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.

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