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Government's strategy Regarding Wheat Crop | Shoaib Nizami Reveals
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00:00 Asalam o alikum, dear viewers, welcome to the program.
00:13 We have fresh news from Lahore.
00:15 The Punjab chapter of Pakistan Muslim League Noon was held.
00:19 A list of the Tahiyyat Qaid of Hassan Ayub and me has been passed.
00:26 The position of Tahiyyat Qaid is being snatched from him and he is being brought back to the leadership of the party.
00:34 We will talk about this in our program.
00:37 The position of Tahiyyat Qaid is a big position.
00:39 He was supervising the party.
00:41 He was also looking at Punjab and Wafaaq.
00:43 This was told to us by Pakistan Muslim League Noon.
00:45 We will talk about the circumstances behind it.
00:48 Another very important development has taken place.
00:50 Today, the election commission of Pakistan has officially announced that the National Assembly and the rest of the provincial assembly,
00:59 the free people who were there in support of PTI,
01:05 they have formally and officially accepted the agreement with the Sunni Unity Council.
01:14 The latest list that has been issued, all these people will be a part of the Sunni Unity Council.
01:21 What will be the effects of this?
01:23 Obviously, they did not get all the reserved seats.
01:28 If the election commission is accepting the Sunni Unity Council as a party,
01:32 then the case will be heard in the Supreme Court.
01:38 We will talk about the effects of this.
01:40 We are talking about political and economic issues on a daily basis.
01:47 But Pakistan is a seed country.
01:49 The crop that is most dependent on the farmer in Pakistan is wheat.
01:59 After six months of hard work, the farmer cuts his wheat.
02:07 The farmer has cut the wheat, separated the seeds and the husk.
02:12 Now the farmer is sitting in the fields with the wheat in the open sky.
02:21 He is not being given a sack to put his wheat in.
02:26 Neither is the government, which is in the hands of the federal government,
02:31 nor is the provincial government, who is buying the wheat.
02:37 The export price has been announced at 3900.
02:40 So what is the situation?
02:42 In my opinion, this is the biggest crisis of the current government.
02:48 If this is not handled, then this scandal will increase in the coming days.
02:54 Let me give you some basic figures.
02:57 The total production of wheat in Pakistan is expected to be 32 to 35 million tonnes.
03:09 The demand for wheat in Pakistan is 32 million tonnes.
03:14 Punjab produces 22 million tonnes of wheat.
03:19 Punjab procures 40 lakh tonnes of wheat.
03:29 Sindh procures 13 lakh tonnes of wheat.
03:32 Wafaaq procures 14 lakh tonnes of wheat.
03:34 The situation is bad because the previous government imported 32 million tonnes of wheat.
03:45 The billions of dollars that our government has invested in stocks have already failed.
03:52 There is no money to buy wheat, nor is there a place to keep it.
03:57 Today we will talk about all these issues in our program.
04:01 First of all, we will start our program with our reporter, Mr. Shoaib Nizami.
04:09 He will try to find out how much wheat has been imported in Pakistan.
04:19 If the government wants to procure wheat from farmers in the whole of Pakistan,
04:25 how much money is needed?
04:27 If there is no money, what will be the solution?
04:30 Mr. Shoaib Nizami will talk about this.
04:33 Mr. Shoaib Nizami, you have heard my question.
04:37 Why did you order this?
04:40 How much is needed?
04:43 How much money is required to buy wheat from farmers?
04:49 I will start with my answer.
04:51 The previous government decided to import 30 lakh tonnes of wheat.
04:56 The rate of import will be 86 rupees per kilo.
05:00 The price of wheat in Pakistan was 97 rupees per kilo.
05:04 This was decided to improve the demand supply in Pakistan.
05:10 The price should not increase.
05:13 The production of wheat in Pakistan is 29 million tonnes.
05:17 In Punjab, farmers have good wheat production.
05:23 The government is not procuring it.
05:25 The government is telling us two reasons for this.
05:27 The first reason is that the price of wheat is decreasing.
05:34 The second reason is that the price of wheat has decreased to 26 rupees per kilo.
05:40 The price of wheat in Pakistan is 49 rupees per kilo.
05:43 This is a big gap.
05:45 This is why we will not be able to export it.
05:47 This is the reason why our stocks are full.
05:51 If the government procures wheat, Punjab will need 300 rupees to procure it.
05:57 Sindh will need 100 rupees to procure it.
05:59 Pasko will need 174 rupees to procure it.
06:02 The government will need 574 rupees to procure wheat.
06:06 If the government wants to procure wheat, it should procure it in May.
06:10 So that the loan is paid on time.
06:13 If the government purchases it immediately, it will be approved by the government.
06:18 These are the reasons why the government is not procuring wheat.
06:22 Why did the government procure so much wheat?
06:26 It is expected that the price of wheat will decrease in March, April.
06:31 The price of wheat in Punjab will decrease in April.
06:35 Did the government not know about this?
06:37 The minister of commerce, Mr. Gauhar, had a good reason.
06:42 He said that the country is facing a lot of inflation.
06:44 The country is facing a lot of inflation.
06:48 The country is facing a lot of inflation.
