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[00:00:07] you listen to Sohail Afridi,
[00:00:16] The business class is the backbone of the country's economy. Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif presided over a meeting on the promotion of small and medium-sized businesses.
[00:00:20] The Prime Minister's loans will be increased from 1.1 rupees to
[00:00:23] 2.2 by 2028.
[00:00:27] The aim is to empower
[00:00:34] as the Taliban,
[00:00:38] small and medium-sized business owners.
[00:00:40] The Prime Minister
[00:00:47] Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif and Ugandan President Yoweri
[00:00:51] Kaguta Museveni held a telephonic conversation to further strengthen bilateral relations.
[00:00:55] They also discussed the latest regional and global
[00:00:58] situation. Both leaders agreed to maintain close coordination
[00:01:02] and cooperation on international forums, especially the United Nations.
[00:01:05] اتفاق۔
[00:01:12] President Asif Ali Zardari called separate sessions of the National Assembly and
[00:01:16] Senate. The sessions will be held at 6:15 PM at Parliament House.
[00:01:20] The current session of the National Assembly will be the 30th session
[00:01:24] of the 16th Assembly.
[00:01:25] ہوگا۔
[00:01:30] infrastructure, all such facilities.
[00:01:54] with construction,
[00:02:12] keep them wherever you want.
[00:02:24] are these matters moving forward?
[00:02:32] they ever condemned it?
[00:02:56] against Pakistan.
[00:03:19] flowers on the head.
[00:03:34] Khyber Pakhtunkhwa observed a "Day of Salvation" on the implementation of the emergency,
[00:03:38] welcoming the federal government's decision. People are very happy with the federal government's decision to implement the emergency.
[00:03:42] PTI did not have a sense of governmental responsibilities. The federal government imposed an emergency in the province and saved us from PTI.
[00:03:45] Public opinion.
[00:03:49] رائے۔
[00:03:55] Fabricated and misleading claims on social media about insecurity
[00:03:58] in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
[00:04:09] entire administration, provincial
[00:04:24] But they abandoned this
[00:04:27] the Chief Minister and
[00:04:30] the Punjab Forensic Lab and NADRA.
[00:04:48] the indictment is to take place. you hold negotiations,
[00:04:55] And the talk of mischief and
[00:06:12] The advisory body that was established there, the committee,
[00:06:16] had its first day of work today. The
[00:06:19] committee also met, and we saw that Governor
[00:06:23] Faisal Karim Kundi
[00:06:25] was in action, meaning he was seen making
[00:06:29] decisions to use his powers and ensure
[00:06:32] peace and order. The big news that came
[00:06:36] from there is that the decision to increase
[00:06:40] police salaries has also been made, and along
[00:06:44] with that, the package for the martyrs of the forces
[00:06:47] is also being increased. It has also been clearly and unequivocally
[00:06:51] stated by them that now all
[00:06:54] decisions regarding Peshawar and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
[00:06:58] will come from Islamabad, from the federation. They will
[00:07:01] no longer come from Jalalabad or Kabul instead of Islamabad.
[00:07:05] This policy will be made right there.
[00:07:09] We also saw that Federal Interior Minister Mohsin
[00:07:13] Naqvi, who was present there, received 10 bulletproof
[00:07:16] vehicles for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. You may recall that earlier,
[00:07:20] the federation had given three vehicles, and the
[00:07:23] former Chief Minister had kicked them away,
[00:07:27] saying that we do not need these vehicles.
[00:07:30] After that, it was found that there were no
[00:07:34] bulletproof vehicles in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
[00:07:37] to take action against terrorists. So, on the very first day,
[00:07:41] it was announced that the filth of
[00:07:44] 13 years would be cleaned up in three months.
[00:07:48] Along with this, the big news is that
[00:07:51] zero tolerance for corruption has also been announced.
[00:07:55] And this announcement has not only been made, but it has
[00:07:59] also been said that those who committed corruption
[00:08:02] during the 13 years of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government, there was a lot of talk about corruption
[00:08:06] there, and many big stories were broken in this regard.
[00:08:09] Their arrests will also take place. This news has also been confirmed.
[00:08:13] The Federal Information Minister has also said, and Faisal
[00:08:17] Karim Kundi, who is the Governor, has also said that former Chief Minister
[00:08:21] Sohail Afridi is currently in protective custody.
