"If There Are Any Mistakes, President Asif Zardari Has the Right to Express His Opinion"Khawaja Asif
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00:00But tell me one thing, even if they are your allies, they should not take it from you.
00:07They also say that the President said in his speech that the unilateral decisions are wrong, that you make one-sided decisions are wrong.
00:18Nehru and Keshav, they said that it is completely wrong.
00:21If the President has pointed out that he has the right, as a leader of a political party, as the President of Pakistan, he has the right to advise the government.
00:34He has the right to correct the government wherever we are making mistakes.
00:39He has the right and no one can deny that right.
00:45I think it is the requirement of his office, his leadership, his experience, that if the government falters somewhere, correct it and warn it.
01:01No, no, I was talking about attitude because there are meetings going on in Lahore of the People's Party and your Punjab leadership.
01:09That the things that were decided, they are not listening to us.
01:12And you also know that the speech of the President to the Joint Houses, it is always written by the government.
01:19It goes from there.
01:20By making changes in that, they have raised the issue of Nehru and now it has become a big stand-off.
01:26Will the Punjab government back off on the issue of Nehru?
01:30No, no, these are political issues.
01:34The issue of Nehru was there 50 years ago.
01:37It was there 60 years ago.
01:39It has been there for 70 years.
01:41And through different negotiations, at different times, it has been solved.
01:47That is why there is no crisis in this.
01:50These issues will be solved by sitting down.
01:53In which the country will benefit.
01:55That will be the final solution.
01:57Nothing less than that.
01:58Will the Punjab government back off?
02:01Because they have clearly said that Nehru is not acceptable at any cost.
02:05I have said that I cannot sit on TV and talk about back-off or back-in.
02:11These things, anyone's grievances are genuine.
02:16It is the right of the faithful to sort them out.
02:19It is not the right, but it is the duty.
02:23Tell me, this has also become an issue that has been picked up.
02:29A boy has also been picked up.
02:31The stance of the government is that the social media accounts of PTI
02:35have played a very negative role in this issue.
02:38When the Jaffar Express incident took place.
02:43Their stance is that there are millions of people who have social media accounts.
02:47If someone speaks in our favor and speaks against the government,
02:51how can you hold us guilty?
02:53There is weight in what you are saying.
02:55There is weight in what Mr. Jalal is saying.
02:57Listen to me, hold on.
02:59When their leader is not showing solidarity on this,
03:03is not showing unity,
03:05then he is encouraging people to post negative things on social media.
03:10It is a docile kind of collaboration.
03:13It is an abetment from him.
03:17What are you saying?
03:19Don't ignore what I am saying.
03:21Don't ignore what I am saying.
03:23Why hasn't he condemned it yet?
03:26Because of his non-condemnation,
03:30there is poison on social media by PTI.
03:34All those accounts are looted.
03:37And those people are not recognized, they are established people.
03:41I have read on the floor of the family,
03:43I have read the tweet of the official account.
03:45I have a copy, I will send it to you via WhatsApp.
03:49Mr. Khaira, let's leave this.
03:51I am going back to Balochistan.
03:53There is some time left.
03:55I would like to discuss a few things with him.
03:57It is a very serious issue.
03:59The two issues that people raise there,
04:02they say that one issue is credibility.
04:05The provincial assembly of the elected parliament,
04:08people think that it is hand-picked.
04:11And we see that there has always been an issue in Balochistan.
04:14And the establishment is larger than life.
04:17It happens in other provinces too, but there is a lot of role there.
04:20In your opinion, is this genuine grievance?
04:23Is the assembly there, over the years,
04:28is it the right representative?
04:30Or is it a disconnect of popular will?
04:33And instead of elected, there are more selected set-ups?
04:38No, I will not go into that debate.
04:41But this is true.
04:43For example, the Deputy Speaker of the PTI,
04:49look at him.
04:51The election, the way it happened,
04:53the way it was decided in the Supreme Court,
04:56that was all rigged.
04:59Right from the day one,
05:01from the day of the election, until he was released,
05:03what did he do on the last night,
05:05sitting on the chair?
05:07Was he fit to be representative of a province
05:13where the situation is already bad?
05:17After that, you can see for yourself.
05:20I don't want to name the big names,
05:24you can take them too.
05:26You see, I have said this before,
05:29our Mr. Bukti, who is the Chief Minister,
05:32he is defending the front foot,
05:35he is defending the Balochistan government,
05:37he is defending the Baloch cause,
05:39and at the same time,
05:41he is taking on the people who do this.
05:44I think he is fulfilling his duty.
05:47But there are people who have not fulfilled their duty.