06:50 The country is facing a lot of inflation.
06:52 The country is facing a lot of inflation.
06:56 The country is facing a lot of inflation.
06:58 The country is facing a lot of inflation.
07:00 The country is facing a lot of inflation.
07:02 The country is facing a lot of inflation.
07:04 The country is facing a lot of inflation.
07:06 The country is facing a lot of inflation.
07:08 The country is facing a lot of inflation.
07:10 The country is facing a lot of inflation.
07:12 The government had decided to sell the wheat at a price of Rs. 96 per kg.
07:20 The government had decided to sell the wheat at a price of Rs. 96 per kg.
07:24 But the government could not sell the wheat at a price of Rs. 97 per kg.
07:27 The government had decided to sell the wheat at a price of Rs. 97 per kg.
07:31 The government had decided to sell the wheat at a price of Rs. 97 per kg.
07:33 The government had decided to sell the wheat at a price of Rs. 97 per kg.
07:35 The government had decided to sell the wheat at a price of Rs. 97 per kg.
07:37 The government had decided to sell the wheat at a price of Rs. 97 per kg.
07:39 The government had decided to sell the wheat at a price of Rs. 97 per kg.
07:42 Ali Rashid is a former MN of Pakistan People's Party.
07:47 He has joined us from Karachi.
07:49 He will talk about the situation of Sindh and Karachi.
07:52 He will talk about the situation of Sindh and Karachi.
07:54 He will talk about the situation of Sindh and Karachi.
07:56 He will talk about the situation of Sindh and Karachi.
07:58 He will talk about the situation of Sindh and Karachi.
08:00 He will talk about the situation of Sindh and Karachi.
08:02 He will talk about the situation of Sindh and Karachi.
08:04 He will talk about the situation of Sindh and Karachi.
08:06 Thank you very much, Ali Rashid.
08:08 How is the current situation of Sindh and Karachi?
08:12 How is the current situation of Sindh and Karachi?
08:14 Is the crisis situation like in Punjab?
08:16 Or are you managing it well?
08:18 I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan.
08:20 In the name of Allah, the most Merciful.
08:22 I will not say that the situation is like a crisis.
08:24 But there are some challenges.
08:26 I will tell you the background.
08:28 We had some leftover wheat from last year.
08:33 Despite that, the caretaker government imported a lot of wheat.
08:38 And after that, we had a bumper crop this year.
08:43 Because of that, we already have excess wheat.
08:47 Because of that, there are some problems in prices.
08:50 But we are fighting it.
08:52 And the target that we had set,
08:56 we have to buy 9 lakh tonnes of wheat from the market.
09:00 From the growers.
09:02 And the last 5 lakh tonnes of wheat that were available,
09:05 we have that.
09:07 And we are facing some issues with the price.
09:11 But we have doubled it.
09:13 We are giving a bag of wheat for Rs. 4000 to Rs. 4500 per 40 kg.
09:20 But still, that being said,
09:22 the reason for the excessive wheat that is available,
09:26 because of that, the Sindh government's capacity,
09:29 we can purchase around 16-20%.
09:32 Now, 80% is something that will be less than the market rate.
09:35 The growers will have to sell it in the market.
09:38 Because of that, there is a crisis.
09:40 But there is nothing that we can't overcome, God willing.
09:43 You have to buy your share from Wafaaq.
09:46 You have to procure some from Punjab as well.
09:48 Do you have any information about that?
09:50 The information that the Sindh government has to take.
09:53 See, Wafaaq, I told you that,
09:56 when there is an import, Wafaaq does it.
09:59 So, the caretaker set-up, in its time,
10:02 they had imported a lot.
10:04 Now, that surplus is already available in the federal government.
10:07 Now, when the Sindh and Punjab get their share,
10:10 then our need, the growers, the bumper crop that has already come,
10:14 will be less than that.
10:16 But we will still purchase.
10:18 Because of that, there is a little difficulty.
10:20 A little crisis has been created.
10:22 But, God willing, we will tackle it.
10:24 But, despite the surplus, you are buying from the farmers,
10:28 the Sindh farmers, whoever is producing there.
10:31 Yes, absolutely.
10:32 See, the movement should have been that,
10:34 the wheat that we have imported,
10:36 we should not have done that.
10:38 And the farmer, the farmer,
10:40 every country keeps it first.
10:42 And we also always keep this.
10:44 But, unfortunately, the decision of the caretaker was made.
10:47 Now, whatever happened, happened.
10:49 We should move forward.
10:50 Now, there is surplus, but we are still fulfilling our commitment.
10:54 And we have to buy around 20% from the growers.
10:58 And we have set the highest target.
11:00 So, that is almost,
11:02 according to our size,
11:04 9 lakh tons.
11:06 And the prices that we are giving to the growers,
11:08 which are very competitive,
11:10 they are giving better than the market.
11:12 4000 per 40 kg.
11:14 Mr. Ali Rashid, I am talking to Hassan.
11:16 I had the same question.
11:18 The price at which you are purchasing,
11:20 in the open market or the international market,
11:23 the price is much less than this.
