overall situation is unrelated to the Udaan Pakistan program: What’s the truth behind the claims?"

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00:00Mr. Bukhari, I would like to take your view on this.

00:03The government has set a target of 60 billion dollars.

00:06Is this a realistic target that you are seeing?

00:10Yes, thank you very much.

00:1260 billion dollar exports.

00:15To reach there or to reach more than that,

00:19good things have happened in the past as well.

00:22In the era of the previous government,

00:24in 2021, we heard that in the next 5 years,

00:27the IT exports of Pakistan will reach 25 billion dollars.

00:32And after that, the announcement of 50 billion dollars was made.

00:35But we don't see that far and wide.

00:38At this time, the overall situation,

00:42it is a pity that it is flying away from Pakistan,

00:46but it has no connection far and wide.

00:48For example, the overall growth rate is 6%.

00:54At this time, it is very difficult for us to reach 3%.

01:00I have seen 0.98% of the declared growth rate.

01:03If it is 3%, then your population has increased by 3% or 2.5% every year.

01:11So, in a way, it is almost impossible.

01:14In other things that have been said,

01:16the biggest economic crisis in Pakistan in the past year

01:21has been due to the policy failure of this government.

01:24It is in the field of agriculture.

01:27And the way the government did not harvest our last wheat crop,

01:32despite the fact that a support price was announced earlier,

01:36as a result, your farmers were shocked.

01:39Now, this year, we have to see how much wheat crop is there,

01:44what comes out in the next crop.

01:46There is a lot of trouble in Potwar these days,

01:48even about dry season.

01:49So, this is a result of climate change.

01:52So, the real situation on the ground,

01:55there is a huge gap between that and these big announcements.

02:01Now, the Prime Minister did an event,

02:04made a good announcement there.

02:06If you look at the history of Pakistan,

02:08different governments have done this in the past as well,

02:11that big promises have been made.

02:13But is it realistic in terms of agriculture?

02:18Is it based on facts or not?

02:21The facts of Pakistan are very different at the moment.

02:24Now, there was another news in these days,

02:26and anyway, a dispute has arisen,

02:28that the government is talking about pension reforms.

02:32You must have heard that it is also related to the economy.

02:35But I think that is also a controversial step,

02:39because in the country's length and breadth,

02:42the nobilities, the big influential people,

02:45who have given very little tax in the history of Pakistan,

02:49or they don't give tax,

02:50until they don't get a hard blow,

02:53you will only get pensioners in this country,

02:56to target them,

02:57from there you will get their wishes,

03:02or their returns.

03:04So, you are talking about misplaced priorities.

03:06But there must be some good things in this plan.

03:09These announcements are very good.

03:10The announcements are all very good.

03:12But behind every announcement,

03:14the question is,

03:15that in the next five years,

03:17without any fundamental changes,

03:20and see, Pakistan…

03:21But the intention that the government has shown,

03:24you don't take it seriously,

03:27what is the intention?

03:28See, you will have a good intention,

03:30I also have a good intention.

03:31Okay, the intention is very good,

03:33but the situation,

03:34whether the government can solve the problems,

03:37which are facing the country,

03:40and take Pakistan forward,

03:43this is a big question.

03:45And then,

03:46in the last year,

03:48there has been a controversy,

03:51regarding political issues,

03:53that is also a big factor.

03:55So, there is this kind of uncertainty,

03:57then your policies are such,

03:59which are not related to those facts,

04:02which you actually see here,

04:06then you have made mistakes,

04:08in terms of farm incomes,

04:10the biggest crash of wheat prices,

04:13that was a failure of the government's policy.

04:16So, in this context,

04:18the first thing that is needed is,

04:20that the government should talk about their failures,

04:24and try to rectify them.

04:27If you want to improve the tax system,

04:29then it's okay,

04:30you can put your hand on big people.

04:32With IMF,

04:33in the commitments,

04:34you have heard that,

04:37for the first time in Pakistan,

04:39an effective farm tax will be imposed.

04:42Right.

04:43But till now,

04:44the news is about legislation,

04:46but after that,

04:48you have to build a strong system.

04:51So, there is a lot of demand,

04:53as a political commentator,

04:54we can see this more.

04:55There are issues of capacity,

04:56issues of intention,

04:57and also issues of implementation.

04:59Thank you both very much for this night.

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