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00:00Yes, in Pakistan, politics is a game of possibilities.
00:03It is absolutely possible.
00:05But it is also possible that if we look at it,
00:08a new pigeon can come out of that hat.
00:11There can be an absolutely unusual appointment.
00:14In Pakistan, in politics,
00:16it is not so easy to predict for the next two to two and a half years.
00:21But one of the proposals that have come out,
00:24one of the possible proposals,
00:26is that the current Chief Justice's term of office,
00:29or the age bracket, will not be increased.
00:32So, first of all, when this amendment was being discussed,
00:35the six-pointer was that perhaps the Chief Justice
00:38has to be given an extension or not.
00:40In this regard, some decisive amendments will be included.
00:44But now it seems that the current Chief Justice's term of office
00:48is not being extended.
00:50Then, in that context,
00:52the urgency in which you call a meeting on Saturday, Sunday,
00:57and try to get the term passed,
01:00without showing any urgency,
01:03this is not understood.
01:05Because there are still 45 days for the Chief Justice to retire.
01:09So, the political parties have a lot of time.
01:11The consensus that is being created in 48 hours,
01:14you can easily make it in a week or two.
01:16With patience, you can include everyone's suggestions.
01:19I have heard that the Chief Justice has given some suggestions.
01:22You can include them as well.
01:24Look, this is not a small amendment.
01:26This is a very big, common amendment that you are going to make.
01:29When consensus was made on the 18th amendment,
01:31we all remember that there were debates on it for several days,
01:34several weeks.
01:35It was discussed in committees.
01:37After that, all political parties,
01:39all parties achieved a very major level of consensus.
01:42So, it is not that political parties in a country
01:45cannot reach a consensus.
01:47They can.
01:48But they are in a hurry.
01:49This is the problem.
01:50I was reading about it.
01:51When the government asked for two votes from Mr. Mengel,
01:53he asked for a compromise.
01:55That is, you are going to increase the seats in his province.
01:59But you did not consult him.
02:02You did not talk to the stakeholders of Balochistan.
02:05You did not discuss with the political parties there.
02:07Because the compromise that Mr. Mengel does not have,
02:09and the seats in his province are increasing,
02:11it means that he is not on board.
02:13What was the consultation process
02:16for the Balochistan stakeholders?
02:18We do not see any transparency in it.
02:20Who did the government talk to?
02:22MGM, as we speak, has sent a copy of the compromise to them.
02:26They are looking at it.
02:28Your party members have not seen it.
02:30I think that many of the government's
02:32first-year ministers have not seen the copy themselves.
02:35And they will also be surprised
02:37that wherever the government is, you have to give a vote.
02:39So, these are some worrying things here.
02:42Apart from this, regarding the voting process on 63A,
02:46if the government is going to make an amendment,
02:48I was talking to some legal experts.
02:50They said that they will get stuck in a circular process.
02:55Because according to the judgment of 63A,
02:57the votes of those who are crossing the floor will not count.
03:00So, if you are going to vote on 63A,
03:03then how will you manage that vote?
03:06This can be a challenge in the court.
03:08This is a technical point.
03:10Let's see how the government navigates this.
03:13But it is also very important to highlight
03:15the actions of the first-year ministers here.
03:18The eight people whose status is still independent,
03:21including Mr. Gauhar and Mr. Ayyub,
03:23although these people are safe, they are the face of the party,
03:26they will vote in a specific way or not,
03:28whatever the party policy is.
03:30But the three people whose names are being taken,
03:32including Mr. Kemin, Mr. Khichri and Mr. Sanguman,
03:35they were in the independent category.
03:37You have not taken an affidavit from these candidates
03:40for so many months, nor have you asked for clarification
03:42about their positions.
03:44So, if the government manages these three votes from somewhere,
03:47it will do it from this pool of eight.
03:49And on this pool of eight, the application of 63A does not take place.
03:53And probably the confidence of the government is coming from this.
03:56The 41 people who have an affidavit signed by Mr. Tehreek-e-Insaf,
03:59who are present with him according to Mr. Salman Akram Raja,
04:02probably do not touch that voting pool.
04:05If three of these people are managed,
04:07because 63A's votes will not be counted.
04:11So, what was your homework?
04:13Because for many weeks,
04:14in fact, for months now,
04:15the government has been hearing
04:17that some kind of legislation is being made.
04:19So, this is beyond understanding
04:21that these eight people,
04:22and especially those people who were not sure about them,
04:25their affidavits and their party relationship,
04:27that it is legal with the people of Sitka,
04:29why did the PTI not make a decision?
04:31And perhaps this mistake will cost them today
04:33if in the voting process,
04:34those three people whose names are being taken,
04:36with whom there is no contact,
04:37Mr. Mubarak Zaid is on record,
04:39he says that they will vote on the other side,
04:42most probably,
04:43from what I am hearing from their conversation,
04:45there is very little chance of this.