11:25 So, in such a situation,
11:27 it is a very good step for your farmer,
11:29 but still, in your capacity,
11:32 the amount that you used to purchase in previous years,
11:35 you used to procure,
11:36 if that procurement is not done,
11:38 then the leftover farmer,
11:39 the one with whom you will not be able to purchase,
11:41 for him, next year,
11:43 will he be able to cultivate wheat?
11:45 And in terms of cultivating wheat,
11:47 what are your plans?
11:48 Have you made a mechanism,
11:50 so that the former does not die?
11:51 The one whom you have purchased,
11:53 it is good for him,
11:54 but the one who is left,
11:56 the one who has to sell in the open market,
11:57 the rate is very low there.
11:58 The rates have almost become equal to half.
12:02 Yes, absolutely.
12:03 See, this is true,
12:04 but this happens in such things.
12:06 See, there is demand and supply.
12:08 And the growers also know this.
12:10 And, God willing,
12:11 we have made a strategy for it.
12:13 And we are doing things to control it.
12:16 But, as much as possible,
12:18 we can do that only.
12:19 So, surplus is already there.
12:21 Then the bumper crop has also come.
12:22 And this is nothing new for the farmers.
12:24 They realize that when the supply in the market increases,
12:28 then the rates decrease.
12:29 But we have over-committed our capacity,
12:32 we have also met with the Maid Show Bafaq.
12:35 And Punjab is also taking steps on this.
12:38 And we are also doing it.
12:39 And, God willing, we will try.
12:41 Thank you very much, Ali Raj.
12:42 Now we will go to Lahore.
12:44 Mr. Chaudhary, you will have to wait a little.
12:46 Mr. Naki, I am sorry,
12:47 you know that we will take it from the provinces.
12:49 I will come to you with the whole situation.
12:51 Mr. Mazhar Iqbal is with us from Lahore.
12:54 He is looking at the matters of Punjab government
12:57 regarding the wheat procurement.
13:00 Mr. Mazhar, thank you very much.
13:01 Tell us what is the status now?
13:03 Now, once we are looking,
13:04 it is said that we are doing everything.
13:07 And on the ground we are seeing
13:09 that people are sitting,
13:11 on the basis of daily,
13:13 people are calling that,
13:14 "Our wheat is lying outside,
13:17 it is raining,
13:18 no one is going to see it,
13:19 no one is going to give it."
13:20 So what is the situation there?
13:22 Look, the government,
13:25 this time the bumper crop of wheat has been done.
13:29 They also had hope of it.
13:31 But the way the government is saying,
13:34 first they have set the target,
13:36 35 lakh tons they said before,
13:38 then after that for 20 lakh tons,
13:40 they announced to supply the wheat.
13:44 And that too the officials did not get.
13:46 In many districts,
13:48 I am talking,
13:49 Toba Tek Singh is a very big district,
13:51 there no one knows,
13:52 neither a center has been made,
13:53 nor about purchasing.
13:54 The assistant commissioner there,
13:56 of different departments,
13:57 people talked to him,
13:59 he said, "We have not received any information yet."
14:01 Okay, the other district is Chang,
14:03 they have been made there.
14:04 But the government has made the wheat app,
14:07 from there you will get wheat.
14:08 There is no internet in the villages,
14:10 people are facing difficulties in that regard.
14:12 No one came to know,
14:13 no one contacted.
14:15 Then the policy of the government,
14:17 that they will buy wheat of only 6 acres.
14:21 For example,
14:22 there is 30 acres of wheat near Kashi Khar,
14:25 so that is for only 6 acres,
14:26 and that too 90 tons.
14:27 15 acres per ton,
14:29 the department of agriculture,
14:30 they had calculated,
14:31 that it will be from 1 acre,
14:33 and in some places 20 tons have been done,
14:35 the crop has been good,
14:37 they have worked hard there,
14:39 they have put manure,
14:40 but the government has not bought anything.
14:43 And secondly,
14:44 the first wheat that was left in our warehouse,
14:47 they have thrown it in the market,
14:49 because it was exported from outside in the last few days.
14:53 So wheat is available,
14:54 the wheat of Kashi has been sold,
14:56 in other words.
14:57 The rate of 4900 rupees,
14:59 that is the government's rate,
15:00 is not available anywhere.
15:01 Except for a few people,
15:03 who must have received it,
15:04 the rest of the poor people,
15:05 who are there,
15:06 no one got the goods.
15:07 And in the market,
15:08 I will tell you,
15:09 that there is such a sad situation,
15:11 that there is no one to buy wheat.
15:12 People are buying wheat,
15:14 then middlemen,
15:15 3200, 3000,
15:16 and today's thing is,
15:18 that in some places,
15:19 they have sold it for 2500 rupees,
15:20 because they are fed up.
15:22 Because the loan is on the head of the farmer,
15:25 he has taken the manure,
15:27 pesticide,
15:28 then other things,
15:30 he has taken that loan,
15:32 and all his support,
15:34 is on the wheat crop.
15:36 And the wheat crop,
15:37 is not even worth 4900 rupees.
15:39 Thank you very much, Mr. Madhavbal,
15:41 thank you very much for sharing all that.
