They Are Not at Fault, They Are More Educated..." PML-N Leader Condemns Humayun Mehmood's Statement
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00:00First of all, I will condemn the misogynistic comments that they have given about madam and the reference of make-up.
00:07But it is not their fault. They are more educated.
00:10And their leadership has always talked about this type of make-up and surgery in the gatherings.
00:16So, I condemn this.
00:18At least, educated people should not be given such comments which are more educated than us.
00:24Secondly, the definition of inflation did not change.
00:304 years ago and 10 years ago, the definition of inflation was the same as it was 10 years ago and it is still the same.
00:38When it was at 40%, they had made it clear that the country will go bankrupt.
00:44Today, if it is coming at 2.4% per month, then you can hold it from any angle, it is a big achievement.
00:51And no one can take it away from this government.
00:54And this is the lowest inflation in Pakistan's history in 9 years.
01:00Now, if Moody's and Fitch are saying that your credit rating is getting better, then we are not saying this.
01:05The international bodies are saying this.
01:07If the head of IMF has tweeted that the structural reforms and programs are going well,
01:13then out of the 24 programs, 90% of them have failed.
01:17If the agenda of reforms is getting positive, then it is an achievement that you are moving towards betterment.
01:22But, comparatively, if you look at exports, there is a 10% increase.
01:29And let me tell you that we are moving towards Pakistan's record exports.
01:33We are moving towards Pakistan's record remittances.
01:36Yes, you mentioned 3 billion dollars.
01:38So, overall, what is their job now?
01:42But, tell me one thing.
01:44Tell me one thing that I always say that the economic growth that you are talking about,
01:49when will it reflect on the lives of the people?
01:52Right now, whether it is Punjab, KP, Sindh, overall, the increase in the salaries,
01:59the increase in the interest rates, the purchase of cars from the side of the FBR,
02:03then the money for decoration and decoration, etc.
02:07Apart from this, it is possible that this is a need.
02:11But, the percentage for which the salary increases for the public or for the government employees,
02:17it should have been here as well.
02:19But, here, it is being distributed blindly.
02:23What are we claiming?
02:24We are saying that the economy has stabilized.
02:26And, what are we saying?
02:27Now, we are moving towards growth through stabilization.
02:30We are not saying that we have achieved growth.
02:32We are moving towards that.
02:34And, what is our objective?
02:35But, till then, let us stop the expenses.
02:37No, no, I will tell you.
02:39Now, the expenses that have increased,
02:42all across, if the salaries of the parliamentarians have increased after 7-8 years,
02:48then their salaries did not increase.
02:49And, if 10-10%, 20% increase in the overall salaries,
02:53then there has been an adjustment.
02:54That is a debatable subject.
02:55But, 200%, 400%.
02:57But, 200%…
02:58See, the thing is that you cannot assume that parliamentarians are landlords and billionaires.
03:04Not most of them.
03:05Not all of them.
03:06Majority of them belong from middle and upper middle class.
03:10And, their salaries…
03:12See, I will tell you.
03:14See, the thing is that we have to achieve that growth
03:17with which our current account deficit, which is not on loan.
03:21And, the growth of the loan makes you lose face.
03:24So, we do not have to achieve that growth.
03:26Now, it is the time of Pakistan
03:28that when we achieve growth, our current account deficit should not be negative.
03:32And, it should be continuously export-driven growth.
03:34It should not be import or consumption-driven growth that they had given us.
03:38So, we are moving towards that, God willing.
03:40And, the trickle-down.
03:41There will be a trickle-down.
03:43Within the next 6 months, things will…
03:46Now, there will be a budget.
03:47So, may God have mercy on it.
03:49No, God willing, the budget will also be a public-friendly budget.
03:51Will you reduce some taxes, Mr. Prime Minister?
03:53I mean, salaries have increased a lot.
03:55See, if our reforms get kicked in,
03:57then we should definitely reduce the rates of taxes.
03:59Or, cross the board.
04:00But, we understand that this burden should not have been placed on the salaried class as well.
04:03But, why?
04:04It should not have been placed on everyone.
04:05So that, the economic turmoil that we have gone through,
04:08within that, and in the IMF program,
04:10we have to take these tough steps.
04:12But, we are heading towards the right direction.
04:14See, let me tell you one thing.
04:15I do not talk about myself.
04:16I will tell you about the World Bank.
04:18What does the World Bank do?
04:20What they are saying today,
04:22that we have gone through an economic turmoil,
04:25that was from June 2022 till today.
04:30This was the turmoil, the economic turmoil.
04:32Okay.
04:33In which, nose-dives were made.
04:34It was all your fault.
04:35I am telling you, I am telling you the facts.
04:37I am telling you.
04:38The World Bank says that,
04:41the tax-to-GDP ratio,
04:43in the time of Pakistan Tariq-e-Insaf,
04:45when things were being destroyed,
04:47it was 9.22%.
04:49Then, these people came,
04:51Pakistan Destruction Movement,
04:53Part 1 came,
04:55in that, it fell,
04:57and went up to 7%.
04:59As of today, the World Bank says,
05:01that they have not taken it out yet.
05:04Okay, they were talking about exports.
05:0631 billion, 0.8,
05:08in the time of Pakistan Tariq-e-Insaf.
05:10These people came, it fell down,
05:12went up to 27.
05:14Today, it is at 24.
05:16Okay?
05:17So, that means,
05:18even today, it is not where Pakistan Tariq-e-Insaf is.
05:20Let the year end,
05:21we will reach 31.
05:22Be patient, be patient.
05:23There will be highest-ever exports.
05:25At least, you can do something.
05:27We have the numbers,
05:29but you can do something.
05:31The Samundar Paar Muqeem Pakistanis,
05:33for example, you keep telling them,
05:35not to send remittances.
05:36That is for the country.
05:37And you see, in JNFAB,
05:38they maintained 3 billion dollars.
05:40Do you know,
05:41IMF fined Pakistan in 1999,
05:43for 50 billion or 50 million dollars?
05:47There are some figures,
05:48millions or billions,
05:49something like that.
05:50What was the fine for that?
05:51And on top of that,
05:52there was a report,
05:53that Ishaq Dar Sahib
05:54had fudged the figures.
05:55Okay.
05:56Okay, but,
05:57we are talking about old times.
05:58No, no, no,
05:59see,
06:00he doesn't have it.
06:01I will tell you one thing.
06:02I will tell you only one thing.
06:03Now, our time
06:04has almost reached its completion.
06:06One thing is that,
06:07from 2013 to 2016,
06:08the program that was completed by IMF,
06:09that was also in their time.
06:10Fair enough.
06:11One thing is that,
06:12out of 25,
06:13how many did they take?
06:15Out of them,
06:16if we look at their percentage,
06:18you have 0%.
06:20I will tell you one thing.
06:21You have failed in one program.
06:23You have 0%.
06:24One minute,
06:25I took a program of 6 billion.
06:27PTI took a program of 6 billion.
06:28PTI has used only 3 billion
06:30in 3.5 to 4 years.
06:32Do you understand that thing?
06:33We didn't even use it.