"Our Effort Should Be to Strengthen Our Relations with Afghanistan.." PML-N Senator Afnan Ullah Khan

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00:00Mr. Barrister, the policy that was not taken in confidence and that this is wrong and this decision should not be taken,

00:09we already have problems in Pakistan. Our population is increasing so much.

00:13If we give citizenship to the Afghans of Pakistan,

00:17doesn't the Prime Minister think that our problems will not decrease, but will increase already?

00:21Okay, no.

00:22What is their track record?

00:23No, look, you have given hospitality to the people of Afghanistan by migrating.

00:29Yes, yes.

00:29You have given them a certain period.

00:31Yes.

00:31It is obvious that they have to go, they have to go back to their country.

00:34So, it can be sent in a way, right?

00:36He is saying, send it.

00:37He is saying, make them settle here.

00:39Give them citizenship.

00:40See, if someone has got married here,

00:42someone got married and had children from it,

00:45then your law says that they are from here, right?

00:47But those who have not, those who do not have documentation, you send them.

00:51It can be done in a way.

00:53Establish contact from embassy to embassy.

00:55You can send people to the delegation.

00:57By the way, do you think we have behaved properly with the Afghans over the years?

01:01No, we have kept it absolutely right,

01:02but by taking the last step, we are going to lose our hospitality.

01:06No, this is not the last step yet.

01:07But why they behave in a certain way against Pakistan everywhere?

01:11This is our own stupidity.

01:13This is our stupidity in this too.

01:14This is absolutely stupidity.

01:15See, those who have criticized them,

01:18you should ask them what mistake was left.

01:21You are saying that we have been hospitable.

01:23That is, you, we, everyone did it.

01:25No, we did it for those who migrated.

01:27But the ones who are running the government now,

01:29where did they go?

01:30Where did their upbringing go?

01:32It is a matter of upbringing.

01:33No, the ones who run the government are in their place,

01:35but those who are in the cricket team or in other things,

01:37we have not done anything for them.

01:38See, those cricket team people have also grown up in our streets.

01:40Where did they learn cricket?

01:41There were no pitches in Afghanistan.

01:42They grew up playing here in the streets of Lahore, Karachi.

01:45Then they should not have been hospitable.

01:47They should not have been hospitable.

01:48This is the thing.

01:49This is the thing.

01:50Now, overall, this is a very heated debate.

01:52The thing is that to fix this, we will have to raise our hand.

01:55As long as our hand was up, it was our honor.

01:58The thing is that today we are comparing ourselves with Afghanistan,

02:01but the problem is something else.

02:02The thing is that the money of Afghanistan is above our money.

02:05The industry is being built in Afghanistan at the moment.

02:07The rivers are being built in Afghanistan at the moment.

02:09The train network is being put in Afghanistan at the moment.

02:11The funding of India is also going there.

02:13See, it is our fault that we are not able to attract the FDI,

02:17despite everything.

02:18If they are doing it, then they are successful in it.

02:22But do we have to play our role or not?

02:25If we antagonize Iran as well,

02:27then the border will be closed,

02:28Afghanistan will be closed,

02:29India will also be closed.

02:30So, will your Karachi port handle your trade?

02:33But there is also the Gwadar port.

02:35So, Gwadar is under siege at the moment.

02:37Where is it operational?

02:38Mr. Afnan, tell me that the situation at the moment,

02:41we are seeing the situation with Afghanistan,

02:44but we are also getting some taunts from Sistan and Balochistan.

02:47That is, some groups from Iran also operate from there.

02:51So, what decision can we take?

02:55Or what decision should we take?

02:57That we will have to talk to everyone

02:59that your borders are safe because of us.

03:02So, you should also keep our area safe.

03:04Do we need to communicate that to Iran as well?

03:07The thing is that you should communicate with them.

03:10But do it with wisdom.

03:13We cannot fight many battles at the same time.

03:16You already have an issue with India.

03:19And I don't think this is a good long-term strategy

03:22that we are closing the borders with Afghanistan.

03:24If there is no engagement right now,

03:27whatever the bitterness is,

03:29you should give it time and try to

03:32through other people or through other nations,

03:37you should try to develop your relations with them in the long run.

03:40If they are not doing it right now,

03:42the situation is very simple.

03:44If someone is good to us, then we should be good to him.

03:47If someone is bad to us, then we should be bad to him.

03:50But we should try to have good relations with Afghanistan.

03:54The situation in the world is already getting worse.

03:56If you look at the global level,

03:58you can see that wars are starting.

04:00People also say that the third world war has already started.

04:04So we have to be very careful about all these things.

04:08First of all, we need to put our house in order

04:11so that investment comes from outside.

04:13And then you tell these people to close the borders.

04:16If they don't do it, then there are many ways.

04:18At the end of the Biden administration,

04:20there was this impression,

04:21but now what Trump is doing with Ukraine and Russia,

04:23it seems that there are no chances of a third world war.

04:27Briefly, tell me,

04:29are the political leaders of Balochistan on board with this?

04:36Do they want us to stay in Balochistan?

04:39They feel irrelevant.

04:41We should try to give them relevance.

04:44APC is important because

04:47whatever happened in the election,

04:49they talk about it, but they didn't come.

04:52They didn't come, but their voices matter.

04:55If all the tribal chiefs are on board,

04:57if all the segments are on board,

04:59then this problem can be solved.

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