[00:08:24] In fact, it is also being confirmed that eight leaders, including him,
[00:08:28] are in protective custody. It was being asked whether
[00:08:32] Sohail Afridi would be indicted
[00:08:35] in connection with May 9. The answer to that was
[00:08:39] that the advisory committee, which has been established
[00:08:42] in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, will make that decision. You can consider
[00:08:46] it a cabinet that is working there at the moment.
[00:08:49] The commitment we are seeing there
[00:08:53] regarding peace and order, the way work is starting
[00:08:56] to appear, on the first working day today, the way
[00:09:00] policy decisions were made, the way decisions
[00:09:04] were made there, and then the strategy that was
[00:09:08] delivered afterwards, it is estimated that things will
[00:09:11] improve greatly. They will start because the basis
[00:09:15] is that if your provincial government, that provincial
[00:09:18] government under which the
[00:09:22] administration, and along with that, your administration is
[00:09:26] present at the divisional and district levels, if it
[00:09:30] receives a clear message that you are not to give way to Fitna-e-Khawarij,
[00:09:33] and the बात that is spoken of, that in the government
[00:09:36] of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf,
[00:09:40] the party, under their patronage,
[00:09:42] regularly collected protection money. They established their rule there.
[00:09:46] They had a government there. They would not allow the opponents
[00:09:49] of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, especially other political
[00:09:53] parties, to carry out political activity. In contrast, it was Pakistan
[00:09:57] Tehreek-e-Insaf that carried out political activity there.
[00:10:00] You saw how this long march was also taken
[00:10:04] to the southern districts.
[00:10:08] unrest is that it was not just the districts of former
[00:10:11] FATA, but the matter had reached Karak and then
[00:10:15] further to Kohat. Now, various propagandas are being
[00:10:19] spread, and it is being said that this Governor's
[00:10:22] Rule has been imposed unconstitutionally. The government is responding
[00:10:26] to this at every level. A press conference was held yesterday,
[00:10:30] and a seminar was also organized today. All questions
[00:10:34] were answered there. It is absolutely constitutional and legal.
[00:10:38] The government has clarified this. It is in accordance
[00:10:41] with the constitution and law. Then it was said that
[00:10:44] there would be a very big reaction in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
[00:10:47] So, it has also become clear that when
[00:10:51] opponents and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf used to say
[00:10:55] that the current government, accusations
[00:10:58] were made against it regarding elections, and it was
[00:11:01] repeatedly said that we are the true democratic
[00:11:05] people's party that is in power there,
[00:11:09] then its true nature was revealed. They were so democratic,
[00:11:13] they had such a correct mandate, that no one came out
[00:11:16] for them. No eye shed tears.
[00:11:20] Only their own ministers were seen shedding tears.
[00:11:23] After losing power, there was no formal protest
[00:11:27] anywhere, nor could any slogans
[00:11:31] be raised. Attempts were made in one or two places,
[00:11:35] but there were so few people that they were not
[00:11:38] even seen. And so, what was being said, that Governor's
[00:11:42] Rule cannot be imposed here, has also been revealed.
[00:11:46] Surely, people want a government that brings peace for them.
[00:11:50] That brings employment for them. That brings health, education,
[00:11:55] But in contrast, if someone brings strife, brings chaos,
[00:11:59] brings war, brings insecurity, all those
[00:12:02] things that you can say are miscreancy
[00:12:05] that make the future of their children unsafe,
[00:12:09] then people cannot go with him. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
[00:12:12] has made its decision. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
[00:12:16] is with peace,
[00:12:19] with development, and absolutely, Punjab Chief
[00:12:23] Minister Maryam Nawaz reacted today on social media.
[00:12:26] She rightly said that the people have
[00:12:30] given their reaction, and they want construction and
[00:12:34] development like what is present in Punjab.
[00:12:37] They want peace, they want schools, they want hospitals,
[00:12:40] they want improvement in infrastructure, they want health and sanitation.
[00:12:44] They do not want what is present there. How
[00:12:49] How can they move forward? And especially regarding terrorism,
[00:12:53] what should the government do?
