"I Will Apologize Where Necessary, The Issue Is Not About Covering Up, But About Theft"Murtaza Wahab

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00:00I would like to object to this statement.

00:02I think it should at least be the case that

00:04technically it is right that you say

00:06that this is a matter of law and order,

00:08law and order is a matter of the police,

00:10the police come to the ministries, I am not the minister.

00:12So technically it is right.

00:14But I am sorry,

00:16it seems a little insensitive

00:18that if the mayor of the city,

00:20I don't know if Atif is sitting in front

00:22and all the other parents

00:24what will they feel when they see

00:26that the mayor of our city is saying

00:28Go and ask him these questions.

00:30It seems insensitive.

00:32I would like to protest you in this.

00:34You tell me, you have all the right to disagree and agree.

00:36What will you say?

00:40Vasim, I believe

00:42that if someone

00:44feels uncomfortable

00:46at my statement

00:48or feels bad

00:50then I have no objection

00:52to not

00:54ask for an apology on this.

00:56If, let's say, my statement has not appeased anyone, then I will apologize for it.

01:05If you look at my statement yesterday, the start of my statement is that

01:10I am a father myself, I also have children.

01:13It is a very painful situation for me.

01:15As a political activist, as a father, as a son,

01:22this thing is definitely not good.

01:25I cannot defend this thing.

01:28But in our country, the unfortunate situation, Wasim, is that

01:32politics starts on everything.

01:35We never try to address the matter.

01:39We start point scoring on it.

01:41You tell me, the thing I am trying to explain, I am going to the root cause.

01:47And that root cause is that such incidents are wrong,

01:51are a cause of shame.

01:53And if you look at my statement yesterday, I have used the exact words

01:58that I do not have words of regret and shame on things.

02:04But then I have explained that thing,

02:07that I do not want this incident to happen to someone else's child tomorrow.

02:12This incident is happening with someone else's family, with a loved one.

02:16And this can only happen if the water board authorities

02:21cover the gutters.

02:23This is their responsibility.

02:25But the other aspect of this, Wasim, is that the gutters should not be stolen.

02:30And if they are being stolen,

02:32then there should be a proper strategy against the thieves,

02:37there should be a crackdown, there should be an investigation.

02:39We will not go into politics.

02:42We will not go into politics.

02:43I have not given you the statement of an MQM person.

02:45The Jamaat will go out and say what you have done.

02:48Now let's come to this, the water board and this.

02:50So who is the head of the water board in Karachi at the moment?

02:54I am the chairman, Wasim.

02:58So when you are saying that the water board should be covered,

03:01then…

03:02I will tell you, if you had not stopped me at that time,

03:05I would have explained to you.

03:07I am responsible for the municipal infrastructure of this city.

03:11And if there is any deficiency in it,

03:14if people blame me for it,

03:16for my negligence,

03:17I will absolutely accept that negligence.

03:20Where there will be a need to apologize,

03:22Wasim, I will also apologize.

03:24But I am requesting that the issue in the city

03:27is not to cover it.

03:30The issue is to steal the gutters.

03:33Yes.

03:34Wasim, let me tell you, when I became the mayor,

03:36the first thing I did,

03:38I realized that this is a very old and prevalent issue in the city.

03:42When I was growing up,

03:44people used to take the gutters from the veranda of our house

03:47because there was sewage in it.

03:50And how old is this issue, Shaila?

03:52I feel so sorry for her.

03:57Her two children,

03:59it was Eid or Eid night,

04:01I think it's been 20-22 years now,

04:04in this kind of incident,

04:06she was deprived of her two children.

04:08Yes, of course.

04:09The headlines of the city are not changing.

04:12So, you are saying that the gutters are being stolen,

04:16and you are expressing that there is a whole line,

04:18and the reason for this is that these gutters are being sold.

04:21So, Mr. Mursal, stop this.

04:23Now, the question you have raised,

04:24that this is not my job,

04:25so I am asking you,

04:26please tell me,

04:27which department's job is this?

04:29I said in my press conference,

04:32that this is a policing issue.

04:34This is my opinion,

04:35and I am not saying this from today,

04:36I have said this many times,

04:37there is no blame game in this.

04:39Neither do I want to score political points in this,

04:42nor do I want to play any blame game.

04:44I would like to present this incident with a child in the future.

04:49When someone's lovely mobile is snatched from a gunpoint,

04:53when a motorbike is snatched,

04:55he is killed,

04:56so that there is no such action.

04:57What is the basic reason for this?

04:59Waseem, the mobile phone of the city,

05:01which is stolen,

05:02is sold in the second-hand market.

05:04We all know this.

05:06The motorbike that is stolen,

05:08after being stolen,

05:09it is sold in a second-hand market.

05:12Similarly,

05:13the covers that you have,

05:14are stolen,

05:15or are picked up,

05:17its body is sold in the garbage market.

05:20This is a crime.

05:21Regulating this crime is the job of the police.

05:24And what is the right of a common man,

05:25Mr. Mursal,

05:26if you ask,

05:27under which department is the police,

05:28under which department is the Ministry of Interior,

05:29which party is the Minister of Interior,

05:30which party is the People's Party,

05:31and for how long,

05:32this issue should not be politicized.

05:34People should be held responsible.

05:36Waseem,

05:37Waseem,

05:38Waseem,

05:39if people are consoled by the fact that

05:41I am responsible for this,

05:42then I raise my hand like this,

05:44and raise my hand and say,

05:45whatever punishment I have to give for this,

05:47give it.

05:48Even if there is no consolation,

05:49the answer to this,

05:50Mr. Mursal,

05:51is that,

05:52the Jamaat leaders,

05:53and the leaders for so long,

05:54under whom the police is responsible,

05:55they are responsible,

05:56or Hamas is responsible,

05:57or Hezbollah is responsible,

05:58who is responsible?

05:59I,

06:00Waseem,

06:01I mean,

06:02there is no other opinion in this,

06:03the government,

06:04who is responsible,

06:05has the responsibility.

06:06But,

06:07I am explaining again and again,

06:08I am requesting,

06:09that the actual root cause,

06:10should not be addressed.

06:12No,

06:13after it is addressed,

06:14I will ask the next question.

06:15Is this such a big issue?

06:16Waseem,

06:17Waseem,

06:18Waseem,

06:19Waseem,

06:20Waseem,

06:21Waseem,

06:22Waseem,

06:23Waseem,

06:24Waseem,

06:25Waseem,

06:26Waseem,

06:27Waseem,

06:28Waseem,

06:30Waseem,

06:31you are that reporter,

06:33I want to salute you,

06:34that you are trying,

06:35to address that root cause.

06:36Of course,

06:37I have done nothing serious,

06:38I have not praised anyone,

06:39in front of any of your political group,

06:41that they are chiding you,

06:42or you are bashing such and such people,

06:43I have done nothing,

06:44I am talking about the problem.

06:45This is why,

06:46this is why,

06:47this is why,

06:48I have been saying that,

06:49I appreciate you,

06:50that you are addressing the root cause,

06:51that the police,

06:52should proactively address

06:53the issue,

06:55to address the issue,

06:56this is a matter of theft,

06:57this theft,

06:58We need to regulate the secondary market for this.

07:01If I go to a secondary market and sell my mobile phone to someone,

07:06then there should be a paper for it.

07:08Unfortunately, the second-hand markets are not being regulated.

07:13And I am absolutely committed to this,

07:15that I will take up this matter with the police and my government,

07:20that the second-hand market should be regulated.

07:22The stolen goods that are sold there,

07:25we should make sure that the stolen goods are not available in the city or in the province,

07:30so that we can end this kind of market.

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