Trump's oath ceremony: No Official Invitation Sent to Anyone in Pakistan, Says Shazra Mansab Ali
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00:00Dr. Shidra Saheb, if it is possible for you to give us some guidance on this,
00:05please do so, as you are also the Parliamentary Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
00:08Obviously, the biggest news in the world right now is that Donald Trump is to be elected.
00:13So, this is a matter of great concern. Has an official from the Government of Pakistan gone there
00:18to participate in the event? Was he invited or not?
00:20This is a recent photo of Mohsin Naqvi in the bulletins.
00:24So, it was an official invitation.
00:26Has an official from the Government of Pakistan gone there to participate in the event?
00:30Has an official from the Government of Pakistan gone there to participate in the event?
00:33Dr. Shidra Saheb.
00:35Thank you very much for inviting me to your program.
00:39You are absolutely right that the inauguration of Donald Trump is a big news in the world right now.
00:46There is a way in which some people are officially invited,
00:51and some people go there themselves.
00:53There are open invitations for this as well.
00:58There are such tickets.
01:00As far as I know, no one from Pakistan has received an official invitation.
01:07A few people have gone there themselves.
01:10Representatives of all parties have gone there to attend the inauguration ceremony.
01:17But as a part of the government, I think that meeting people,
01:21forming a relationship with a new administration,
01:25so that how Pakistan will move forward,
01:28how the government of Pakistan will move forward,
01:31how to form a relationship with the different people of the administration.
01:38So, I think we should take this step forward.
01:41We should see, we should form a forward-looking agenda,
01:44and we should move forward on that.
01:46I have seen Meherbano Qureshi Sahiba.
01:48She is smiling.
01:49I will ask her the reason for that in your comment.
01:51You are saying that only Mohsin Naqvi has gone there.
01:55You said that people from different parties have gone there.
01:57If I am not wrong, only Mohsin Naqvi has gone there.
02:00This is also a question as to from which party he has gone there.
02:03I have not seen anyone from any other party.
02:05I do not know exactly from which party people have gone there or who all were there.
02:12I do not know exactly.
02:13I have not been able to see who all have gone there or not.
02:17But Mr. Naqvi was there.
02:19He also told us from his Twitter account.
02:21He also told us about his various meetings.
02:24I think those meetings are of great importance on the behalf of the government.
02:29Because when a new administration comes,
02:32obviously, with that, we have our own,
02:34because America is an important partner of ours,
02:36in a lot of things, in terms of trade,
02:39and in terms of the developments that will come in the future.
02:44Right.
02:45So, in terms of the developments in India.
02:48Ms. Shidra, please comment on this.
02:50This is obviously a fact that the American influence has been there in the past.
02:53There are a lot of thoughts on this and a lot of evidences as well.
02:57Interestingly, yesterday only, in our program,
03:00Mr. Mushahid Hussain Sayyed, who was a part of Noor League,
03:02he was very close to Mr. Mian.
03:04He says this.
03:05Did you hear this?
03:06He says, I myself,
03:07that is, Mr. Mushahid Hussain says,
03:09that I, the Chief Justice of Pakistan at that time,
03:11when Nawaz Sharif was punished,
03:12Nawaz Sharif was punished on 12th October 1999,
03:14Zafar Ali Shah filed a case.
03:16Mr. Zafar Ali Shah went to get Mr. Nawaz Sharif released.
03:18The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at that time was Mr. Irshad Hassan Khan,
03:21whom later, Mr. Musharraf appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner,
03:23for three years.
03:24Mr. Mushahid says that Clinton came to Pakistan.
03:26So, Mr. Irshad Hassan Khan himself told me the incident,
03:29that he went to the washroom, Mr. Clinton.
03:32So, Musharraf indicated to me that you should also go there.
03:35You should also go to the washroom behind him.
03:38So, I went there.
03:39And there, for five minutes,
03:40I don't know how to call it bathroom diplomacy,
03:42I am short of words.
03:43So, there, I convinced Clinton,
03:45that we will not punish Nawaz Sharif for the death penalty,
03:48but will release him.
03:49And I did.
03:50Now, this is not something to be heard.
03:52He says, Mr. Irshad Hassan Khan himself told me.
03:54He is alive, Mashallah.
03:55So, he has been influenced in the past also.
03:57I don't know if you want to negate this particular episode or not.
03:59But you have enough reasons to believe,
04:01that this time there will be no such pressure.
04:04Look, I don't know enough about this incident,
04:07that I should negate it or whatever.
04:10But I will definitely say,
04:12that we cannot compare any incident of the past,
04:14with the incident of the present.
04:17Because at that time, there was a dictator.
04:19It was the era of the dictator.
04:21Today, the situation is completely different.
04:23Today, the same America,
04:24which was said in front of us,
04:26that absolutely not,
04:27about which it was said,
04:29that we broke the chains of slavery,
04:32when he went from Afghanistan.
04:33About which it was said,
04:34that the cipher was waved.
04:36And it was said,
04:37that he monopolized our government.
04:40About which all these things were talked about.
04:43And it was said,
04:44that we will not tolerate interference at all.
04:46And we will not respond to any external interference at all.
04:52Today, it is absolutely yes.
04:55Today, it is happening,
04:56that he has become a flag bearer of human rights.
04:59Today, that interference is not being understood.
05:02Today, it is being welcomed.
05:04And the second thing is,
05:05that what Trump said in his speech,
05:08the kind of things he said,
05:10he said,
05:11that he is all focused on America.
05:13And his attention is only about America.
05:17His attention is not at all,
05:20for which he is waiting,
05:23that maybe he will come,
05:24and break the jail lock,
05:26and he will come out saying absolutely yes.
05:29And he has become a flag bearer of human rights for America today.
05:33Which has been becoming a war machine,
05:36for the past many years.
05:38At what places,
05:39he has not intervened.
05:41What kind of,
05:42he took part in his own revolutions,
05:47and made regime changes.
05:49So, we are saying to him,
05:50that those human rights,
05:52if someone,
05:54has committed a criminal offence in our country,
05:57and he has been punished for that criminal offence,
06:00then that has nothing to do with human rights.