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00:00:23Hello of and welcome, you're watching Pakistan TV, the news
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00:00:40of The
00:00:44President on the advice of Prime Minister Mohammad Shabaz Sharief imposes emergency
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00:00:52of the constitution of Pakistan given the gravity
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00:01:14Government defense KP emergency as a constitutional measure and rising
00:01:18terrorism 11 member advisory council form to oversee key provincial
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00:01:31Governor Faisal Karem Kundi Char's first meeting of newly
00:01:34of constituted KP advisory Council for zero tolerance for corruption prioritizes
00:01:38peace, good governance and effective utilization of mineral
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00:01:48At least 12 people have been killed and 309 others wounded in
00:01:52attack on king Khalid international airport in
00:01:55Riyadh.
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00:02:04Prime Minister Mohammad Shahbas Sharif strongly condemns the hoothi militious attack
00:02:08on King Khalid international airport in Riyadh reaffirming Pakistan's unwaving
00:02:12of solidarity with the kingdom of Saudi Arabia its leadership and brotherly
00:02:16people saying Pakistan will stand shoulder to shoulder with the kingdom in every
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00:02:28European Union talks with Afghan Taliban. face criticism as the national
00:02:31interest warns
00:02:33of migration priorities are overshadowing counter terrorism, girls
00:02:36education and women's rights despite terrorist groups operating from
00:02:40Afghanistan.
00:02:44US President Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine agreed to immediate
00:02:48energy cease fire uging both sides not to violate the
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00:02:57of Flash. flood sweep away homes
00:03:01and bridges in central Nepal, 49 rescued file missing. The disaster comes as
00:03:05Nepal continues to recover from devastating floods
00:03:09of a and landslides that struck border towns near Tibet two months
00:03:15of ago. Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by
00:03:1982 runs in the second T20 International at Rawalpindi cricket
00:03:22stadium to take a 2-0 lead in the three match
00:03:25series.
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00:05:07The culture and traditions of Kashmir have
00:05:09a distinct identity
00:05:11of their own across world kashmiri culture has
00:05:15a unique character that sets it apart, because of
00:05:19its beauty, it holds a special place across the
00:05:22subcontinent and around the world. kashmiri men
00:05:26and women wear fine clothes and over them they wear a long loose
00:05:30garment known as the faren. the faren is a traditional
00:05:34dress the kashmiri people. for women, it
00:05:37provides such full coverage that there is little need for a burka as
00:05:41its loose desire. serves the purpose of complete modest
00:05:44covering. During winter, Kashmir is also wear
00:05:48a shaw over the faren. Kashmiri women are
00:05:52especially known for wearing the famous pashmina
00:05:55shall. Skilled Kashmiri craftsman decorate these
00:05:59shows with beautiful embroidery. This embroidery
00:06:03is famous around the world. Elderly Kashmiri women
00:06:06traditionally cover their heads with kasba a form of head covering with
00:06:10a style of its own. The traditional cap won by
00:06:14elderly Kashmiri men is also a unique part of Kashmiri
00:06:18culture. The carpets used in Kashmiri homes are
00:06:22also made by Kashmiri craftsmen. Making these
00:06:26carpets requires a high level of skill. With their
00:06:30skilled hands, the people of Kashmir produce carpets, shalls
00:06:34and namda rugs. All these traditional products
00:06:38are in strong demand outside the Kashmir Valley.
00:06:41Paper Mashi. and decorative carving on wood are also important parts
00:06:45of Kashmiri culture and tradition. The
00:06:49utensils in which Kashmiris eat their food are also beautiful
00:06:52examples of Kashmiri culture and tradition.