[00:12:57] Because one thing I keep saying is that this is not
[00:13:01] power for Muslim League-N and Pakistan Peoples Party.
[00:13:05] This is a challenge. This is a test.
[00:13:08] This is a responsibility that you have to bring peace
[00:13:12] to those people who have been victims of insecurity for decades.
[00:13:16] This is a big challenge because Pakistan Peoples Party
[00:13:20] has a government in Sindh. Muslim League-N has a government
[00:13:23] in Punjab. The government should not have any desire
[00:13:27] at all. In a province where 12 districts are currently,
[00:13:31] you could say, war-torn. So, this is not,
[00:13:34] I think, a matter of taking pride. This is not a matter
[00:13:38] of taking convenience. This is not a crown of
[00:13:44] Rather, this is a garland of thorns. We have to move forward with it.
[00:13:47] What should the government do? How were today's decisions?
[00:13:51] How was the first day? We will review it, and for
[00:13:55] that, I am grateful to us for joining us,
[00:13:59] very senior and seasoned people who have a deep understanding
[00:14:03] of these things. Brigadier (Rtd) Masood Ahmed Sahib. I will thank
[00:14:06] him for being with us. Along with him, Mr. Arshad
[00:14:10] Aziz Malik Sahib, a senior analyst, is joining us.
[00:14:14] He is a former president of the Peshawar Press Club. Just a few days ago, he was
[00:14:17] with me in the program, and he was telling me
[00:14:21] that when Governor Rule was imposed, even his MPs would not leave their homes.
[00:14:25] I expressed surprise then, and today, we will discuss
[00:14:28] his analysis as well. Qurban Baloch Sahib is also
[00:14:32] joining us. He is a senior political analyst and has
[00:14:36] a deep understanding of all matters. First, let's get a little
[00:14:40] bit of news about how today went, what happened
[00:14:42] in the background, and this protest that was being threatened
[00:14:46] so much, that there would be a revolution, a tsunami
[00:14:50] would come, destruction would be wreaked. But not
[00:14:53] even a bird flew there.
[00:14:55] Mr. Arshad Aziz Malik, what news do you have for us?
[00:14:59] The news is that in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, all situations
[00:15:02] are normal. There was a very
[00:15:06] big demonstration in Peshawar, and there were only
[00:15:10] 20 people in it. When the police came closer,
[00:15:13] they all ran away. So, a police officer was telling
[00:15:17] me, "I thought there would be some brave person here
[00:15:20] who would stand up. These were only 15-20
[00:15:24] people, and they also ran away. So, what should we do?"
[00:15:28] I said, "Keep waiting, Mr. Najam." The thing is that you
[00:15:31] used to make big claims and raise big slogans,
[00:15:35] saying that we would bring a revolution here. Now, if
[00:15:39] you listen to Mr. Khatak, you listen to Mr. Shafiq Jan,
[00:15:45] you will say that there should have been a very
[00:15:48] big commotion in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa today. I mean,
[00:15:51] no one came out in the whole province. You can imagine
[00:15:54] from this that this is it. Anyway,
[00:15:58] then I ask, leave the public aside. I had told you in the previous
[00:16:02] program that the public is not interested in this.
[00:16:06] These are just workers. I just ask where those
[00:16:10] people went who had 92 MPs, okay? They had
[00:16:14] a cabinet of 30 members, about 35 parliamentary
[00:16:17] secretaries. They enjoyed themselves for two and a half years.
[00:16:21] Where did those people go? They should have come and demonstrated,
[00:16:24] made sacrifices, got arrested, taken some beatings.
[00:16:28] But they all hid, they all disappeared. And you know,
[00:16:31] the workers are sending messages asking where our leaders
[00:16:35] went who were saying that we have to demonstrate
[00:16:38] now, we have to come out. But they themselves have disappeared.
