Will the U.S. Impose New Travel Restrictions on Pakistan? Kamran Yousaf

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00:00Relations between Pakistan and the United States are going through an interesting phase this week.

00:05A few days ago, we saw that the President of the United States himself thanked Pakistan

00:10for holding a high-profile target and facilitating the war against terrorism against the United States.

00:16On the other hand, there is news that there is a possibility of a travel ban.

00:21Afghanistan is absolutely certain that a travel ban will be imposed on Afghan citizens.

00:27Pakistanis can also be affected by this.

00:30Who will be the Pakistanis?

00:32Will the students be affected by this or not?

00:34Because the Pakistani students studying in American universities have been told

00:38that if they are in America, they should not return to their country.

00:41They do not know what the Trump administration will announce

00:44and whether they will be able to return to America or not.

00:47We will talk about the relationship between the two countries on the basis of this program.

00:50Kamran Yusuf is an expert in international affairs.

00:53Thank you very much, Kamran.

00:55There are very few countries in the world that have thanked Pakistan.

01:01The Europeans have been taken by force.

01:04We are in the same phase.

01:07There is also talk of a travel ban.

01:09How much will Pakistan be affected by this?

01:11How much will the students be affected?

01:13Is there a possibility of diplomacy or not?

01:15What is the situation at the moment?

01:18This news came from Reuters yesterday.

01:22The American President Trump issued several executive orders on January 20.

01:28One of the executive orders was to look at the countries where people are usually profiled.

01:36The way of the investigation is not right.

01:39The list of those countries should be given.

01:47Pakistan could possibly be included in that list.

01:52I tried to get information from Washington.

01:56They say that there is no clarity on what is going to happen.

02:01A blanket ban means that no Pakistani citizen will be allowed to enter the United States.

02:08After 9-11 attacks, we saw an enhanced screening.

02:13The screening of specific citizens will be increased.

02:18The blanket ban will not be imposed.

02:20It is expected that President Trump will announce something about it on March 12.

02:25But given the fact that he thanked Pakistan.

02:30This is an opening.

02:32Trump has a positive image of Pakistan.

02:37We will see what he decides when this issue is brought to him.

02:42Some people are trying to give a transfer.

02:45If this happens, it will be Pakistan-specific.

02:47It is possible that it is not Pakistan-specific.

02:50But overall, you know that when he was elected president for the first time.

02:54He imposed travel restrictions on 7 Muslim countries.

02:58They are trying to revive it.

03:01If this happens, it does not necessarily mean that it is only Pakistan-specific.

03:06Rather, their agenda is larger.

03:08Illegal immigration or stopping people from entering the United States.

03:15It will be more in that context.

03:16Has the immigration effort started in Pakistan?

03:19Should it start?

03:20Or has nothing been done on the immigration front?

03:23President Trump is a unique person.

03:25He does what he decides.

03:27What is the progress on that front?

03:32There are two or three big issues on the immigration front.

03:34One is very clear.

03:36The whole world knows that neither his allies nor his supporters.

03:40They are all afraid that the way Trump makes decisions.

03:43It is better to get out of the mess.

03:45One is the decision of the illegal immigrants.

03:48And this is a reasonable decision.

03:51Pakistan has also clearly told the Trump administration.

03:54All the illegal immigrants in the United States are Pakistani.

03:58And they are verified.

03:59We are ready to give them back.

04:01Fair enough.

04:02We are not arguing on this.

04:03We want to do it.

04:04Then the connections that you are talking about.

04:08The most wanted terrorist in the United States has been arrested.

04:13Pakistan has handed him over.

04:15As a result, there has been an opening.

04:17After a long period of three years,

04:19the US National Security Advisor has telephoned Pakistan's Foreign Ministry.

04:23And other issues have also been discussed.

04:25I assume that this particular matter,

04:27if Pakistan feels that all restrictions can be imposed on it,

04:31then this issue must be being discussed somewhere.

04:35How much success does he get in that?

04:37As you said,

04:38Trump is not a pawn of anyone.

04:40He plays according to his own frame.

04:42Let me add one thing here.

04:44I was trying to talk to some people yesterday.

04:46Washington talked about this news about Pakistan.

04:49They were also a little confused.

04:51You know that the Indian lobby is very strong in Washington.

04:56And it was not so easy to praise Pakistan in the presence of that lobby.

05:01It was not digested.

05:03So some people suspect that

05:05they are trying to neutralize the praises of Pakistan for the sake of Afghanistan.

05:10They are trying to undermine it.

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