00:06:56Their design shows that they have been made by people with a high level of
00:07:00artistic skill and craftsmanship. The decorative
00:07:04work on these utensils reflects the culture and
00:07:07craftsmanship of occupied Kashmir. This is a
00:07:11Samavar. kava can be kept hot and fresh in it
00:07:14throughout the day. the samovar is designed in such a way that
00:07:18burning coals are placed inside it. these coals keep the
00:07:22tea or kawam all the time. this is a
00:07:26trammi, a large traditional plate from which four people eat
00:07:29together. it is especially used at weddings in kashmir
00:07:33when vazvan is prepared. kashmiri vazwan is a
00:07:37traditional food of kashmir and consists of dozens of meat
00:07:41dishes. Vazwan is a special identity of
00:07:44Kashmiri cuisine. Anyone who tastes these dishes
00:07:48once in life often wishes to enjoy them again and
00:07:51again. Along with the natural beauty of
00:07:55Kashmir, its beautiful culture also attracts tourists
00:07:58from around the world. Just look at the lake with
00:08:02its boats and shikaras moving across the water.
00:08:06When people see the large houses on the water, they are often
00:08:10amazed and wonder how such impressive. Buildings can stand
00:08:13there. These are actually house boats built
00:08:17entirely from wood. These house boats are remarkable
00:08:21example the skill of Kashmiri craftsman.
00:08:24Tourists from around the world stay in these house
00:08:27boats. Kashmiri culture is different from the cultures
00:08:31of all other regions and states of India. For this
00:08:35reason India is attacking this great
00:08:37culture.
00:08:58In Indian illegally occupied Kashmir, the purpose of Indian
00:09:01cultural aggression is to erase the distinct islamic
00:09:05identity, culture and Muslim majority character the
00:09:08Kashmiri people. At the official level, the promote.
00:09:12of Kashmiri, Persian and Urdu is being stopped while Hindi
00:09:16is being imposed. The Islamic names of
00:09:20historical places are being changed and these places are being renamed
00:09:24after Hindu figures and stories. Since
00:09:275th August 2019, independent media has faced
00:09:31a complete ban, while journalists have faced strict
00:09:34punishments. The Kashmiri people and the Huriyat
00:09:38leadership see this cultural assault as an attack by Hindutva on the...
00:09:42identity, they call on international organizations
00:09:46to take notice of what they describe as Indian attempts to turn the
00:09:50Muslim majority in the region into a minority as well as
00:09:54attacks by Hindu extremists on the culture of
00:09:57Kashmir.
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00:10:51Afghanistan remains a central hub in the global. truck
00:10:55trade. According to the UNODC 2025 report,
00:10:59it produced 433 tons of opium in
00:11:022024, nearly 20% the global
00:11:06supply. Despite a temporary drop after the
00:11:092022 ban, cultivation rose again by
00:11:1319% in 2024. Trafficking networks
00:11:16stayed active. Average opium prices of
00:11:19$750 per kilogram reflect the continued
00:11:23demand and functioning. smuggling routes. According to the world
00:11:27drug report 2025, total global opium
00:11:30production in 2024 reached
00:11:332,140 tons. Myanmar lead with
00:11:37995 tons, which is 46%, followed
00:11:41by Afghanistan at 433 tons, which is
00:11:4420%, while Mexico and Colombia produce smaller
00:11:48shares. These figures highlight that despite bans and
00:11:52crackdowns, the global opium trade. remains deeply
00:11:55entrenched with regional networks adapting and
00:11:59expanding. Moreover, awan cartels are shifting from
00:12:03plast-based drugs to synthetics like crystal meth, which
00:12:07are cheaper to produce and easier to hide and harder to
00:12:10detect, showing that the threat is moving from fields to
00:12:14laboratories spreading globally, but Pakistan is
00:12:18actively countering this threat. Under the national
00:12:21anti-narcotics policy 2019 and back. by the laws
00:12:25like the control of narcotics substances act
00:12:281997, pakistan's anti-narcotics force
00:12:32ANF conducts extensive operations in
00:12:35Baluchistan, KP and SIN, using drones,
00:12:38satellite imagery and modern agricultural methods,
00:12:42Pakistan eradicates poppy crops even in remote
00:12:45areas. In 2024, 2025 alone Pakistan cleared
00:12:49hundreds of hectares of puppy fields, dismantled
00:12:52419 illegal. waterboards destroyed
00:12:5664 solar systems and repatriated
00:12:59110 foreign traffickers. National seasores exceeded
00:13:03a 361 metric tons of narcotics worth
00:13:07billions, cutting off major supply lines. With
00:13:11technology driven surveillance, corridor intelligence
00:13:14and the interagency coordination, Pakistan maintains
00:13:18its puppy free status since 2001. The
00:13:22country is not just protecting its borders. It's safegarding the
00:13:26region and the world. Afghanistan may be the source, but
00:13:30Pakistan is the shield, leading the fight against narcotics
00:13:33and ensuring safer, drug free
00:13:36future.
