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00:00Yesterday when this notification came out and Salman Akram Raja announced it, did you get to know about it then or did you get to know about it before?
00:08And did you know that there is such a suggestion that you should become the prime minister?
00:13Or did you get to know about it yesterday with the same announcement?
00:16Or did Mr. Gandapur or some other official tell you before that we are going to do this?
00:21No, I got this message a month and a half ago.
00:25But before this, I was not mentally ready to handle this position at Atif Khan's house.
00:34Since I do a little bit of politics, it was possible that I might not be able to live up to that promise.
00:40And the expectation of Mr. Khan and the workers was that I might not live up to it.
00:45So I did not want to become the prime minister.
00:48But a month and a half ago, I got a message from Mr. Khan that I intend to separate him from the government.
00:56So that he can focus on the government and you can handle the rest of the party matters.
01:03So I tried to do this.
01:05And I messaged Mr. Khan yesterday that it is possible that there has been an issue with Mr. Ali Amin.
01:11If there is a person with whom there will be more understanding, then I think it will be good.
01:15I also had a very good time.
01:17Let's go a little further.
01:19You were elected chairman of the Public Account Committee without any competition.
01:24Were you expecting that you will get this bad name?
01:29No, I did not expect it and I did not even wish for it.
01:32I was one of those people who were in my party.
01:35I am a hardliner, so I am less than others in the lesser committee.
01:39So I suggested to the party that since the political committee of the party has finalized Mr. Sheikh Waqas,
01:46then we should not go to any committee.
01:49But the leadership of the party did not listen to me.
01:51So I said that we have to take any committee until then.
01:54Because it is our right to give it to whoever we want.
01:59It is the decision of the party that we have to give it to whoever we want.
02:01We want to give our rights, so we should accept whatever name we give to the government.
02:07So I was one of those people who did not want to take any committee.
02:12Two days ago, when I went to meet Mr. Khan and he did not let me meet him,
02:17then the lawyer told me that Mr. Khan said that I have to give it to you.
02:23After that, the government did not even agree to my name.
02:27I wanted to ask you this because everyone agreed to your name without any competition.
02:33Even the senators of the Noon League and the other legislators of the Noon League agreed to your name.
02:41So why are the people of the Noon League liking you so much?
02:44Were you shocked or surprised?
02:46No, I was not surprised.
02:48Actually, this understanding has been there from the beginning.
02:50This is the tradition of all standing committees that it is decided from the beginning that we have to make such a person.
02:57This happens in all committees.
03:00This is not something special.
03:02This happens from the beginning.
03:04But two and a half hours ago, this meeting was called.
03:07Then the government did not agree to my name.
03:09Then I thanked the speaker.
03:11The speaker said that there is a deadlock and it will end.
03:15That is why you had no objection to Mr. Khan's name.
03:20After that, Mr. Asif was sent to the PM.
03:26At 5.30 PM, the PM agreed to my name.
03:31At 2.30 PM, the meeting was cancelled.
03:36In fact, most of the MNAs had left.
03:39Then at 5.30 PM, someone was called by Zoom.
03:45This did not happen easily.
03:47But the speaker played a big role in this.
03:50This is an interesting thing.
03:52The government says that we are ready to make a hardliner of PTI as chairman of PSE.
03:58How do you understand this politically?
04:01When I became chairman, I said that the traditions that you have introduced are not good.
04:11And do not think that we will remain in opposition all our lives.
04:15Tomorrow you will be in opposition and we will be in government.
04:18But make this a part of the record that you have done.
04:21I still want that Mr. Waqas's name was not given to the political committee.
04:25So the government should still show support.
04:28And Mr. Waqas, since we have no objection to his party.
04:31And Mr. Waqas is a senior person.
04:33He has more understanding than me.
04:35Because I have been a member of different committees.
04:39I want to learn from the public committee how it works.
04:43Because I have not been a part of this movement.
04:47Now I understand that Mr. Waqas should be given this.