15:43 Mr. Chaudhary Gulam Singh,
15:44 you are present in Lahore,
15:45 obviously,
15:46 the major chunk of wheat,
15:48 is produced by Subah Punjab.
15:50 And according to that,
15:52 all the things you have to prepare,
15:55 what are the reasons?
15:56 Let's go,
15:57 PDM government,
15:58 this is what is said,
15:59 this is the chief secretary,
16:00 this is the whole bureaucracy,
16:01 which was already there,
16:02 and is continuing now.
16:04 So, where was this failure?
16:07 The failure has been on three levels.
16:10 First,
16:11 the material was bought from outside,
16:13 which was not needed.
16:15 And they tried to take it out,
16:17 in the name of Ramadan package.
16:19 So, I got complaints,
16:21 that the flour is black,
16:23 and it is not even edible for animals.
16:28 From which country have they bought it,
16:31 and why have they bought it?
16:33 Who will answer this?
16:35 Because the answer is not even in the system of the country.
16:38 Number two,
16:40 the crop has been good by the grace of Allah,
16:43 but when you give 6 tons per acre,
16:47 then what will happen with that?
16:50 Therefore, the government is not effectively present in the field.
16:56 The result of which is that the farmers have become poor,
17:00 and no one is buying their wheat,
17:03 and they are selling it at a 40% discount.
17:06 And after that, this price will go back,
17:09 and the people's happiness is different.
17:12 So, what you are asking,
17:14 this is a major crisis,
17:17 which is our biggest department,
17:20 Pakistan's agriculture,
17:22 it has hit it,
17:23 and we are not getting the legal relief of your experts,
17:31 they are going around the world,
17:34 the people are in a state,
17:36 that is, because the price is not there,
17:41 the farmer will be burdened with loans,
17:45 and then he will be discouraged next time,
17:48 in growing crops,
17:50 but you are responsible for this,
17:53 you tell me,
17:55 if at this time, with lightning speed,
17:58 if the wheat was not taken out of the field by the last grain,
18:04 you told me, Madhur Iqbal,
18:06 that when you first set a limit of 35 lakhs,
18:11 you halved it,
18:12 to about 20 lakhs,
18:14 so what is happening?
18:17 And tell them to do something for God's sake.
18:21 Yes, Nabi sahib,
18:24 if wheat is taken out,
18:25 then we will get things,
18:27 we cannot do anything about it,
18:29 if not, then you know,
18:30 that is the situation.
18:32 What do you think,
18:33 where is the fundamental mistake?
18:35 Because the Sindh had always stabilized,
18:38 the Pakistan People's Party has given a good support price in the past,
18:42 but there is an impression in Punjab,
18:44 I will talk to Hassan,
18:45 that whenever the government of Pakistan Muslim League comes,
18:48 the industrialists get some benefit,
18:50 the farmers are going down,
18:51 they get the benefit.
18:52 Look, once Shaukat Yusuf Zahid sahib said,
18:57 that the people should eat one roti instead of two.
19:00 Now this government should run a new campaign,
19:02 that eat roti, sow wheat,
19:04 eat four rotis instead of two,
19:06 because wheat has come in your surplus.
19:08 But there is another aspect to this,
19:10 which is very important to consider.
19:14 You must have seen,
19:15 recently, the army has made agriculture reforms,
19:19 and they have made agriculture an industry,
19:21 to get foreign exchange,
19:23 they have talked about making a source.
19:25 Now you can guess,
19:26 that you have demotivated the farmers so much,
19:28 you have taken the farmers so far,
19:30 so who is behind all this demotivation?
19:33 Who is behind this task,
19:35 who wants to fail,
19:37 which is being made an industry of agriculture,
19:39 to get foreign exchange.
19:41 So, we need to pay a lot of attention to this,
19:44 and we need to calculate a lot on this.
19:46 I don't know what was the compulsion of the Nigrah government,
19:48 of the minister of commerce,
19:50 what was the compulsion that so much wheat was imported,
19:52 what policy was made by the government at that time.
19:54 But now when you have so much wheat,
19:56 so your local wheat,
19:58 you have completely emptied your farmers.
20:00 Now your farmers,
20:01 this is absolutely true,
20:02 someone just said,
20:03 that next year,
20:04 I think Hassan bhai said,
20:05 that next year,
20:06 when the farmer will be producing wheat,
20:08 he will be scared.
20:09 So, in this way,
20:10 you are trying to harm the agriculture industry,
20:12 before it is even established.
20:14 And we need to calculate a lot on this,
20:17 and we need to pay a lot of attention to this.
20:21 Absolutely right.
20:22 Hassan, responsibility.
20:23 I mean, this is the farming that is being done,
20:26 I mean, why?
20:28 Why is it so?
20:29 Who is the farmer?
20:30 All of us.
20:31 All of us, right?
20:32 No, I am.
20:33 No, not at all.
20:34 By profession,
20:35 we are farmers.
20:37 I am addressing that.
20:38 There are farmers from 12 districts in Punjab.
20:40 The farmer from Central Punjab is very happy there.
20:44 But the farmer from 12 districts,
20:46 if it rains,
20:47 then you will have crops.
