Why did Ishaq Dar have to be honored by making him Deputy PM???
Why did Ishaq Dar have to be honored by making him Deputy PM???
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00:00 Ishaq Dar Sahib, Deputy Prime Minister.
00:03 Many people say that there is no benefit to this.
00:06 This is a symbolic position.
00:08 If it is symbolic, there is no choice,
00:11 then why was it necessary to make it, Rana Sahib?
00:14 Look, materially you are absolutely right that there is no benefit to this or any harm.
00:29 But within the party or within the government, we had this thought that
00:36 Mr. Dar should be given some respect and honour.
00:43 So I think that thought, by compensating him,
00:53 he should be given some respect and honour.
00:59 Why was he given respect and honour?
01:01 In the previous government, he was the Minister of Treasury.
01:04 Now he is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan.
01:07 What more respect can anyone give to someone who was the Minister of Treasury four times.
01:14 And now he is the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
01:16 Why did he feel the need to be given respect?
01:18 Is he a relative?
01:20 Kashif Sahib, people like you don't let people like me live.
01:25 So they keep making up stories that why he was the Minister of Treasury,
01:31 why he is not anymore, why he is the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
01:35 So all these things create an atmosphere,
01:38 that politically some things become relevant.
01:43 Sir, would it be right to think that he wanted to become the Minister of Treasury?
01:48 Mifta Ismail became the Minister of Treasury in the PDM government.
01:51 Mifta Ismail Sahib also puts allegations that
01:53 in making him fall, in making him leave,
01:56 Mr. Dar played a very critical role.
01:58 Mr. Dar himself used to say that before the elections and the government,
02:01 that if Mr. Mian becomes the Minister of Treasury,
02:03 that is, if our government becomes, then I will be the Minister of Treasury.
02:06 He wanted to become, but he was not allowed to become.
02:09 That is why he had to be given this respect of the Deputy Prime Minister.
02:13 No, see, if Mr. Dar, at that time, when our government was formed,
02:19 if he was available, then he would have become the Minister of Treasury.
02:22 And Mr. Mifta Ismail, in his team, as team member,
02:27 he would have worked with him in any position.
02:29 Before this, Mr. Mifta Ismail, he has been working with Mr. Dar.
02:35 What happened is that at that time, because Mr. Dar was not available,
02:39 he was in London, he had cases against him here.
02:42 So that is why Mr. Mifta Ismail was made.
02:45 Mr. Mifta Ismail's saying that he lobbied against me, did this, did that,
02:51 I think this is not correct.
02:54 What happened is that maybe Mr. Dar was expecting that Mr. Mifta Ismail,
02:59 the way he used to work with me as a junior partner as a team member,
03:09 he might expect that now also he will take guidance from me,
03:14 will work with me.
03:16 Mr. Mifta Ismail had thought that I am independent now.
03:21 So there his understanding could not be there.
03:25 And then some such things kept happening that if Mr. Dar has spoken,
03:29 then he felt that as if he is objecting to Mr. Mifta Ismail's policy.
03:34 And Mr. Mifta Ismail also kept talking about this kind of thing
03:37 that he felt that he is talking against Mr. Dar.
03:40 So that environment was created which was further aggravated.
03:46 Which I think was not appropriate, it should not have been like that.
03:49 But why did not you make him now?
03:51 You have such an experienced minister of treasury four times.
03:54 And he did not become the minister of treasury,
03:56 but he was made the minister of foreign affairs.
03:58 Why?
03:59 This is the decision of the Prime Minister.
04:04 It is the discretion of the Prime Minister.
04:07 It is his responsibility that he should give the portfolio to whoever he wants.
04:12 Now only the Prime Minister can clarify this.
04:17 The rest can be a guess.
04:21 So anyway he promised him that he will become the minister of foreign affairs
04:27 and that he will handle the foreign affairs instead of the Prime Minister.
04:32 But the discussions that were going on at that time,
04:35 You know, the discussions were that no one was in his favour to become the minister of treasury.
04:40 Neither the Prime Minister nor he.
04:43 No, I do not think that anyone was in his favour.
04:50 It was not in Pakistan.
04:52 Everyone in Pakistan was with him, he was in his favour.
04:56 He is a very committed, wise, sensible and a very kind person.
05:03 I think that the foreign institutions and the powers that are running our affairs,
05:12 there was a little problem with them.
05:16 When I was also a part of the cabinet in the government,
05:21 they used to say that they do not want to work with me.
05:27 And I told them that we will not do this at all.
05:31 We will not let this happen.
05:34 So, they had a little hard or harsh relationship with each other.
05:49 So, if that was the reason, I cannot say.
05:52 But anyway, this is the discretion of the Prime Minister.
05:55 If he wanted, he could have made it.
05:57 And he did not make it.
05:58 Sir, this Deputy Prime Minister was made on the request of Nawaz Sharif.
06:06 Sir, Nawaz Sharif will definitely be approved.
06:09 Because the basic or important decisions are about him.
06:15 I know that the Chief Minister and the Prime Minister also get approval from them.
06:22 Sir, tell me, there is a lot of debate going on that Mian sir has done this to keep an eye.
06:27 Some say that Darshan was upset and that is why he has been given the position.
06:31 Some say that Shabaz sir did it, but it is obvious that it will continue.
06:35 When will Mian sir become the President of the party?
06:38 Mr. Rana.
06:40 We are going to call the President for the General Council meeting.
06:46 So, I hope that he will give permission and through resolution, this action will be completed.
07:05 And this is happening with the consent of Mian sir, I am assuming.
07:10 No, we requested him, not by asking him, but it will be done by his consent.
07:20 But he has said yes.
07:35 He has not announced it yet, but in the coming days, when he returns from China, it will be clear.
07:51 And is Saad Rafiq sir going to be the Secretary General?
07:57 He is not going to be, but two things are present at the moment.
08:05 Chaudhary Ahsan Iqbal sir's wish is present and he has repeatedly talked to us that the responsibilities that he had before are also present in the government.
08:17 And that is a very heavy charge, portfolio.
08:27 He has been working as a Secretary General for about five years.
08:32 He wants to take responsibility from him so that he can do his official responsibilities in a better way.
08:39 And the second thing is that we have an opinion that the way nothing is tailor-made,
08:48 then Khawaja Saad Rafiq sir is tailor-made for this position.