"BLA Has No Room Left Now.".. Former Brig. Waqar Hassan's Key Remarks
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00:00Brigadier, what is the way forward if we talk a little bit about this, the operation has reached its conclusion today.
00:08We have an idea of what the way forward is, or there are still some things that need to be discussed.
00:16APC has been suggested by the Prime Minister, in which all the parties can sit together if the Prime Minister wants.
00:21What further points should we take from the security point of view?
00:26I think there are 5-6 important things, I will go over it quickly.
00:29One is definitely military action, where if there is a terrorist attack, we will have to fight it out.
00:33Whether it is intelligence based or large scale.
00:36I think the decision will come out soon that there is no room for BLA.
00:40Number two is political, which I think if you think about it.
00:45I would like to do one thing in between, what are their numbers?
00:49Do you have any idea of how many numbers they are?
00:51The attack that they did, they were seen there in the numbers of more than 100.
00:56Yes, the rough estimate for this was 2,500 to 3,000.
01:00And maybe 4,000 to 5,000, if you include France and the other groups.
01:06There is their coordination too.
01:08And then TTP has also been mixed.
01:10With them?
01:11Yes, I think they have learned from TTP also.
01:15I think there is a supply in this.
01:17So I think the rough estimate is 4,000 to 5,000.
01:20And because Balochistan is very open, there is a need for 45% of Pakistan.
01:24And definitely, if you don't do it, it is very easy to merge with the people.
01:29The second is political.
01:31The third is diplomatically.
01:32You have to do it bilaterally to Afghanistan.
01:35The rest, regionally, I think Pakistan has achieved a lot of success in this.
01:40In September, there was a bilateral meet between Iran, Pakistan and China.
01:45And Moscow was formed in October.
01:47In that too, I think, clearly, Afghanistan was warned.
01:50And now with Trump's arrival, I think there is a real hope that at least,
01:54the interest of Russia and America in Afghanistan will converge.
01:58Pakistan could have.
02:00In that, the Taliban could be offered to behave normally.
02:03If you control them normally, then the waste of terrorism will end.
02:06Because there is a waste.
02:08Then comes, basically, the youth of Afghanistan,
02:13which you have to tell that in the 21st century,
02:16you have artificial intelligence, technology.
02:19Then development is opening up.
02:20Afghanistan will definitely start producing in 2028.
02:23After that, there is the second phase of the CPEC.
02:27And already, I mean, there is stereotyping.
02:29But otherwise, I think more than 90% of the people are with Pakistan.
02:33Maybe 99%.
02:34So it is necessary that the youth of Pakistan should be engaged.
02:37And later, I think, there is a factor, category A, B,
02:42I think it becomes constitutional, legal framework.
02:45You have to amend what is better for Pakistan.
02:48In the 21st century, you can quote that the police of Sibbi
02:52cannot operate outside the municipal boundaries of Sibbi.
02:56So who will do it?
02:57Then all the ownership comes on it.
02:59And then, of course, the first building, whether it is levees or police,
03:03needs to be strengthened.
03:05And Balochistan has a bright future.
03:07And God willing, things will start getting better.
03:10God willing, God willing.
03:11Mr. Rana, tell me,
03:13at this time, and we have been talking about Balochistan for a long time,
03:17that the foreign elements there,
03:20the foreign governments,
03:22especially the ones who are against Pakistan,
03:24what is their interest?
03:25There are oil and gas reserves.
03:27It is said that there are 19.3 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves there.
03:31There are 300 million barrels of onshore and offshore oil reserves.
03:34Recruiting is in place.
03:36The rest of the reserves are in place.
03:37This is one aspect.
03:38Gwadar Port is a different strategic location
03:41where they can give tough time to Chah Bahar as well.
03:43What are the aspects other than that
03:45that people need to realize that because of this…
03:49Look, this is very clear.
03:51I don't think any Pakistani should have any confusion in this.
03:54The Chinese who were going from the Karachi airport to their IPP projects,
04:00what was their enmity with?
04:02Did they have any internal drift?
04:04Did they have any issues with Pakistan's finance?
04:06No.
04:07It was an attack on your CPEC.
04:09And it was an attack on your Pak-China friendship,
04:11all the projects and infrastructure that are happening here.
04:15So, it is clear.
04:17Your CPEC projects,
04:19your finance projects that are going on,
04:22when you start moving towards your overall economic stability,
04:25there is an attack on that.
04:27And who wants to attack that?
04:29Look, it's clear.
04:30I told you about TTP.
04:31You can see their manifesto.
04:33What do they want?
04:34They want a state within a state.
04:35The Brigadier is saying that they are connected and interconnected.
04:38We shouldn't have any doubt in this.
04:39BLA and TTP.
04:40We shouldn't have any doubt in this
04:41because they have got such a government in Afghanistan
04:44which has no control over the territory of Afghanistan.
04:46So, there is planning,
04:48there is training,
04:49there is reorganization.
04:51Everything happens there.
04:52And it is the responsibility of the Taliban
04:55to not allow their state to be used against any country.
04:59So, this is clear.
05:00Now, if we confuse this,
05:02in Pakistan,
05:03this is a kinetic thing.
05:05Look at the way forward.
05:06I understand that you have to protect your borders first.
05:11But after that,
05:12your subai mandate,
05:14the full mandate of law enforcement,
05:16in that you have your counter-terrorism department,
05:19CTDs.
05:20You have to strengthen them.
05:21This is about levies.
05:22You have to strengthen the enforcement of the police.
05:25This is not just the role of Afwaj-e-Pakistan.
05:28Then there is an economic turnaround.
05:30You have to give people livelihood.
05:32These are all things.
05:34So, if all this happens,
05:36we will get out of these problems.
05:38Let's hope for the best.
05:39Thank you so much for being with us.