20:49 And if it doesn't rain,
20:50 then you have stored rainwater,
20:52 you store it and use it,
20:54 then you have to pay for electricity,
20:56 or you use diesel,
20:58 to supply water.
21:00 So, your expense is less,
21:02 our expense is much more than yours,
21:04 from Central Punjab.
21:05 But even then,
21:06 Mr. Mazhar Iqbal didn't even mention diesel.
21:09 Diesel's price has increased so much,
21:11 that right now,
21:12 We have called Mr. Iqbal,
21:13 he will discuss all the things.
21:15 The crops that you are doing right now,
21:17 you are putting them in the peggy bank,
21:19 and then after a year,
21:21 after 6 months,
21:22 you take out the money,
21:23 put it in your pocket,
21:24 and fulfill your needs.
21:25 So, the situation is very bad.
21:26 This is a crisis.
21:27 This is such a big crisis,
21:28 that you have to manage.
21:29 Who has to manage?
21:30 The government has to manage this.
21:32 There is no other solution.
21:33 Because Punjab,
21:34 is the land of 5 rivers.
21:36 That means agriculture.
21:38 If they can't do it there,
21:40 then in future,
21:41 if the government doesn't do it for the farmers,
21:43 then there will be a backlash.
21:45 And the farmers,
21:46 obviously,
21:47 the work that they have done with loans,
21:49 they will have to give loans to the farmers.
21:51 So that next time,
21:53 next time,
21:54 they can cultivate the crops,
21:56 so that your food security is ensured.
21:58 And that is only because of these farmers.
22:02 If these farmers don't cultivate their crops,
22:05 then there is no food security in Pakistan.
22:08 Absolutely right.
22:09 Then Pakistan will be insured in terms of food.
22:11 So, viewers,
22:12 help the farmers.
22:13 We have to go to the break.
22:14 After the break,
22:15 we will talk about the reaction
22:16 that is coming in the parliament,
22:17 and then we will talk about
22:18 what suggestions the farmers' representatives have
22:20 for solving this problem.
22:23 Welcome back.
22:28 Viewers,
22:29 if you are watching the media,
22:30 newspapers,
22:31 and television programs,
22:32 then there is a lot of talk about this issue.
22:34 It is being written.
22:35 Obviously,
22:36 if the farmer's condition in Pakistan is bad,
22:38 then obviously,
22:39 the condition of all the Pakistanis
22:40 and the residents of Pakistan will be bad.
22:42 This issue has also reached the parliament.
22:44 Sheikh Waqas Akram,
22:45 the Pakistani Secretary General,
22:47 or Sunni Tihad Council,
22:48 what is he saying?
22:49 Listen.
22:50 When you stab the necks of the people and the farmers,
22:54 how will you defend your government?
22:56 70 lakh tons of unsellable wheat is lying in Punjab.
22:59 It is a government of the province.
23:00 It says that we have to buy only 20 lakh.
23:02 What should the rest of the 50 lakh do?
23:04 Should they set fire?
23:05 Or feed the rats?
23:06 Or sell the feeders?
23:08 Or should they tell the farmers to feed themselves?
23:11 Because these are your people's representatives
23:13 who have lost their government.
23:15 They are not ready to protect their rights.
23:18 That sector in 2020 and 2021,
23:21 which had a 22.7% share in Pakistan's GDP,
23:25 today it has a higher share in its GDP,
23:27 and a higher share in the labor force.
23:29 We are helpless to keep this sector alive.
23:33 The Pakistani farmers,
23:36 the Pakistani leaders,
23:37 their rights have to be taken care of by their representatives.
23:40 That is why they have been sent to the parliament.
23:42 Mr. Rana Tanveer,
23:43 the Federal Minister representing the government,
23:46 what government response did he give to this issue?
23:49 We will also present that to you.
23:51 The issue that has come up in procurement,
23:53 the wheat has been imported.
23:55 Smuggling cannot be done at this time.
23:57 It is cheap in Afghanistan too.
23:59 It is cheap everywhere.
24:00 The import issue,
24:01 which has caused all the chaos,
24:04 was imported at the time of the cake taker.
24:07 How was it said that we are facing a shortage?
24:12 Which I think was not a shortage.
24:15 The Prime Minister has ordered an inquiry
24:17 as to how this happened,
24:18 why this decision was made,
24:19 and who made this assessment.
24:20 If the House wants to make a committee on this,
24:23 I am ready.
24:25 Viewers, we will follow this issue,
24:27 we will follow this story.
24:28 If there was no need,
24:29 and despite this,
24:30 a wheat was ordered,
24:31 then who was it?
24:32 It is a good thing that the Prime Minister has made a committee.
24:34 Mr. Hussain Baat is with us.
24:36 He represents the Farmer's Union.
24:39 Mr. Baat, I have heard that you have met the Chief Minister of Punjab in the past few days.
24:43 Now, all the facts,
24:45 all the ground facts have come before us.
24:48 What is the issue?
24:49 What are the reasons?
24:50 What are the actual circumstances
24:53 that have led to this?
24:55 Now, this has to be resolved.
24:57 In your opinion,
24:58 how should the Punjab government resolve this issue?
25:01 Or the federal government,
25:03 what steps should it take?
25:05 Thank you very much.