[00:16:42] Now what should we do here? So, you can imagine that
[00:16:46] people were not interested at all. I was repeatedly saying that
[00:16:50] look, this long march that they were threatening, I had
[00:16:53] said earlier that there is no preparation, people
[00:16:57] are not ready. Now, when they brought this long march
[00:17:01] to various places, their own
[00:17:28] What is the situation? It seems that many people will be crushed and arrested. Mr. Najam,
[00:17:31] there are two or three types of people here. One
[00:17:35] type are those who
[00:17:37] have been displaced from Islamabad and Punjab and have taken
[00:17:41] refuge here. They will be caught, of course. First,
[00:17:45] they should be handed over to you so that you can
[00:17:50] Second, there are those who have cases against them,
[00:17:54] May 9th cases. Many cases are ongoing
[00:17:58] against them in Islamabad courts, which you may remember
[00:18:01] were related to when these people came on November 26th.
[00:18:04] Then there are cases related to October. They were all
[00:18:08] sitting here and not going there. So, there are those cases
[00:18:12] against them. Then the third important thing
[00:18:16] is the corruption charges. Of course, these people
[00:18:20] were sitting here, and when we would bring up a corruption
[00:18:23] case, they would say that we were just doing it to them.
[00:18:27] However, all cases are now with NAB, and NAB
[00:18:31] is investigating them. So, in the coming days,
[00:18:34] I think there will be a big crackdown, and those who
[00:18:38] are involved in these corruptions, look, they took bribes,
[00:18:41] kickbacks, ate commissions. So, all of that will come
[00:18:45] out in the cases. And of course, now they
[00:18:49] will not be able to say that they didn't do it
[00:18:52] because there will be evidence, right? You will show
[00:18:56] that look, you did this. Did you commit corruption or
[00:19:00] not? So, all these things, Mr. Najam, I was just saying
[00:19:03] that look, people voted for you. What did they
[00:19:07] vote for? That you would bring peace to the province.
[00:19:10] You brought neither peace nor governance.
[00:19:14] Why didn't you do some governance? There is no drinking water anywhere.
[00:19:18] If you go to the South, you will be surprised
[00:19:21] where you have come. Our entire region
[00:19:24] and merged areas. So, you neither provided
[00:19:28] governance nor peace. Your whole day was
[00:19:32] spent saying that you didn't have time because
[00:19:35] you had to run a movement.
[00:19:38] You spent the whole year running that movement. We also have to go
[00:19:41] in that direction, but another important thing that came
[00:19:45] to light today is that Sohail Afridi is in protective
[00:19:48] custody, and he may also be indicted in the
[00:19:52] May 9th cases. What is the situation regarding this?
[00:19:56] Look, he already has a May 9th case against him.
[00:19:59] The prosecution, since the court had ordered a forensic
[00:20:02] examination of the videos and other evidence from
[00:20:08] Their report had come, but since the prosecution
[00:20:11] was with them, these people were not submitting it.
[00:20:15] Then the court asked the police to submit it with all
[00:20:18] the evidence. So, the police have now submitted it on the
[00:20:22] last hearing, and now
[00:20:26] So, that process is almost ready. Then, along with
[00:20:29] that, look, the contemptuous threats they made against
[00:20:33] the Election Commission, that case is also pending there. Then the Islamabad
[00:21:20] Although Maulana himself belongs to the same sect
[00:21:24] his previous statement was discussed a lot.
[00:21:27] Despite that, it was said that you can do it, sir.
[00:21:31] Why was Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf so adamant on the issue
[00:21:35] of terrorism that they were not willing to budge
[00:21:39] from the idea that we will follow the state's
[00:21:43] policy, we will allow the use of force there,
[00:22:20] were martyred, and the way they had many capacity-building
[00:22:24] issues, the question was, what was their policy
[00:22:27] during 13 years in government? What did you do in 13 years?
[00:22:31] You initially talked about a political
[00:22:34] solution to the Fitna-e-Khawarij in Pakistan.
[00:22:37] Then we saw
[00:22:40] some of them come with weapons. After that,
[00:22:43] an incident happened in Swat where a Major and a DSP
[00:22:46] abducted them.
[00:23:22] We never saw them condemn anything. Did you ever see
[00:23:25] them at funerals, except for one or two? They
[00:23:28] were not at other funerals. We never saw them offering
[00:23:32] condolences there. When drone attacks were happening,
[00:23:35] they never said that these are coming from Afghanistan.
[00:23:39] 170 drone attacks happened, and this year, drone attacks
[00:23:42] increased by 17 percent
[00:23:46] Besides that, you see the formations.
