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00:00:11Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif reached Jeddah on an official visit to Saudi Arabia. The Deputy
00:00:14Governor of Mecca, the Minister of Agriculture, and senior diplomatic officials warmly welcomed the Prime Minister and the
00:00:18Pakistani delegation. Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz
00:00:22Sharif will perform Umrah and will also visit the Prophet's Mosque (peace be upon him).
00:00:25will also attend.
00:00:26will also give.
00:00:32politically, constitutionally,
00:00:34socially,
00:00:59and with the world. paid tribute to the security forces for the successful operation, calling the
00:01:02actions against terrorists a manifestation of the security forces' determination and
00:01:05skill.
00:01:06declared.
00:01:10Joint statement by the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Turkey, Indonesia, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab
00:01:14Emirates. Condemned Israeli aggression. The Security Council should hold Israel accountable for serious violations of international
00:01:18laws. Sustainable peace in the region is possible
00:01:21only with the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state.
00:01:25Joint statement.
00:01:27statement.
00:01:33Pakistan rejects the baseless and
00:01:35is now testifying political statements of the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding elections in Azad Kashmir. Fair elections are being held in Azad
00:01:39Kashmir. The people of Bangladesh are capable of resolving their
00:01:43and kept cheating with this country. issues without the interference of any other country.
00:01:46The matter related to Sheikh Hasina is Bangladesh's own matter.
00:01:50Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs briefing.
00:01:51briefing.
00:01:56these reforms and America is using all means to end the conflict with Iran.
00:02:26are fixed on when the meeting will take place
00:02:53worried
00:03:00Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif and to talk about exports, especially. Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir
00:03:03have arrived in Saudi Arabia. They are accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Darbi,
00:03:07Defense Minister Khawaja Asif, and
00:03:11Information Minister Ataullah Tarar. And special assistant Tariq Fatemi
00:03:14is also currently in Saudi Arabia. This means that
00:03:18a high-level Pakistani delegation has arrived there. When
00:03:21we look at the situation in the region, the situation in the Middle East,
00:03:25then this visit of Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif
00:03:28and Marshal Syed Munir seems to us to be of special
00:03:32importance. First of all, I will go
00:03:37and the meeting with the words of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in which they clearly
00:03:41stated that this visit is very important
00:03:45for regional peace, for diplomatic cooperation,
00:03:48and for the promotion of joint action. It is no secret
00:03:52that Pakistan wants peace
00:03:54that the world is economically restless. in the Middle East.
00:03:57It wants the attacks to stop. It wants
00:04:00this war not to become a Gulf war. But on the other hand, it is also
00:04:04a reality that the attacks on Saudi Arabia
00:04:08by the Houthis of Yemen are also a cause
00:04:12for concern for Pakistan, and whether it is the Prime Minister of Pakistan,
00:04:16of domiciles are being issued there in large numbers, because he is afraid the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, or, apart from that,
00:04:19the security forces of Pakistan, the Corps Commanders Conference,
00:04:22these matters are viewed with concern everywhere,
00:04:25and Pakistan wants
00:04:28these attacks to stop as well, because it does not want this war
00:04:33a deep and beautiful relationship to escalate. Pakistan, with strenuous
00:04:37surely, those who create misunderstandings efforts, had brought the Islamabad memorandum of understanding to a logical
00:04:40conclusion. It should have been that its points were acted
00:04:44upon and on that basis, a lasting
00:04:48edifice of peace and development
00:04:51should have been built, but it was ignored
00:04:55by both sides. We, as mediators,
00:04:58do not hold any one side responsible. The attitude
00:05:02adopted by both sides
00:05:06definitely needs to change and there is a need to return
00:05:10to peace. Pakistan, once again, is present in the Middle East
00:05:14with its full role and in this regard,
00:05:17that Pakistan is a defense ally of Saudi Arabia.
00:05:21Big news will definitely come,
00:05:24and this big news will always prove to be good
00:05:28for Pakistan, because whenever we see any
00:05:32development, we see
00:05:34Pakistan progressing in its diplomatic
00:05:38role at the international level, in its political
00:05:41role, and also in terms of economic successes.
