Kalabagh Dam Could Have Solved Land and Power Issues, Expert

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00:00Why don't you call a CCA meeting? The situation is getting worse.

00:04People's Party's political situation is also a problem.

00:07Did you hear from our representatives that it was difficult for their representatives to come for Eid?

00:11In the name of God, the meeting of the Council of Common Interest should be held on time.

00:18I personally don't know why it has been delayed.

00:22One thing is that the four provinces, their ministries, their agreements, their timings, etc.

00:28are all decided at an agreed time.

00:33But I can tell you that there is no bad policy.

00:37There is no issue of the government that the government is intentionally avoiding the CCA meeting.

00:47There is no such situation.

00:49But they are not even able to pre-empt it.

00:51If you don't avoid it, you won't be able to pre-empt it proactively.

00:54Before this, there was no such serious issue that could have been resolved in the CCA meeting.

01:01But now this is a matter in which we have very respectable allies, Pakistan People's Party.

01:09And you saw that yesterday when the Prime Minister announced that there was a significant reduction in electricity prices

01:15and he gave a gift to the people.

01:17At that time, he took the name of all his allies, the President, and especially Bilawar Bhutto Zardari

01:22and thanked them for being with him.

01:25And we have been able, with the help of our allies, to give relief to the people.

01:29Before this, there are some things that the Pakistan People's Party,

01:33I always say that they are an independent political party.

01:36They are an ally, but they have their own politics, their own agenda.

01:41If there is any disagreement between them and our policy,

01:44then we sit down and resolve it in a closed room with respect.

01:51And this matter will be resolved in the same way.

01:53I won't go into too much detail about who said what.

01:59But I want some clarity.

02:01Because you say that the people's party was on board.

02:04They knew that the President was a part of this procedure.

02:07Mr. Zardari says that we have been misquoted.

02:10We have not been consulted, and it is not our job to do this procedural work.

02:15We make an ordinance, we make a bill.

02:17What is the clarity?

02:18Did you consult the people's party with their consent?

02:21Look, the first thing is that I don't think it is appropriate to make a statement about the President

02:27that how many were on board and how many were not on board.

02:30But overall, on a lighter side, I tell you that the President's job is not just to make a bill or sign an ordinance.

02:36He is the head of the state.

02:38It is a very big responsibility.

02:39And apart from that, we see President Zardari not only as the President,

02:44but also as the leader of the Pakistan People's Party.

02:48Even though he is the Chairman,

02:50but of course he has a very central role in the politics of the Pakistan People's Party.

02:55And he is looking after and running things overall.

02:58So everyone knows his position in the party or his grip on the party.

03:04It is not that he is only in a constitutional position.

03:08Therefore, the party policy comes from President Zardari.

03:11And Mr. Bilawal also works with him.

03:14But how many were on board or not,

03:16I think it is inappropriate for us to discuss these things on the media.

03:21Because it happened publicly.

03:23The statement came from him, the statement came from you.

03:25That's why I told you to give some clarity because you know.

03:28Do you think this issue can be more serious than this?

03:32Especially because politically, the People's Party is a constituency in Sindh.

03:36All the opposition parties are united on this issue.

03:39Are you taking this lightly?

03:41Do you think it is okay, we are forced to do it, what can we do?

03:44We are not taking it lightly at all.

03:46We should not.

03:47But the thing is that unfortunately,

03:50we are trying a few things and we will do it in the future too.

03:54That those who are in favor of Pakistan,

03:57they should deal in a non-political way.

04:00They should not have any political views.

04:03Before that, let me say something.

04:06Although it should not be assumed that I am using the reference here.

04:10Look at the Karabagh Dam.

04:12If it had been built, then perhaps Pakistan would have been better.

04:16Perhaps a lot of land would have been occupied.

04:18Perhaps our need for electricity would have been fulfilled after a long time.

04:22In our time, our time from 2013 to 2018,

04:25perhaps it would have been fulfilled before that.

04:27A new province would have been built.

04:30Yes, a new province.

04:31In the context of the administrative issue,

04:33there is a contradiction in that too.

04:35So, I am not giving a sweeping statement about that.

04:38But I am telling you that unfortunately,

04:40this has been seen as a political issue.

04:42And some political parties have made it their slogan

04:46that our politics, and especially the political parties of KP,

04:49let me take the name of ANP,

04:51that their political survival and political slogan

04:54and all their politics were based on this slogan at that time.

04:58So, we are trying not to go in that direction.

05:01Yesterday, Mr. Sharjeel Memon was with me.

05:05He is also the Minister of Information and a spokesperson of yours.

05:08He said a very beautiful thing.

05:10He said that we are talking about Pakistan.

05:12Whatever is better in the interest of Pakistan should be there.

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