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00:15:49Pakistan has categorically debunged India's baseless and
00:15:53misleading remarks regarding US President Donald Trump's
00:15:56recent comments on nuclear testing. Once again, New
00:16:00Delhi has twisted facts attempting to link Trump's words to
00:16:04Pakistan's nuclear program. A desperate bit.
00:16:36security threat as groups increasingly return to modern
00:16:39technology to challenge the state from explosive
00:16:42laden commercial drones used by terrike taliban,
00:16:46pakistan to reported cross border drone
00:16:50insertions involving afghan taliban forces, the
00:16:54changing nature of warfare is raising serious concerns
00:16:58for Pakistan's national security. Islamabad is repeatedly
00:17:01emphasized the Afghan Taliban of accused
00:17:05of course with proof of for providing Afghan Taliban
00:17:09sanctuaries to the TTP. Meanwhile, Pakistan is
00:17:13strengthening its counter drone capabilities in pursuing
00:17:16operations against militant networks across
00:17:20Khaiba and Balochistan. The challenge is not just
00:17:23intercepting drones, but dismantling the networks
00:17:27that finance, supply and deploy them. Meanwhile, in
00:17:31India, prime minister Narendra Modi's government faces mounting questions
00:17:35over its commitment to democ. democratic freedoms, the
00:17:39detention of protesters and journalists in New Delhi,
00:17:42restrictions on demonstrations and allegations of large scale
00:17:46voter exclusion have intensified scrutiny the
00:17:50country's electoral institutions. opposition parties
00:17:54accuse the authorities of undermining the public's right to political
00:17:58representation while the BJP and election commission deny
00:18:02manipulating electoral roles. of course with Rahul Gandhi
00:18:05backing the protest protest, and the UN human rights
00:18:09office raising concerns over arbitrary
00:18:12detentions. the controversy presents a serious
00:18:15challenge to Modi's government. can a government
00:18:19claim democratic legitimacy while facing growing
00:18:23questions about electoral transparency, freedom
00:18:27of expression and the right to peaceful
00:18:30descent? tonight on perspective we examined the Modi government's
00:18:34handling these protests, of course the controversies. surrounding
00:18:38voter registration and the widening debate over
00:18:41constitutional rights in India. We have with us Richard
00:18:45Levi, former bureau chief the Washington Post joining us, a
00:18:49little later, a little later on we'll have other guests during the course the
00:18:52program. Thank you for joining us, Richard,
00:18:56as far as the TTP, Afghan Nexus is
00:19:00concerned, when we look at what's happening, of course, the
00:19:04TTP has expanded its operational capabilities.
00:19:07intensified attacks inside Pakistan, given your
00:19:11experience of covering the Afghan war and the
00:19:14TTP insurgency, how would you assess the
00:19:18relationship between TDK Taliban Pakistan
00:19:22and the Afghan Taliban today? Is it
00:19:25primarily an ideological alliance, a
00:19:29strategic partnership or has the TTP also become
00:19:33a source of regional pressure against Pakistan?