00:05:45success. If I talk about these successes,
00:05:49they are not just at the international
00:05:52diplomatic level, but there are many indicators
00:05:55that are very positive. Very important. And when we talk
00:05:59about these indicators, I have a long list
00:06:03of things I can talk about, but I will talk about the recent developments
00:06:06in June and July. Its statistics
00:06:10regarding Pakistan's exports have been released. In June, our exports, which were
00:06:142.24
00:06:17billion 240 million dollars, have increased
00:06:20to 2.93 billion 930 million rupees.
00:06:24They have gone even further than that. And this is a very
00:06:27significant increase. And when we see that this
00:06:31increase is a manifestation of confidence in the government's
00:06:34economic policies after the budget,
00:06:38it is clear that when July came
00:06:41and the first month of the fiscal year began,
00:06:45there must have been some change in the budget
00:06:49that paved the way for a big change and great ease,
00:06:52and as a result, Pakistan and its exports
00:06:56benefited greatly. And along with that, I want to talk about another success,
00:07:00which Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif made when he was in Pakistan,
00:07:03presiding over a meeting, and during that meeting, he made a very important
00:07:07disclosure. He said that Pakistan's
00:07:10government revenues, which we, in
00:07:13simple language, well, if we go into English, let's just say in simple language
00:07:17that we have doubled our tax collection
00:07:20in the last three to four years. Now,
00:07:23that tax collection has doubled,
00:07:27and I have the official statistics for that,
00:07:31that when we talk about 2020-2021, it was merely
00:07:344745 billion rupees.
00:07:37But today, when we have closed 2025-2026
00:07:41for this fiscal year, and the budget for 2026-2027
00:07:45has also been implemented, it is now
00:07:481174 billion. The figures
00:07:52from last year show that the annual increase has been
00:07:56from 4745 billion to 6148 billion.
00:08:00The next year, it was 7164 billion, and after that,
00:08:039299 billion, and now 11744
00:08:06billion. This is definitely a big success and the demand
00:08:10that is made with great intensity is that
00:08:14all our major indicators,
00:08:17all our mega factors, all of them
00:08:21should now come down from the macro level to the micro
00:08:25level. We will also talk about that and the visit. Along with that, a very
00:08:29important thing, the development
00:08:32in Punjab regarding the announcement of the results of various
00:09:24on the Prime Minister's visit there. Definitely, there will be
00:09:27a visit to the Prophet's Mosque (peace be upon him), and other important
00:09:31things will also happen there,
00:09:34but how do you view the importance of this visit?
00:09:38do you see?
00:09:40Thank you so much for having me, Najam. Okay. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have such
00:09:46that whenever any delegation from Pakistan goes to Saudi Arabia, whether it's civil
00:09:50or military, because our geo-strategic significance
00:09:54is so great, we are filled with a sense of respect. we are filled with that feeling.
00:09:57But inclinations
00:10:00apart, this is a very significant tour that is happening
00:10:04at a very significant time. You know that perhaps
00:10:07this is the third time in a year that Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif is going. Along with that,
00:10:11our Field Marshal has also made numerous visits.
00:10:14Our, our Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar Sahib
00:10:17has also made visits. And this series of visits
00:10:21is also going on from the Saudi Arabian side.
00:10:25Because Saudi Arabia is also giving its vote of confidence in Pakistan's diplomacy,
00:10:28and Pakistan is also at every moment and
00:10:32stage reassuring Saudi Arabia that Pakistan
00:10:36stands by the pacts signed with Saudi Arabia
00:10:39and Pakistan considers Saudi Arabia's strategic
00:10:43security interests in all its dealings.
