is there in world politics
[00:27:36] when you know that they support terrorists?
[00:27:39] They support them. They are in government because of their corruption. And
[00:27:43] when federal government ministers talk, when security establishment
[00:27:47] people talk, they have solid evidence. If you and I talk,
[00:27:51] it will be a different context. If it were any other
[00:27:55] country, all of them should be banned, all of them should be arrested
[00:27:58] in terrorism cases. This is anti-state.
[00:28:06] A province that is at war and has been at war
[00:28:10] for many years, in that province, as you mentioned in your introduction,
[00:28:14] innocent people are being martyred, security forces personnel are being martyred
[00:28:18] there, and how much has the increase been in drone attacks
[00:28:21] and IED attacks, and
[00:28:25] similarly, other terrorist incidents in that
[00:28:29] province. The Chief Minister of that province should be getting
[00:28:32] a temporary salary that he should always be presiding over security meetings somewhere,
[00:28:36] visiting somewhere, empowering his police,
[00:28:40] building the capacity of his CTD and police.
[00:28:43] And on the other hand, the Chief Minister of the same province
[00:28:46] has time for everything else. He is roaming in other provinces,
[00:28:50] sometimes in Peshawar, sometimes in Islamabad, but has no time for his
[00:28:54] own province. So, look, the state is a functional
[00:28:57] state. Pakistan is a nuclear power in the world, such a strong
[00:29:01] country. Alhamdulillah, Pakistan has a name in the world today.
[00:29:04] The world appreciates Pakistan in good words everywhere these days.
[00:29:08] Pakistan is everywhere. To create such a situation
[00:29:12] in such a country, threaten the federal government
[00:29:15] on a daily basis and use such
[00:29:19] language, now tell me, for the last ten days,
[00:29:22] in the streets, alleys, markets, cities,
[00:29:26] and roads of KP, they are giving speeches
[00:29:29] and inciting people against the army.
[00:29:33] This is a very dangerous trend. You are brainwashing the youth
[00:29:36] and giving them such speeches.
[00:29:40] Using such abusive and unethical
[00:29:43] language. This doesn't happen in any country
[00:29:47] in the world. This should have happened much earlier.
[00:29:50] People say it should have happened much earlier, considering how much time they were given.
[00:29:54] And let me tell you one thing, when their negotiations
[00:29:58] happened last week, Najam Sahab,
[00:30:01] in those negotiations, the Interior Minister briefed their negotiating
[00:30:05] team for an hour and a half that
[00:30:08] these are the conditions in KP and these are your failures.
[00:30:12] So they were told that if your Chief Minister was in the negotiating
[00:30:16] team, at least he would answer why the situation is like this.
[00:30:20] So the negotiating team said that the Chief Minister would come in tomorrow's
[00:30:25] but when the Chief Minister didn't come, they were asked to call one of their ministers.
[00:30:29] The point is that this is their seriousness.
[00:30:33] Brother, if you have so many issues, why didn't you become part of the negotiating
[00:30:37] team? Why don't you call a meeting of the Apex Committee in KP,
[00:30:40] which you should? Call a meeting of the Apex Committee there,
[00:30:44] and people will brief you. So it's a very serious
[00:30:47] situation, and even now, to say that the federal government
[00:30:51] did something wrong, acted unconstitutionally,
[00:30:54] it is completely constitutional. Safeguards and safety walls
[00:30:58] .