25:07 Look,
25:08 the day before,
25:09 the day before,
25:10 the day before the last few days,
25:11 when I spoke to you,
25:12 when you programmed,
25:13 our wheat was being sold at Rs. 3200.
25:15 Now it is Rs. 2600.
25:16 Today's rate is Rs. 2600,
25:17 Rs. 2700.
25:18 In fact, there is no one to buy it.
25:20 So, my government,
25:21 the government,
25:22 and secondly,
25:23 our CM has not met with Punjab.
25:25 Neither did he call us,
25:26 nor did I call him,
25:27 nor did we have a meeting.
25:28 Maybe I saw the news somewhere,
25:29 maybe I am wrong.
25:30 No, no.
25:31 Yes, sir, we did not have a meeting.
25:32 In fact, on the 29th,
25:33 we will prepare for the protest in front of the Punjab Assembly.
25:36 And I appeal to all the farmers
25:37 to come to the protest
25:38 and raise the voice of their farmers.
25:40 Is there any problem for the government
25:42 to resolve the issue?
25:44 Federal government and the government,
25:46 both the governments should sit with us
25:48 and make a plan
25:49 to end the restrictions
25:51 on our provinces and districts.
25:53 Secondly, the federal government should give some funds
25:55 and the government should cut some other ministries.
25:58 The farmer who has worked hard for six months
26:01 and has grown wheat,
26:03 if he has grown wheat for six months
26:05 and is ready to sell it in the market,
26:08 if the government,
26:09 the federal government,
26:10 the government does not take it,
26:11 the Punjab government,
26:12 then my farmer will not be able to cut cotton,
26:15 he will not be able to cut rice.
26:17 He does not have the means.
26:19 So I appeal to the government
26:21 to get involved with the government.
26:23 We are not coming as farmers.
26:25 We have only done this for our rights.
26:29 We have appealed to the federal government.
26:31 We will not be able to survive without the help of the government.
26:34 There are other projects.
26:35 Slow down that for a while.
26:37 And give the funds to the agri-cultivation.
26:40 And buy our wheat.
26:41 Take money from the federal government.
26:43 We have no other solution.
26:45 And the restrictions on the district,
26:47 144, and the rest are on the districts and provinces.
26:51 I met a person in Karachi yesterday.
26:55 He said that in some areas,
26:56 the area that is adjacent to Pakistan,
26:59 wheat is being sold in 4500-4800.
27:03 Give it to Pakistan in this way.
27:05 The businessmen outside the provinces
27:08 can come to Punjab and buy wheat.
27:10 We will make some solution.
27:12 The government has set the rate of 4900.
27:15 Allah is witness that today's report is that
27:18 the PASCO and the MPA,
27:22 the MLA said that you have been given a quota of 5000 sacks.
27:26 The MPA said that the Punjab government gave you a quota of 2000.
27:29 They were talking to their MPA and MLA
27:33 to shut their mouths.
27:35 Mr. Bhatt, this matter will continue.
27:38 Thank you very much.
27:39 We will be in touch with you.
27:40 We will talk to you and see how the committee
27:42 that the Prime Minister has made is looking at this matter.
27:44 Viewers, Marjum Sahiba is well informed
27:48 about all the issues of the province.
27:51 Yesterday, when she wore the police uniform,
27:54 I said that it is appropriate.
27:56 She sent a message of solidarity.
28:00 Later, she received a notification
28:03 that she can wear the uniform.
28:06 When the wheat harvest started,
28:08 Marjum Sahiba reached there.
28:10 She herself reached there at the Kartarpur corridor.
28:14 She also celebrated the Bisakhi fair
28:16 which our Sikh brothers from India
28:18 are present in Pakistan.
28:20 It is a good thing.
28:22 Marjum Sahiba has to look at this matter
28:25 on the basis of emergency.
28:27 It is necessary to look at it.
28:28 It is being said correctly.
28:29 There is consensus all across that
28:31 if the farmer's condition deteriorates,
28:33 then the condition of the whole of Pakistan will deteriorate.
28:35 We will have to take emergency measures.
28:37 Viewers, let's move to the next story.
28:39 You saw that the breaking story
28:41 came to us from Lahore.
28:43 Today, a meeting was held in Lahore
28:45 of the Punjab chapter of the Pakistan Muslim League.
28:49 Rana Sanawal headed it.
28:51 A resolution was passed there.
28:53 What resolution was passed?
28:55 What are the intentions?
28:56 What new action is being taken?
28:58 Let's listen from Noorani.
28:59 In today's meeting,
29:01 this resolution has been agreed upon
29:06 that Mian Nawaz Sharif,
29:08 who is the leader of the Pakistan Muslim League,
29:11 should take over the position of Pakistan Muslim League again.
29:17 In this difficult time,
29:19 he should lead the Pakistan Muslim League again.
29:23 We have hope.
29:25 We are sure that in his leadership,
29:28 God willing, the Pakistan Muslim League
29:31 will gain more acceptance and status
29:34 in the world.
29:36 According to today's news,
29:40 Mian Nawaz Sharif, who is in China,
29:42 called the Punjab chapter of his party
29:46 and asked Rana Sanawal to call a meeting.