[00:24:20] while Afghanistan is at your door, trying to destabilize
[00:24:24] you, and these so-called Pakistani Muslims
[00:24:27] are collaborating with infidel Hindus to destabilize Pakistan.
[00:24:31] When they themselves say that their DNA is the same,
[00:24:35] then I don't think we need to comment anymore.
[00:24:39] So, in this case, did you ever try to delay
[00:24:42] the process of sending back the illegal Afghans
[00:24:45] who are living in Pakistan, more than three million
[00:24:49] people? Did you dismantle
[00:25:20] In seven such attacks, the police stations
[00:25:24] or police checkpoints were attacked because they
[00:25:27] were openly exposed. The incident that happened
[00:25:31] in Lucky Marwat or Tak, because they didn't have protection
[00:25:35] equipment, they couldn't defend themselves, so they easily
[00:25:38] became targets.
[00:25:40] In this, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf,
[00:25:43] which runs a whole propaganda war, creates another confusion.
[00:25:47] Sohail Afridi himself used to take this stance,
[00:25:51] Shafiq Jan used to do it, other people used to do it,
[00:25:54] that sir, why are you putting it on us? Why do you say
[00:25:58] it to us? We are a provincial government. This is
[00:26:01] cross-border terrorism, insurgencies. All these things
[00:26:05] are cross-border. It is the responsibility of the federal
[00:26:08] government to deal with it. The provincial government had
[00:26:12] no responsibility in this, no condition of cooperation
[00:26:16] was needed. The provincial administration, district administration,
[00:26:19] commissioner level, division level, all these things,
[00:26:23] they had no role in it. This was not a priority.
[00:26:27] There was a lack of ownership and cooperation with the security
[00:26:31] forces. It was 100% like that.
[00:28:02] was openly attacking, and you were not
[00:28:06] even ready to condemn anything by naming
[00:28:09] them. In my opinion, in these circumstances,
[00:28:13] you see, it's true, Mr. Masood, that
[00:28:17] what can be said about the provincial government?
[00:28:21] In this, every citizen has to play their part.
[00:28:24] And when it comes to national security,
[00:28:27] every individual has to play their role. But I
[00:28:31] still don't understand, Mr. Qurban Baloch, you have a deep
[00:28:35] insight into politics and political parties. This
[00:28:39] was a safe haven for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
[00:28:42] And if they wanted to do something for the founder
[00:28:46] of PTI, launch a movement, put pressure, bargain,
[00:28:50] make demands, they could have done it on the
[00:28:54] basis of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Sir, what foolishness did
[00:28:57] they commit? Did they not realize? Did they
[00:29:01] not know about Article
[00:29:10] I think their emotional decisions,
[00:29:13] overconfident decisions, and the decisions
[00:29:17] due to the lack of a chain of command in
[00:29:21] their party or in politics have not only troubled
[00:29:25] Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, their voters, and their people,
[00:29:27] but I think they have also created difficulties
[00:29:31] for the state. The emergency, Governor's Rule, was a
[00:29:34] bitter pill. Government ministers are also saying
[00:29:38] this, and for any political party, democratic
[00:29:41] parties, it was not a favorable decision.
[00:29:45] And for journalists, as a public, it was
[00:29:48] not a good decision that once again,
[00:29:51] such a message would go to the world about
[00:29:55] Pakistan, which is constitutional but not democratic,
[00:29:57] or not about public participation.
[00:30:01] You will remember that when
[00:30:04] a no-confidence motion was brought against the government
[00:30:08] of the founding chairman of Tehreek-e-Insaf,
[00:30:12] after that, they also made similar emotional decisions.
[00:30:16] They left the parliament, although parliament was their
[00:30:19] stronghold, whether it was the Punjab Assembly, the
[00:30:23] National Assembly, or the Senate.
[00:30:26] entire field and then sat on the ground,
[00:30:30] and all public relations and relations with the media,
[00:30:33] relations with state institutions, they all
[00:30:36] ended. And they saw the results of that,
[00:30:40] and they are still suffering from them.
[00:30:43] I am surprised, I am surprised
[00:30:45] that
[00:30:49] you insist that the march
[00:30:52] will happen. The two days of negotiations,
[00:30:55] I was also there, and we sat for almost
[00:30:59] 10-10 hours.