"Our Effort Should Be to Strengthen Our Relations with Afghanistan.." PML-N Senator Afnan Ullah Khan
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00:00Mr. Barrister, the policy that was not taken in confidence and that this is wrong and this decision should not be taken,
00:09we already have problems in Pakistan. Our population is increasing so much.
00:13If we give citizenship to the Afghans of Pakistan,
00:17doesn't the Prime Minister think that our problems will not decrease, but will increase already?
00:21Okay, no.
00:22What is their track record?
00:23No, look, you have given hospitality to the people of Afghanistan by migrating.
00:29Yes, yes.
00:29You have given them a certain period.
00:31Yes.
00:31It is obvious that they have to go, they have to go back to their country.
00:34So, it can be sent in a way, right?
00:36He is saying, send it.
00:37He is saying, make them settle here.
00:39Give them citizenship.
00:40See, if someone has got married here,
00:42someone got married and had children from it,
00:45then your law says that they are from here, right?
00:47But those who have not, those who do not have documentation, you send them.
00:51It can be done in a way.
00:53Establish contact from embassy to embassy.
00:55You can send people to the delegation.
00:57By the way, do you think we have behaved properly with the Afghans over the years?
01:01No, we have kept it absolutely right,
01:02but by taking the last step, we are going to lose our hospitality.
01:06No, this is not the last step yet.
01:07But why they behave in a certain way against Pakistan everywhere?
01:11This is our own stupidity.
01:13This is our stupidity in this too.
01:14This is absolutely stupidity.
01:15See, those who have criticized them,
01:18you should ask them what mistake was left.
01:21You are saying that we have been hospitable.
01:23That is, you, we, everyone did it.
01:25No, we did it for those who migrated.
01:27But the ones who are running the government now,
01:29where did they go?
01:30Where did their upbringing go?
01:32It is a matter of upbringing.
01:33No, the ones who run the government are in their place,
01:35but those who are in the cricket team or in other things,
01:37we have not done anything for them.
01:38See, those cricket team people have also grown up in our streets.
01:40Where did they learn cricket?
01:41There were no pitches in Afghanistan.
01:42They grew up playing here in the streets of Lahore, Karachi.
01:45Then they should not have been hospitable.
01:47They should not have been hospitable.
01:48This is the thing.
01:49This is the thing.
01:50Now, overall, this is a very heated debate.
01:52The thing is that to fix this, we will have to raise our hand.
01:55As long as our hand was up, it was our honor.
01:58The thing is that today we are comparing ourselves with Afghanistan,
02:01but the problem is something else.
02:02The thing is that the money of Afghanistan is above our money.
02:05The industry is being built in Afghanistan at the moment.
02:07The rivers are being built in Afghanistan at the moment.
02:09The train network is being put in Afghanistan at the moment.
02:11The funding of India is also going there.
02:13See, it is our fault that we are not able to attract the FDI,
02:17despite everything.
02:18If they are doing it, then they are successful in it.
02:22But do we have to play our role or not?
02:25If we antagonize Iran as well,
02:27then the border will be closed,
02:28Afghanistan will be closed,
02:29India will also be closed.
02:30So, will your Karachi port handle your trade?
02:33But there is also the Gwadar port.
02:35So, Gwadar is under siege at the moment.
02:37Where is it operational?
02:38Mr. Afnan, tell me that the situation at the moment,
02:41we are seeing the situation with Afghanistan,
02:44but we are also getting some taunts from Sistan and Balochistan.
02:47That is, some groups from Iran also operate from there.
02:51So, what decision can we take?
02:55Or what decision should we take?
02:57That we will have to talk to everyone
02:59that your borders are safe because of us.
03:02So, you should also keep our area safe.
03:04Do we need to communicate that to Iran as well?
03:07The thing is that you should communicate with them.
03:10But do it with wisdom.
03:13We cannot fight many battles at the same time.
03:16You already have an issue with India.
03:19And I don't think this is a good long-term strategy
03:22that we are closing the borders with Afghanistan.
03:24If there is no engagement right now,
03:27whatever the bitterness is,
03:29you should give it time and try to
03:32through other people or through other nations,
03:37you should try to develop your relations with them in the long run.
03:40If they are not doing it right now,
03:42the situation is very simple.
03:44If someone is good to us, then we should be good to him.
03:47If someone is bad to us, then we should be bad to him.
03:50But we should try to have good relations with Afghanistan.
03:54The situation in the world is already getting worse.
03:56If you look at the global level,
03:58you can see that wars are starting.
04:00People also say that the third world war has already started.
04:04So we have to be very careful about all these things.
04:08First of all, we need to put our house in order
04:11so that investment comes from outside.
04:13And then you tell these people to close the borders.
04:16If they don't do it, then there are many ways.
04:18At the end of the Biden administration,
04:20there was this impression,
04:21but now what Trump is doing with Ukraine and Russia,
04:23it seems that there are no chances of a third world war.
04:27Briefly, tell me,
04:29are the political leaders of Balochistan on board with this?
04:36Do they want us to stay in Balochistan?
04:39They feel irrelevant.
04:41We should try to give them relevance.
04:44APC is important because
04:47whatever happened in the election,
04:49they talk about it, but they didn't come.
04:52They didn't come, but their voices matter.
04:55If all the tribal chiefs are on board,
04:57if all the segments are on board,
04:59then this problem can be solved.