Kya caretaker government sirf 6 mahine kay liye hai?
Kya caretaker government sirf 6 mahine kay liye hai?
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00:00 My question goes to the elections. I know that the ECP is the one responsible for giving
00:07 us a date for whenever the elections are going to happen. Are you confident that your caretaker
00:12 government is going to be here just for the six months that you mentioned?
00:16 I have not even mentioned six months.
00:19 Did you just say six months?
00:21 No, it could be. Or less than that.
00:24 Are you confident that things will be on time and the limitations etc. will be done as per
00:32 the schedule put out by the ECP and you are not concerned that things will perhaps move forward?
00:39 The constitution needs to be looked holistically. You cannot do cherry picking in constitution.
00:50 When I say holistically, all the questions raised in your question or the aspects of
00:57 your question, the shades, they all are answered within constitution.
01:04 After having census, is it a requirement to do delimitation? Yes, it is.
01:11 Does that delimitation have to be done by the election commission of Pakistan?
01:16 Of course, it has to be done.
01:18 For how long does that exercise take? It is anybody's guess.
01:24 But I am pretty much confident that it would be within the reasonable framework of time.
01:31 Could be one month, one and a half month, 45 days.
01:35 I cannot be prescient about the time frame that it has to be exact in terms of hours and seconds.
01:44 But yes, I do have an approximate sense and I am quite sure and comfortable that it would appear
01:54 and it would look and it would happen in a relatively normal frame of time.
02:00 As a follow up question, when do you anticipate we will find out whether the PTI will be able to run in those elections?
02:09 And what are your considerations about the importance of allowing them to run or not to run?
02:15 I don't have any sort of confusion or qualms on any political party including PTI
02:27 that they would be part of the electoral process.
02:31 They are registered political party with the election commission of Pakistan.
02:35 They are constitutionally entitled to fill their candidatures in different constituencies.
02:42 Just like any other political party, I am even surprised that even this question of them participating in the electoral process,
02:54 why does it arise?
02:56 No one has stopping any political party from participating in a normal constitutional political process.
03:08 What can be done? What would you like to see done on this particularly in terms of Pakistan, Afghanistan?
03:14 Are you more focused on what we are going to do on counter terrorism or Afghanistan-Pakistan relation?
03:19 Pakistan is saying as I understand it that much of the problem is based in Afghanistan.
03:25 These guys are operating from Afghanistan into Pakistan.
03:30 First of all, I think we should focus and try to appreciate what is going on on our western borders.
03:40 This surge in attacks of terrorist outfits either be religious inspired attacks or even ethnic inspired attacks
03:53 like the form of BLA and BLF and the rest of their associates.
03:58 One thing which is very important which has changed the entire landscape, the security landscape of this region is
04:06 the leftover gadgets by US and its allies, Afghanistan which has implications not just for Pakistan but for the whole region.
04:18 Very reliable and authentic journalistic literature has been already produced on it.
04:27 It is not just what Pakistan is saying.
04:29 The literature has been published even in magazines like Front Policy and few others.
04:35 But we do believe this is a challenge which probably was not well thought of.
04:42 This is a challenge which needs to be responded.
04:47 This is a challenge where we along with our international partners against terrorism need to coordinate, cooperate and work together.
04:59 I believe that in initial briefings to me from the security side, my understanding is that we are already working on that
05:09 with our partners be it United States and others, European Union, UK and the rest of the powers.
05:17 This is a problem which has been recognized by anyone and everyone.
05:24 And these surges are primarily happening because the fighting capacity of these outfits has been enhanced.
05:35 They are emerging as a new challenge.
05:40 Pakistan is in the forefront to take this brunt.
05:46 We have been arguing this for years and years and years when we were accused by our own partners
05:55 that we are probably having a sort of a double role or we are not the willing partnership in the so-called war on terror.
06:06 But we could foresee that a time will come that all these powers will leave this region
06:13 and it would be us who would be facing the mess.
06:17 And this is what is exactly happening to us.
06:20 It has happened to us in 1989.
06:23 It has happened to us again in 2021.
06:27 Do we surrender?
06:31 Do we just leave it as a fate to comply?
06:34 No.
06:35 We are planning, we are executing on our own resources.
06:42 We would reform.
06:45 When I say we would reform our tax system, it is for the reason we cannot rely on financial assistance to take on our security challenges.
06:55 We have to raise our own money.
06:57 And we are doing that and then spend that money on an area where we can keep our population secure,
07:09 which is one of the prime responsibilities constitutionally of any government.
07:15 So would we deny the partnership, help and assistance if it is available at a global scale?
07:26 No, we will not deny that assistance or help.
07:30 But it should be in the right context.
07:33 It should be with the right intentions.
07:36 And we should be viewed as a responsible government which is one against terrorism,
07:45 which is against radicalization, and which envisions a moderate and inclusive Pakistan.
07:54 And whatever we do here, we do it out of conviction, not out of compulsion.
08:01 Yes, actually it is a follow-up question as well.
08:05 I would like to know, because there were some meetings happening about security with the Afghan government.
08:10 And so how is it, do you feel that there is a kind of comprehension that...