29:48 The meeting was called.
29:50 You saw that the resolution was passed.
29:54 Until a while ago,
29:56 when the news started coming that
29:58 Mian Nawaz Sharif is now the party leader
30:01 and wants to return as the operational president,
30:05 some people thought that it is difficult to come back.
30:08 But now he has come.
30:10 What is the reason?
30:12 You being very close to the Pakistan Muslim League,
30:14 why did you decide to come back?
30:17 The meeting would have been held in front of him.
30:19 Do you have any opinion on this?
30:21 These things were already decided.
30:23 Who gave you the first news break?
30:25 Irfan Siddiqui, in Ramadan Mubarak,
30:27 said that he is thinking of becoming the president.
30:30 When the news reached us,
30:32 we thought it was a ruckus.
30:34 But it was not a ruckus.
30:36 It reached us through someone.
30:38 Mian is in Hong Kong.
30:40 When he returns,
30:42 he will take care of this position.
30:44 If you remember,
30:46 when the Tiara conspiracy case was filed,
30:48 former PM Nawaz Sharif had to leave the party leadership.
30:55 He went into exile.
30:57 In 2011, he had a function in the convention centre.
31:03 He became the party president again.
31:05 Now, due to the order of Saqib Nisar,
31:07 the 62 case was withdrawn.
31:09 He became the party president again.
31:12 Let me complete.
31:15 Bani Chairman Tariq Khan is now a Nihal.
31:18 He cannot even be the chairman.
31:20 Just like Nawaz Sharif became the Taha Yad Kaid,
31:22 Mian Khan is now a Nihal.
31:24 He is now Bani Chairman.
31:27 This is the situation.
31:29 We are facing a situation of conviction.
31:31 Chai Sahab, you are aware of this.
31:34 You are in Lahore.
31:36 You know the Sharif brothers very well.
31:38 If the Taha Yad Kaid is a senior official,
31:40 he can sit on the top.
31:42 Even today, the decision is being made.
31:44 The question is,
31:46 he is a Kaid.
31:48 He has to decide who gets the ticket.
31:50 We heard last week,
31:52 that the government is dissolved.
31:54 If the Kaid decides to dissolve the government,
31:56 will he do so?
31:58 I don't understand,
32:00 why is he trying to take the leadership?
32:02 He has his own place.
32:05 The truth is,
32:07 he has done a lot with Mian Nawaz Sharif.
32:10 He has come from there.
32:12 This is what he was saying earlier.
32:15 He said this in a show of 15,000 times.
32:18 Everything has happened.
32:20 I don't want to go into that.
32:22 Go ahead.
32:24 What were you saying?
32:26 Go ahead.
32:28 Chai Sahab, complete your argument.
32:30 Mian Nawaz Sharif thinks that
32:32 our politics is badly beaten by the people.
32:36 We have been defeated badly.
32:38 Now we should start politics from a new perspective.
32:42 And at some point,
32:44 we should start a new government.
32:46 We should start politics from a new perspective.
32:50 And at some point,
32:52 we should get rid of Shabaz Sheikh.
32:54 We should get rid of the Punjab government.
32:56 If we get all the results of form 45,
33:00 from the courts,
33:02 then this is what will happen.
33:04 So, he is preparing for his future politics.
33:07 He has nothing left to do.
33:09 I am sorry.
33:11 Nagish Sahab, what is your view on this decision?
33:13 Look, if ending politics means
33:18 that a party should rule in the biggest province of Pakistan,
33:24 one-sidedly,
33:26 a government should be in the center,
33:28 a government should be a member of the union in Balochistan,
33:32 a second largest community should be in the senate,
33:35 if ending politics means this,
33:38 then I don't know what is the meaning of politics.
33:41 I think that ending politics is the best solution for going to jail.
33:45 Let me give you a small example.
33:47 I think that ending politics is the best solution for going to jail.
33:49 Let me give you a small example.
33:51 The government of the Kafli was formed.
33:53 You must remember that the government of the Kafli was formed in 2002.
33:56 So, they had governments everywhere.
33:58 Even in Sindh, they had a government.
34:00 So, there are some incidents.
34:02 So, ending politics is the best solution for going to jail.
34:05 You have answered this question very well.
34:07 Who was the head of the Kafli?
34:09 Parvez Musharraf?
34:11 He was the head of the Kafli in Pakistan.
34:13 You have answered this question very well.
34:15 You have endorsed the power of Nawaz Sharif.
34:17 Chaudhary Shijrat sahib.
34:19 You have answered this question very well.
34:21 Who was the head of the Kafli?
34:23 Parvez Musharraf?
34:25 I am saying this on the ground.
34:27 Let's move ahead.
34:29 Sir, we have got the answer.
34:31 Now, you can go ahead.
34:33 I have already given the answer.
34:35 Let's go to the break.
34:37 The election commission has now accepted the existence of the Sunni Jihad Council.
34:41 But, before going, the issue of politics in Pakistan.
34:45 In Pakistan, governments are formed in politics.
34:49 Politics is finished.
34:51 And we have seen this incident more than once in the history of politics and the coalition.
34:56 Politics is established by the one who lives in the hearts of the people.
