How Can the Country's Situation Improve? Miftah Ismail
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00:00Mr. Mufti, I would like to go to Mr. Fawad, but since Mr. Fawad and Mr. Mustafa have disagreements on this point,
00:05Mr. Fawad thinks that it is the responsibility of the public, not just Mr. Khan.
00:10Mr. Mustafa thinks that it is the responsibility of the politicians.
00:13What is your take on this?
00:18Look, a politician has no status if he does not have the public with him.
00:22When there is a public, then a politician is there.
00:25When we talk about politicians today, we talk about Mr. Imran Khan
00:29as if he is in jail because a large number of the public is with him.
00:34We do not talk about Mr. Shabaz Sharif as if he is the Prime Minister
00:37because a large number of the public is not with him.
00:40But it is true that the leadership that Mr. Mustafa is showing,
00:45have the politicians shown that leadership?
00:47The truth is that today Mr. Imran Khan is talking about the Bahali Ayin,
00:51which is a very good thing.
00:52But we have also seen Mr. Khan's government
00:55where there was not much concern for the rule of law.
01:00Today, when we have seen that Mr. Khan has been punished by the Naib,
01:03we also see that Mr. Khan has misused the Naib.
01:07So, if you want to inspire the public,
01:10you will have to show a consistent leadership.
01:14Now, my thought is that, for example,
01:19if you do demonstrations and strikes from all over Pakistan,
01:25not only in Peshawar,
01:27I think it will have a greater impact
01:29as opposed to when you bring people from KP
01:31and hold a demonstration in Islamabad
01:33or hold a big demonstration in Peshawar.
01:35And frankly speaking, we know that Lahore or Punjab,
01:38is the political heart of Pakistan.
01:41So, you can put a little pressure on the public there.
01:44But basically, I think it should be very peaceful.
01:48But at this time, we should take advantage of this opportunity.
01:53We should understand that we have got an opportunity
01:55to change Pakistan's system.
01:57This government itself also believes
01:59that we do not have any mandate.
02:01So, you should also talk through this government.
02:03You should also understand that Mian Nawaz Sharif
02:05and his party are also stakeholders.
02:07People's Party is also a stakeholder.
02:09Imran Khan is also a stakeholder.
02:11And there are many other small and big groups.
02:13After that, there are your scholars,
02:15media people, retired generals and judges.
02:18You should sit with all of them
02:21and form an agreeable opinion
02:23about how we should proceed.
02:25And then you should decide on a direction
02:27and then go to the elections.
02:29This is at least our opinion
02:31on how we should proceed.
02:33Because the truth is,
02:35what are we talking about in the end?
02:37We are talking about the fact that
02:39this Pakistan has failed its people.
02:41That in this Pakistan, 40% of the people
02:43are so poor that they do not get three meals a day.
02:45In the end, we are talking about
02:47the political instability here
02:49and the political instability
02:51that has led to the 40 children
02:53who have been martyred
02:55when the boat capsized.
02:57There is a direct connection
02:59that there is political instability in Pakistan,
03:01there is no capital,
03:03the tax rate is high,
03:05electricity is expensive,
03:07and these are all problems.
03:09That's why our children are going abroad
03:11and the children are dying in the boats.
03:13We should understand that
03:15there is a nexus of all this
03:17and we should at least agree on that.
03:19Let's not change it in the dark of the night.
03:21And Mustafa's brother was thinking of a name.
03:23I think it should be called
03:25MRD, Movement for Restoration of Democracy.
03:27Because the truth is that
03:29when the elections ended in August 2023,
03:31there is no democracy after that.
03:33This is also a caretaker too.
03:35People call it PDM too.
03:37This is also a caretaker too.