"This IMF program will be the last," PM Shehbaz Sharif
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00:00The staff level arrangement has been finalized.
00:04After that, the board will sit down and approve the IMF.
00:09Now, our responsibility begins.
00:16This is the time. Now is the time that we have to act and act speedily and work tirelessly.
00:25This will be the last program of the IMF in the history of this country.
00:32This will be the beginning of a journey of progress and happiness.
00:39I have decided to present you with a presentation.
00:44I want to assure you that Pakistan will become a great, prosperous and respectable country.
01:05The purpose of today's meeting is that if we want to save Pakistan from debt,
01:12we have to make this last program of the IMF a reality.
01:20You will pay more taxes on the tax payers.
01:25It's a premium for those who don't pay tax and it's a penalty for those who are honest tax payers.
01:33This will not work in our hearts and minds.
01:41If you take an easy job and pay taxes, you will have to return your file.
01:48Because this is a government employee, where will he go?
01:51The country will never progress like this.
01:55Our financial resources will never be enough for the development and happiness of the common man.
02:06For that, you have to change your entire strategy.
02:11You have to adopt the latest technology in the world.
02:17You have to adopt the latest strategy that has been developed by the FBI and other institutions in other countries.
02:27You have to go beyond that.
02:29Artificial intelligence can tell you everything.
02:34You can make speeches.
02:37What is left that you can't expose?
02:42That's why I request you.
02:44It pains me when I hear that the World Bank is giving us this and that.
02:53We should get rid of this life.
02:57I have told Chairman FBI, the Finance Minister, the Finance Secretary and my colleagues many times.
03:27It is our national interest and it is our duty.
03:30And you collect billions of rupees.
03:34And you go to the World Bank and others for 2-5 billion rupees.
03:40I don't think nations are made like this.
03:45I don't want to give any example here.
03:48Because the amount is self-projection.
03:50Many of you know that there were big projects where we used to go to the ADP and get money from there.
03:57If the country is getting its share, should we spend it and give it to the nation?
04:05Should we give the resources to the nation?
04:08Should we go to the World Bank?
04:11We should definitely go to the ADP.
04:13There is a compelling reason.
04:16And where you can spend 8-10 billion rupees on carbon,
04:22we should ask ourselves, is this the right way?
04:27Is this the course?
04:29I think it is time for a paradigm shift.
04:33Please tighten your belts.
04:38And dedicate yourself to the service of the nation.
04:41The changes that are happening in the FBR,
04:46I am telling you honestly,
04:49I have no input for any individual.
04:53I am going by the input of agencies.
04:57And based on your information,
05:02I went along with what you recommended.
05:05I don't have any likes or dislikes.
05:08We should rise above our likes and dislikes,
05:13and serve the national interest.
05:16For the first time and the last time,
05:19I want to make it clear that we will take the national interest that is demanded.
05:27And if there is any honest mistake,
05:32we are prepared to rectify that.
05:35I will not come under any pressure.