00:10:47If you look at this context, the statement from the
00:10:50Foreign Office is also before us. Then,
00:10:54when Saudi Arabia carried out an attack last month, a counter
00:10:58strike in Iraq, Pakistan also said that Saudi Arabia is well within
00:11:02its rights. Last week, when Saudi Arabia announced its maritime coalition,
00:11:05Pakistan is also a part of it and Pakistan says
00:11:09that we have to secure the Red Sea, support it
00:11:13and make it safe because we do not want this
00:11:16tension, the tension that we are seeing,
00:11:20to spread throughout the Gulf and we cannot afford
00:11:23it at all because, of course, we need trade,
00:11:27we need oil, we also have energy needs. So I think
00:11:31the visit will proceed in this context and in the coming days we will see that Pakistan
00:11:35has also previously, if the situation in the Red Sea is what it is,
00:11:38but the world Pakistan has also previously prevented
00:11:42any conflict or war from officially forming in the Gulf
00:11:46countries, and we can expect and hope that
00:11:49once again, Pakistan will play its role
00:11:53for peace.
00:11:55Definitely, you are absolutely right, and we don't just need to say it. The world
00:12:00that Pakistan has proven this through its actions over the past few
00:12:04years that whenever there has been talk of war,
00:12:07Pakistan has repeatedly called for
00:12:11dialogue as the solution. Dialogue is the solution,
00:12:15and the solution lies in dialogue, and talks can only happen at the dialogue table.
00:12:18Yes, when it comes to Saudi Arabia, because we have a strategic
00:12:22defense agreement with them, if Saudi Arabia faces any threat
00:12:26or if it feels that there is any threat to Saudi Arabia's
00:12:30strategic interests, then it is Pakistan's responsibility, according to
00:12:34the agreement, that Pakistan must protect Saudi Arabia,
00:12:37fulfill its security agreement, and also show the world
00:12:41that this is our red line. Of course, international law
00:12:44and international regulations have certain demands that we have to fulfill.
00:12:48Absolutely, and at this time, our eyes
00:12:51and whatever statement will emerge after that, Pakistan will definitely
00:12:55continue to show you many things directly on that day.
00:12:59This visit holds special importance, but along with
00:13:03that, the situation in the region, the situation in the Middle East,
00:13:06Dr. Jassim, we still cannot
00:13:09call it stable. Oil prices are sometimes going up and sometimes coming down,
00:13:13and because of this, our entire business community is definitely
00:13:18about how
00:13:22So something must have happened
00:13:25that, firstly, our tax collection doubled in three
00:13:29years, which is a long struggle in itself,
00:13:32a long story. But this difference
00:13:36in June and July and the increase in exports
00:13:39seems to be due to the fact that the duties on our exports
00:13:43were reduced in the budget. Which other factors
00:13:47played an important role?
00:13:48played.
00:14:55and the overall gain we saw in one year was not only in this sector, but also in other sectors, with a cumulative effect
00:14:59of 9.4%. we saw. When we
00:15:02break up any export sector a little bit,
00:15:06then I think approximately approximately
00:15:10and this textile has taken
00:15:13a major share in this
00:15:16export, and the major contributor to the
00:15:19gain from previous year last month to this
00:15:23is textiles.
00:16:07In this, definitely the basic bilateral
00:16:11outreach
00:16:13of our exporters
00:16:17in many countries is a great success.
00:16:21Especially, some certain agreements were made regarding trade integration
00:16:24where our exports did not go before. For example, our
00:16:27export volume has been added towards Azerbaijan.
00:16:31Similarly, our trade has been added
00:16:35towards the Far East. Our trade with Bangladesh was earlier.
00:17:20of Hawala business or black money
00:17:22was discouraged and people were told to send money
00:17:25through banking channels and legal means. This also made
00:17:29a big difference. So all
00:17:33are collectively playing their role for the betterment of the economy.
00:17:37People say that its impact should also be visible
00:17:41at the grassroots level. When will it come
00:17:44more and more? How will it
00:17:47come? Look, first of all, these reforms
00:17:50were done at the policy level or what I call fiscal discipline
00:17:54in a broader context. Whether they are with the support of the IMF
00:17:58or from our own country's
00:18:01security lens, what impact have we gotten from them?