00:19:39first let me say, barrister hamid, I appreciate the opportunity to
00:19:43talk again on Pakistan TV, and your
00:19:47questions are right spot on, it may the answer
00:19:51may be all three, um, proxy wars
00:19:55have to be funded, supplied and
00:19:59maintained by an opposing
00:20:02force that wants to aly with the proxies. In this case, the
00:20:06proxies are. the TTP. In this case,
00:20:10it's a pretty good bet that the supporters are the Afghan
00:20:14Taliban. These wars are
00:20:18not unknown throughout the world, of course, and
00:20:21eliminated, eliminating and insurgency is
00:20:25tough work for a standing
00:20:27army. Um, up until very recently, the
00:20:31TTP had no air air force. It does now,
00:20:35it has drones. called
00:20:38often the porman's air force,
00:20:42which are able to hammer sights in
00:20:46Pakistan, it has clearly some...
00:20:50sort of support network supplying the drones
00:20:53and it has
00:20:54purely not just
00:20:58purely ideological reason to support the
00:21:01TTP, but a political reason
00:21:05that extends, I think
00:21:08to a continuing
00:21:11conflict between the two, the two states,
00:21:15Afghanistan and Pakistan. When we look
00:21:19at "you know the evolution of TTP capabilities, of course
00:21:23it seems that they've moved beyond conventional ambushes,
00:21:27suicide bombings, bombings and improvised
00:21:30explosive devices to of course you increasingly
00:21:34sophisticated attacks, including drone use,
00:21:37surveillance and coordinated attacks. what what
00:21:41and who has driven this evolution in your opinion
00:21:45and to what extent does it reflect the group's own
00:21:49adaptation?" in terms of of course the battlefield
00:21:52experience, access to expertise from other militant
00:21:56networks, what what is this evolution about and what
00:22:00has given rise to it? well,
00:22:03Pakistan right now is dealing with what I call feast of
00:22:06snakes, there are militant groups obviously
00:22:10out of Baluchistan, and
00:22:13there are other militant groups um possibly
00:22:17supported by India, I don't want
00:22:19to go... on the lim uh and say they
00:22:22are, here's one the problems, miss
00:22:26Hamine, the United States no longer has any
00:22:30eyes on Pakistan, I'm sorry, eyes on
00:22:32Afghanistan, the intelligence
00:22:36services have been withdrawn,
00:22:40before, as you know, the intelligence services of
00:22:43CIA and the US Air Force in conjunction
00:22:47were able to uh have... drone strikes their
00:22:51own against the terrorist networks in
00:22:54Pakistan and help diminish their role,
00:22:58that air power isn't any
00:23:02longer available,
00:23:06and also the intelligence gathering. I believe the number
00:23:10of actual militants in
00:23:13Afghanistan is estimated to be
00:23:159,00, and obviously that's a
00:23:19size of... force for to operate within
00:23:23a another country,
00:23:26the goal then of Pakistan,
00:23:30I think should be
00:23:32continuing to viciate or eliminate this
00:23:36force, easier said than done,
00:23:40however, especially when it appears
00:23:44the EU has some interest in engaging the Taliban
00:23:48regime, which... I know has gotten coverage
00:23:51there, because Richard, to stop you right
00:23:55there, when we look at the drone warfare and access to
00:23:59this kind of drone drone technology, or you know Pakistan of course
00:24:03has reported militant, you know
00:24:07the the militant drone attacks, they've also reported, raised
00:24:11concerns about the use of commercially available
00:24:14codcopters, I believe, and and for surveillance,
00:24:18offensive operations. you know commercially available
00:24:22quad copters, where might the TTB be
00:24:25obtaining this kind of sophisticated
00:24:29technology and and
00:24:31you know obtaining its drones, compet you know components, technical
00:24:35expertise, because what is this development
00:24:38reveal about the accessibility of this
00:24:42kind of technology you know to to militant groups, and of
00:24:46course then obviously the the challenges it creates for Pakistan.
