Kalabagh Dam Could Have Solved Land and Power Issues, Expert
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00:00Why don't you call a CCA meeting? The situation is getting worse.
00:04People's Party's political situation is also a problem.
00:07Did you hear from our representatives that it was difficult for their representatives to come for Eid?
00:11In the name of God, the meeting of the Council of Common Interest should be held on time.
00:18I personally don't know why it has been delayed.
00:22One thing is that the four provinces, their ministries, their agreements, their timings, etc.
00:28are all decided at an agreed time.
00:33But I can tell you that there is no bad policy.
00:37There is no issue of the government that the government is intentionally avoiding the CCA meeting.
00:47There is no such situation.
00:49But they are not even able to pre-empt it.
00:51If you don't avoid it, you won't be able to pre-empt it proactively.
00:54Before this, there was no such serious issue that could have been resolved in the CCA meeting.
01:01But now this is a matter in which we have very respectable allies, Pakistan People's Party.
01:09And you saw that yesterday when the Prime Minister announced that there was a significant reduction in electricity prices
01:15and he gave a gift to the people.
01:17At that time, he took the name of all his allies, the President, and especially Bilawar Bhutto Zardari
01:22and thanked them for being with him.
01:25And we have been able, with the help of our allies, to give relief to the people.
01:29Before this, there are some things that the Pakistan People's Party,
01:33I always say that they are an independent political party.
01:36They are an ally, but they have their own politics, their own agenda.
01:41If there is any disagreement between them and our policy,
01:44then we sit down and resolve it in a closed room with respect.
01:51And this matter will be resolved in the same way.
01:53I won't go into too much detail about who said what.
01:59But I want some clarity.
02:01Because you say that the people's party was on board.
02:04They knew that the President was a part of this procedure.
02:07Mr. Zardari says that we have been misquoted.
02:10We have not been consulted, and it is not our job to do this procedural work.
02:15We make an ordinance, we make a bill.
02:17What is the clarity?
02:18Did you consult the people's party with their consent?
02:21Look, the first thing is that I don't think it is appropriate to make a statement about the President
02:27that how many were on board and how many were not on board.
02:30But overall, on a lighter side, I tell you that the President's job is not just to make a bill or sign an ordinance.
02:36He is the head of the state.
02:38It is a very big responsibility.
02:39And apart from that, we see President Zardari not only as the President,
02:44but also as the leader of the Pakistan People's Party.
02:48Even though he is the Chairman,
02:50but of course he has a very central role in the politics of the Pakistan People's Party.
02:55And he is looking after and running things overall.
02:58So everyone knows his position in the party or his grip on the party.
03:04It is not that he is only in a constitutional position.
03:08Therefore, the party policy comes from President Zardari.
03:11And Mr. Bilawal also works with him.
03:14But how many were on board or not,
03:16I think it is inappropriate for us to discuss these things on the media.
03:21Because it happened publicly.
03:23The statement came from him, the statement came from you.
03:25That's why I told you to give some clarity because you know.
03:28Do you think this issue can be more serious than this?
03:32Especially because politically, the People's Party is a constituency in Sindh.
03:36All the opposition parties are united on this issue.
03:39Are you taking this lightly?
03:41Do you think it is okay, we are forced to do it, what can we do?
03:44We are not taking it lightly at all.
03:46We should not.
03:47But the thing is that unfortunately,
03:50we are trying a few things and we will do it in the future too.
03:54That those who are in favor of Pakistan,
03:57they should deal in a non-political way.
04:00They should not have any political views.
04:03Before that, let me say something.
04:06Although it should not be assumed that I am using the reference here.
04:10Look at the Karabagh Dam.
04:12If it had been built, then perhaps Pakistan would have been better.
04:16Perhaps a lot of land would have been occupied.
04:18Perhaps our need for electricity would have been fulfilled after a long time.
04:22In our time, our time from 2013 to 2018,
04:25perhaps it would have been fulfilled before that.
04:27A new province would have been built.
04:30Yes, a new province.
04:31In the context of the administrative issue,
04:33there is a contradiction in that too.
04:35So, I am not giving a sweeping statement about that.
04:38But I am telling you that unfortunately,
04:40this has been seen as a political issue.
04:42And some political parties have made it their slogan
04:46that our politics, and especially the political parties of KP,
04:49let me take the name of ANP,
04:51that their political survival and political slogan
04:54and all their politics were based on this slogan at that time.
04:58So, we are trying not to go in that direction.
05:01Yesterday, Mr. Sharjeel Memon was with me.
05:05He is also the Minister of Information and a spokesperson of yours.
05:08He said a very beautiful thing.
05:10He said that we are talking about Pakistan.
05:12Whatever is better in the interest of Pakistan should be there.