00:18:05Approximately 4.2
00:20:07of the government's term is being fulfilled, meaning that half of the term is being fulfilled, and this is a
00:20:11big turning point after which people expect
00:20:14that they will get the benefit of all your policies. Definitely, this benefit
00:20:18would have been received earlier if there had not been the situation in the Middle East,
00:20:21if there had been some political upheaval here
00:20:25as well. Even now, if Ahmed looks at
00:20:29the whole situation, what do you think
00:20:33will political stability remain? Will things improve? Because even today, calls
00:20:36are being made regarding September 27. So here,
00:20:40combine the journey of our successes at the international
00:20:44level, at the economic level, and political stability
00:20:48in the country, and comment on what
00:20:57Pakistan's politics has a deep connection
00:21:01with the economy. And look, in the previous eras,
00:21:04if you look two and a half years ago,
00:21:06meaning the interim period, meaning
00:21:10the 16-month government before the elections, then look, that
00:21:13government that was imposed on this country
00:21:17and how it destroyed it economically,
00:21:24and if we talk about the youth population of the country,
00:21:27then summing it all up, I believe that
00:21:31the previous government gave nothing but destruction to Pakistan. And
00:21:34look, when they left, they did not leave like that.
00:21:38They left after destroying politics and the economy.
00:21:42They made this country bankrupt.
00:21:45They kept giving examples like Sri Lanka
00:21:49and with the world.
00:22:06In other words, that one party that only wanted to conspire
00:22:10or remained involved in mischief or remained determined to spoil
00:22:13Pakistan's situation always, which did not
00:22:17want the country's situation to change. We saw
00:22:20who was seated in Punjab. We also saw the situation in Khyber and the then Pakistani
00:22:24minister, the founder of PTI. Look, they all collectively
00:22:28committed such a great injustice to the country
00:22:33Political stability was achieved in Pakistan after 2024.
00:22:37Now, if you look at Pakistan after 2024,
00:22:41you will see a huge difference in its remittances.
00:22:45You will see a big difference in its GDP. You will see a big difference in its assets,
00:22:48which are currently in the banks of our state.
00:22:52So, the country's economic situation has improved
00:22:56only because Pakistan's courts
00:23:00stopped them. The cases filed against them,
00:23:02they were convicted in those cases, and the economic
00:23:06stability that came was because
00:23:10we kept them aside according to the constitution and law
00:23:14of the state of Pakistan. This has been their great desire,
00:23:18that is, ever since this government was formed, and ever since they entered politics,
00:23:21their only approach and discriminatory behavior has been
00:23:25that they want to spoil Pakistan's situation by any means,
00:23:29whether it is their mindset of May 9, their mindset of November 26.
00:23:33Now they are giving a call again. I consider it a hollow threat
00:23:37and a bluff. It is nothing else. The prisoners who are
00:23:40in Pakistan's courts, serving their sentences in jails,
00:23:44the courts will decide whether they will be acquitted
00:23:48in those cases. Now look, at the international level, Pakistan has taken
00:23:52such great steps, its honor has increased
00:23:56so much. Pakistan has received honors in two and a half years,
00:23:59that after the market rights, when your defensive position was formed, the world accepted
00:24:03it. The world became convinced that Pakistan is a great
00:24:07country. Pakistan is moving forward with great honor,
00:24:10and when our defense became strong, and that is why
00:24:13Saudi Arabia has very good relations with us. After Saudi Arabia, our
00:24:17defense agreements have been renewed,
00:24:20which is a very big development, Sir. Due to this agreement, Pakistan will also get
00:24:24an economic boom defensively before the world. And then look, in diplomacy,
00:24:27whether it is political diplomacy or military diplomacy,
00:24:31Pakistan has played a major role in both. And despite
00:24:35the situation in the Middle East, the economic
00:24:38indicators have improved significantly despite this unrest
00:24:44And despite this, Pakistan's situation is improving. The reason for this is that Pakistan's
00:24:48political leadership and Pakistan's military leadership.
00:24:52These two leaderships have a combination that you will not find
00:24:55in Pakistan's history, and both civil and military wish this.
