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PTI Protest | How Much has the Treasury Lost Due to Protests? | Maria Memon's Analysis
PTI Protest | How Much has the Treasury Lost Due to Protests? | Maria Memon's Analysis
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00:00A few moments ago, a notepad came in front of me.
00:02The schools in Islamabad have been shut down for tomorrow.
00:07If there is a one-day educational holiday, students are left behind.
00:12Will they shut down the school one day and then the next?
00:15How long will this continue?
00:18Will our students keep paying the price?
00:21The political instability that this country's political class
00:24and all stakeholders have to deal with and address.
00:28Whenever there is any kind of protest in the country,
00:32it has a tangible cost, which is in the money.
00:36And apart from that, it has an intangible cost,
00:38which is in the uncertainty of the political system.
00:42The damage caused by money can be estimated.
00:46Like our finance minister estimated it.
00:48And he said, listen to how much damage is caused.
00:52Our economic advisory wing, Ministry of Finance,
00:55they have estimated 190 billion rupees per day.
01:00If this goes on for two days, three days, four days,
01:03God forbid, it goes on for a week.
01:04What a loss to the economy.
01:08How much damage will this justice movement cause this time?
01:13The Interior Minister has said that there will be a cost for this too.
01:19He will tell us about it after the press conference.
01:24When this protest is over,
01:26we will tell you how much damage has been caused to the country,
01:28economy, people, business,
01:31so that people know the facts and make their own decisions.
01:35In this country, we have been seeing for the past ten years
01:38that if someone wants to protest politically,
01:40they are directed towards Islamabad.
01:42TLP has closed the city several times.
01:45Tariq-e-Insaf is directed towards Islamabad for protest.
01:48If Mullah Nazim Rehman's party has grievances with the judicial system,
01:51they come to Islamabad.
01:53We have seen that this has happened in the past.
01:56Different pressure groups come to Islamabad.
01:59But this time, the reaction we are seeing,
02:01especially from the government,
02:03in which everything is being said to be closed,
02:05how sustainable is this?
02:06How long will this go on?
02:08And the price of this will be paid by all stakeholders.
02:12We will also talk about the repercussions of this.
02:17But I have taken out some news reports.
02:19From 2013 to 2020, what damage has been caused by the protests?
02:22A loss of approximately Rs 1.5 billion was caused then.
02:25A loss of more than Rs 1 billion was caused by the 2017 TLP protests.
02:28These are all reported facts.
02:29How much damage was caused when the TLP protested in 2018?
02:33At that time, Chief Justice Saqib Nisar
02:35took notice of the damage caused by the protests.
02:37He said that the government should give an answer in three days.
02:40This is a matter of 2018.
02:41But even then, no solution was found.
02:44If Punjab is closed for a day,
02:47then the figures that are coming out,
02:48there is a loss of Rs 28 billion per day.
02:50The government figures say that
02:52the government has spent Rs 2.7 billion in the past
02:55to stop these protests and gatherings.
03:01But why are these protests and gatherings being delayed?
03:04Why is justice on the road at this time?
03:07Because they have a demand.
03:09They say that their mandate was snatched in the election.
03:11It should be sought out.
03:13It seems that there is no scope for it in the system.
03:16Then they say that our leaders should be released at this time.
03:20We are not seeing any signs of that either.
03:22So how will this debate settle?
03:24Is there a way forward?
03:25Or will we continue to travel in the same areas?
03:28We have invited Mr. Mifta Ismail to our program today.
03:32He is the General Secretary of the Pakistan Party.
03:34Mr. Zubair is a senior politician.
03:36Because the current state of affairs,
03:38in which the government and PTI are obviously stakeholders,
03:40they have a very maximal position.
03:42They are adamant on their position.
03:47So we ask Mr. Mifta Ismail and Mr. Zubair,
03:50as a neutral bystander,
03:52do you think that there is a solution to this situation?