35:01 Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto has established politics.
35:03 Everyone knows that.
35:05 Politics is established on the basis of the heart.
35:07 Now, what is the situation on the ground?
35:09 In the future elections, there will be some general elections.
35:11 In my opinion, it will be soon.
35:13 Then we will know.
35:15 We are going to the next story.
35:17 Let's go to the break.
35:19 Welcome back viewers.
35:23 The election commission has provided the latest information to the National Assembly.
35:27 Because the National Assembly had said that they should tell us what the status is.
35:31 They have told us the status.
35:33 According to the information, a notice has been sent to the National Assembly.
35:37 According to that, 82 free people from the Sunni Jihad Council have joined the National Assembly.
35:43 They have been accepted as a part of the Sunni Jihad Council.
35:48 The election commission has given the National Assembly Secretary the responsibility in this regard.
35:53 But, no special session was given to the Sunni Jihad Council.
35:57 The Pakistan Muslim League is currently at the first place with 122 people.
36:00 And the Pakistan People's Party is at the second place with 71 people.
36:07 Viewers, a debate has started on this.
36:11 Before starting my program, I spoke to some people.
36:14 They said that since this matter has already been petitioned in the Supreme Court.
36:18 Let's see when it will be appealed.
36:21 The decision has not been made, but the petition has been agreed.
36:25 Now, the Sunni Jihad Council has been accepted by the election commission.
36:31 So, the seats of those free women who were distributed among other communities.
36:38 Now, whether they can be reversed or not, the Supreme Court has to decide on that.
36:45 I start with you, Mr. Nagri.
36:47 Mr. Nagri, you have seen.
36:49 First, you know that the election commission was silent.
36:53 The National Assembly Speaker told them that you are free.
36:57 You have nothing to do with any political party.
37:00 Because you are not a part of any community.
37:02 They asked for an opinion from the election commission.
37:04 Because this is the authority of the election commission.
37:07 The election commission has told them today that the Sunni Jihad Council is present as a community.
37:13 It is present as an elected representative.
37:16 What do you think will be the effect of this on the case in the Supreme Court?
37:22 I wanted to talk about that.
37:25 There is still hope.
37:27 And this should be justice.
37:29 This case is going to the Supreme Court.
37:31 The case is going to the Supreme Court.
37:33 There is still hope.
37:34 The special seats that were taken by other communities, the United Nations, are not their seats.
37:41 And now that the Sunni Jihad Council has come to the assembly as a political community and the election commission has endorsed it,
37:47 the special seats that are in its right should be given to them.
37:50 This is the first thing.
37:51 And I have been insisting on this from day one.
37:53 The second thing is that I am seeing,
37:55 and I am foreseeing the future after this decision,
37:58 that these 82 people are from the Sunni Jihad Council.
38:00 This means that somewhere or the other,
38:02 the Pakistani movement is being given the message
38:05 that you become a part of a peaceful parliamentary system.
38:08 You become a part of a peaceful state.
38:11 You have a lot of opportunities in the future
38:14 to form a government with the Pakistan People's Party and run the country.
38:18 So I am seeing this on the way.
38:22 Chaudhary Ghulam Sahin Sahib,
38:24 the decision was not taken a little late.
38:27 Your friend, Sikander Sultan Rai, would have done the election commission earlier.
38:31 Things would have been better before.
38:32 No, he has never made a right decision before or now.
38:35 So what happened to him now?
38:36 Now that you are giving him seats, why don't you give him his designated seats?
38:41 Minority seats and women's seats.
38:44 He has a lot of other decisions outside the law and the constitution.
38:49 Earlier it was said that all of them are free now.
38:53 This mother pizzeria is free.
38:55 They have not been affected by Basra A and B.
38:58 So you will give them an answer.
39:00 Isn't this election commission a public institution now,
39:03 after today's decision?
39:05 Should I answer?
39:06 Yes, I will answer that question.
39:08 No, answer this question first.
39:09 No, no, that question.
39:10 Now, the constitutional amendment has come into it,
39:14 that now they cannot change it without their consent.
39:17 Chaudhary Sahib, did you eat sweets?
39:19 Did you eat sweets?
39:20 Yes, I did.
39:21 The matter is that the Sunni Taat Council is registered in the election commission.
39:25 So those people have given their statements that we are participating in this.
39:29 They are with the registered party in that party,
39:32 but all those people who said that we are participating in this,
39:35 they are still not a parliamentary party.
39:37 And the decision of Peshawar High Court is still in force.
39:40 I think you are misunderstanding, Chaudhary Sahib.
39:43 We never understood.
39:44 They are still free.
39:45 We never understood.
39:46 They are still free.
39:47 We don't know anything.
39:48 Until the Supreme Court doesn't consider them a parliamentary party,
39:52 they are still free.
39:56 The matter that I have raised in front of the election commission,
40:00 the internal circles and the legal branch,
40:04 now this Sunni Taat Council is present as a parliamentary party.
40:08 But of course, the Supreme Court has to decide on their reserve seat.
40:12 Viewers, InshaAllah, we will meet again on Monday.
40:15 Till then, give us permission. Allah Hafiz.