00:24:59Some days ago, just a few days ago,
00:25:02there were many speculations and it was being said that
00:25:05perhaps a big ambiguity has arisen when talks about new provinces began
00:25:09and that debate began, it was being said that perhaps
00:25:13a very big storm is about to rise. But today, we are seeing
00:25:17that Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir are together
00:25:20once again and they are on a visit
00:25:23to Saudi Arabia. So
00:25:27will fail, and their analyses
00:25:30will fail. Here, I have another important
00:25:34question. When we talk about August 5, when we talk
00:25:37about India, then today,
00:25:41a very important thing regarding Pakistan, which I consider very important,
00:25:45is that the Deputy Spokesperson of the United Nations Secretary-General,
00:25:48Farhan Haq, has
00:25:53bluntly rejected India's position, and what position was rejected? The situation
00:25:57of Jammu and Kashmir, which you were just mentioning the government
00:26:01of, regarding the plebiscite, the decision that was made there.
00:26:05I am talking about August 5, 2019. At that time,
00:26:08Article 370 of the Indian
00:26:12constitution and the Clause 35A
00:26:15under it was abolished, and as a result,
00:26:19it was understood that India had constitutionally
00:26:23become the owner of occupied Kashmir through some legitimate means.
00:26:27This is absolutely wrong. The United Nations, through the spokesperson
00:26:31of its Secretary-General, has clearly stated that the actions taken
00:26:34domestically by any country do not in any way
00:26:38affect the international status of any issue,
00:26:41and the Security Council's resolutions remain
00:26:45in place. Its clear and obvious meaning
00:26:48is, let me first read his sentence, he said that unilateral
00:26:52actions by any country do not affect
00:26:55the resolutions approved by the United Nations
00:26:59Security Council. So what does this mean? It means
00:27:03that the right of plebiscite for Kashmiris remains
00:27:06intact, and Kashmir
00:27:08is still, in the eyes of the world,
00:27:12among all the nations, all the states that are members
00:27:16of the United Nations, it is still
00:27:19a disputed area. This can be called a big
00:27:22success for Pakistan that the United Nations stands by its position.
00:27:26How do you see this world? This can be called
00:27:30a big political, diplomatic, and international
00:27:33defeat for India.
00:27:36is this. Yes, absolutely. In the last five
00:27:40years, India has tried every possible way to show
00:27:44normalcy. They even held elections and important summits
00:27:48there, just to show the rest of the world,
00:27:51to show the international community that everything is fine
00:27:55there, and rivers of milk and honey are flowing. are flowing.
00:27:59But the credit for this goes to Pakistan's Foreign Office.
00:28:32are not sitting quietly. They are still on the streets of New Delhi today. They are still demanding
00:28:36their rights, and they are still saying that we should at least get our
00:28:40independent status, that the UN-recognized plebiscite
00:28:43should be held, and that our independence should be decided
00:28:47according to our wishes. That war is still going on there.
00:28:51For that, we don't need any textbook or any social media
00:28:55platform to gauge the importance of this matter.
00:28:59But still, when a global peacekeeping institution like the UN
00:29:02is forced to say that UN reforms are still
00:29:06in place, UN resolutions are still in place, India may change the map,
00:29:10but it cannot overcome
00:29:14or overpower it. So all the credit goes to Pakistan's Ministry. Yes,
00:29:18obviously, in the coming times, it happens that
00:29:21out of sight, out of mind. So Pakistan's
00:29:25Foreign Office knows this, and we in New York, in Washington D.C., and in other
00:29:28different power capitals, we try every possible way at all times.
00:30:02Oh, despite all that situation, that Article 370
00:30:06should be abolished, and as a result, Article 35A
00:30:10should automatically be abolished there. That is why
00:30:13Hindu pundits and millions
00:30:18that a plebiscite will be held. And the interesting
00:30:22situation is that President Trump has also offered to mediate
00:30:25it. sitting, and Najam, perhaps even more
00:30:29horrifying is the media war that is going on.
00:30:33You see every year a new overly
00:30:36dramatized, overly glamorized movie comes out, through which
00:30:40they tell their own people and even more than their own people, their
00:30:43Indian diaspora that is spread all over the world, you cannot
00:30:47say that it is not there. Their population exists and it is a very energetic
00:30:51population. They are repeatedly given the message that what
00:30:54we did was right, what we did was a reaction
00:30:58to Pakistan's actions.