04:47The other two people,
04:48let's see,
04:49because there is also a constituency pressure,
04:51but at the same time,
04:52from the side of the government,
04:53the incentive that is given,
04:54carrot and stick policy,
04:56that is also on its side.
04:57So, this will be their political decision,
04:59it will be a very tough political decision,
05:00because after that,
05:01it will not be so easy to go into the constituencies.
05:04So, if we look at it now,
05:06before the election,
05:07after the election,
05:08ignoring it,
05:09I feel that the present government
05:11has made a lot of mistakes,
05:12and now Mr. Maulana is getting lines
05:14out of his nose,
05:15most probably,
05:16he is supporting some parties,
05:18not supporting some parties,
05:19he will also make this decision
05:20looking at his political image,
05:22he has to make a decision
05:23about his political future,
05:25because the province from which he belongs,
05:28the sentiment of the people there,
05:29the tone there,
05:30the statements there,
05:31he is well aware of that,
05:33that he does not like
05:34to be very close to the free people.
05:36So, Mr. Maulana will have to make
05:38his political decision
05:39as a result of this vote today.
05:41So, the government is running,
05:43I have been listening since morning,
05:45one is saying,
05:46Mr. Khwaja Asif is saying,
05:47Mr. Tarar is saying,
05:48the numbers are complete.
05:49If the numbers had been completed so confidently,
05:51then these races would not have been going on now.
05:53First, the 11 o'clock meeting,
05:542 o'clock,
05:552 o'clock,
05:563 o'clock,
05:57now 8 o'clock,
05:58that will be done.
05:59And the meeting of the deputy cabinet
06:00has not even started yet.
06:01Yes, yes,
06:02it is being smoothed out at the last minute.
06:03This means that the numbers are not complete.
06:05Otherwise,
06:06if it had been passed by now,
06:08then somewhere,
06:09somewhere,
06:10there is some obstacle.
06:11But this hurry,
06:12this is completely out of my understanding.
06:14There are 45 days
06:15of the current Chief Justice's
06:16term of office.
06:17There is a lot of time during this,
06:19to build consensus,
06:20to take all political parties
06:22together.
06:23This sense of urgency,
06:24the government should definitely
06:25ask this question,
06:26because their own
06:27MNAs have been stopped
06:28in Islamabad
06:29for many days.
06:30The numbers are not complete,
06:31so they also have a sense of,
06:32you know,
06:33they are irritated that
06:34the numbers are not complete,
06:35so why did they call us?
06:36So,
06:37now let's see,
06:38it seems that
06:39today the government
06:40will somehow
06:41table this bill
06:42and try to get it
06:43passed.
06:44All the cards
06:45are in the hands
06:46of Mr. Malwana.
06:47The PTI,
06:48the 8th pool
06:49from which they are saying
06:50that they will put
06:51the 3 votes
06:52in the government,
06:53that was PTI's
06:54mistake.
06:55They should have
06:56closed that door.
06:57They did not do that
06:58at the time.
06:59If the 3 votes
07:00go from there,
07:01if Mr. Malwana
07:02agrees to the vote,
07:03then it means
07:04that the government
07:05will be able to do it
07:06easily.
07:07But Mr. Mangal's
07:08vote is still not
07:09with them.
07:10There too,
07:11they tried to use
07:12keratin sticks.
07:13According to their
07:14senators,
07:15Mr. Mangal says
07:16that they were
07:17harassed.
07:18Now they have
07:19been given permission.
07:20They are saying
07:21that 2,000 people
07:22should leave them.
07:23Then we will vote.
07:24In the past,
07:25in the legislation
07:26related to Mr. Mangal,
07:27they voted on the
07:28condition that
07:29their demands
07:30should be left
07:31to the people.
07:32So let's see.
07:33But the mood,
07:34the sentiment
07:35is that the government
07:36is not going to
07:37reform.
07:38The Supreme Court
07:39is not going to
07:40do some constructive
07:41reforms.
07:42In fact,
07:43it is going to
07:44conquer the Supreme
07:45Court.
07:46If we look at
07:47past examples,
07:48I have not seen
07:49any such law
07:50that I do not remember
07:51that when that
07:52law was passed
07:53and at that time
07:54the PMLN did not
07:55make noise
07:56and after a few
07:57years,
07:58under the same
07:59law or the
08:00same law,
08:01it did not
08:02cause political
08:03harm.
08:04So let's see
08:05if the date
08:06is going to
08:07change.
08:08Will the law
08:09reform
08:10come back
08:11and haunt
08:12the PMLN
08:13after a few
08:14years?
08:15Our political
08:16history
08:17tells us
08:18something else.