00:24:52well, a quadcopter probably costs in the vicinity of
00:24:55$2,500 us. um,
00:24:59they can be assembled from kits, so
00:25:03they're available, and they're available
00:25:06reportedly uh, from Turkey and
00:25:10China. uh, do I have
00:25:14confirmation of that? no, it's what I've read in
00:25:16reports, the um,
00:25:20availability, availability becomes
00:25:23obvious because they're being
00:25:25used, perhaps being
00:25:28assembled somewhere in the
00:25:31um, you know, northwestern regions of Pakistan, perhaps
00:25:35being assembled in Afghanistan, um, it's a
00:25:39very difficult situation to
00:25:41assess, uh, I'm not in the intelligence
00:25:45agency, and it's
00:25:49increasingly... difficult because the
00:25:52United States has very little regard anymore for what's
00:25:56happening in Pakistan and Afghanistan
00:26:00buse the troops were withdrawn as you years
00:26:02ago, um, President Trump has essentially
00:26:06said, you're on your own to
00:26:10Pakistan, although it is still the most
00:26:14favored non-Nato ally the United
00:26:17States, for good reason, the incredible
00:26:21importance of Pakistan to the
00:26:24region. I don't want
00:26:26to push the
00:26:29point, but insurgencies. have a
00:26:33way of taking on their own life, they are
00:26:35asymmetric and they can gain
00:26:39momentum because the people
00:26:43want to cast off the state, that is true in
00:26:46bulushistan as I understand it, so
00:26:49they the you know of course Richard with
00:26:53sustaining these operations, of course
00:26:56require funding, equipment, reliable supply
00:27:00of it, and of course the reli'. will supply channels
00:27:04also, how might the TTP finance and its
00:27:07activities, procure drones and and
00:27:11explosives, other equipments a steady supply so to speak,
00:27:15and what role can informal financial
00:27:19systems, criminal networks, external facilitators
00:27:22play, how can these channels be disrupted and
00:27:26and weaken of course to weaken this group's
00:27:30operational capacity in particular?
00:27:35the um answer to that is a again
00:27:39a bit blurry, um, the
00:27:42UN recently sanctioned
00:27:45any support for terrorism
00:27:49carried out against Pakistan, sanctions
00:27:53mean something, but there's
00:27:57no, let's put it
00:27:59regular effort or a... ability to
00:28:03enforce, except through um,
00:28:06say the international police
00:28:09agencies, interpol,
00:28:13and that takes a lot of focus and
00:28:17commitment by the authorities, I'm
00:28:20certain the ISI is tracking where these are coming
00:28:24from, and that's
00:28:27something that has to be sustained and and
00:28:31well focused. um the
00:28:35because the uh inexpensiveness of
00:28:38drones um or the and the ability to assembly
00:28:42assemble them, the ability to get them up there, mean
00:28:46a 14 year old kid in America could assemble
00:28:49a serviceable drone, not
00:28:53for warfare, but you i hope you take my point,
00:28:57um, it's a large scale problem, it's a
00:29:01problem for the... United States, I i want
00:29:04to mention that the United States lost two service members to a
00:29:08drone attack from
00:29:09Iran uh against
00:29:13personnel in Jordan,
00:29:15and
00:29:17obviously drone warfare has now spread
00:29:21so so many places across the globe that it's it's being, it
00:29:25used to be what was called a boutique weapon, it is now a
00:29:28pervasive weapon and drone control.
00:29:33Richard,
00:29:34for for a country, for a country like Afghanistan, this is you
00:29:37know war ravaged land in terms of funding that's
00:29:41available, what we know about the funding in terms the
00:29:45aid that is accessible to the Afghan
00:29:48Taliban, you think that you think there are external
00:29:52source source of steady funding and and you know
00:29:56what do they indicate and and the regions and the areas and the
00:30:00countries that they are coming from. well as I said at
00:30:03the top the conversation, a proxy war
00:30:06requires uh weaponry,
00:30:10shelter um supplies,
00:30:13food for the army,
00:30:17it's supporting, um, I believe
00:30:21it remains opaque to a certain degree
00:30:25to the United States, we we have
00:30:29no NATO, I'm sorry we, but NATO has no...
00:30:32presence um and it's it's as
00:30:36I said before kind of looking into a black box, I think
00:30:40you can assume that the Afghan
00:30:43Taliban government and military
00:30:47is providing some sort of
00:30:50protection and access
00:30:54to to the TTP and other radical
00:30:58groups um...