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High for me ok and youre watching the stream today are people in pakistan for weeks people have been taking to the streets to protest an economic crisis mass unemployment high end of rising food costs the opposition say they want Prime Minister imran khan out but it doesnt look like hes going anywhere there is a lot to get in team if youre watching or you tube you can join the chat a big part of todays conversation if youre following via twitter tweet us at 8 a street. Joining me to talk about the situation in pakistan we have come our hyder our desires correspondent in islamabad well hes the finance and Health Minister for pakistans path to up province he joins us from peshawar and. Shes a political organizer who focuses on feminism and gender issues in islamabad we also had a representative from pakistans Democratic Movement they were ready to speak to us today but they dropped out just before the show saying that it was against their partys policy to debate a provincial government representative minister jogja were you aware of that where you were as you were today we need to be debated with what do you make of the. So we are seeing protests right now in pakistan rallies big rallies and they are asking for that to be change which is the slogan for the ruling how does the slogan from iran come on what do you make of them how do you explain the numbers turning up who are unhappy. That there are protests that have been 3 opposition rally it showed the opposition that i think that is the opposition job in particular with what they have with their brother look on pick. Him or are on. American. Do our job right and wrong all being all politics over the new. Over the idea. Oh id well i wouldnt i dont think of it right that occur are you what be mapping out all of that why the matters that have been korea opposition rally. Were talking in of a lot that are led by 2 parties. That are basically or being mean at all then at the early on by familial i mean these and i think. They think that all of why running away from walk the program or that it or not. Where they could have prevented their own so many say let me go to one of those rallies this one is from october 20 twentieths in lahore and you mention one of these political dynasty so were going to go to money in no wyse she is the daughter of the former Prime Minister nawaz sharif and this is what she said at that rally part of what she said at the rally so listen. That derek jacobi promised me that you will hold them accountable for the hunger at your homes and tears in your eyes and sufferings your families and promised me that when you asked yuri give you a call when the pakistan Democratic Movement will give you a call you will stand with your sister and your daughter when she comes out both gotthard bergen thats very passionate what you have what the minister said how he characterized what was going on and he didnt say the same protests he said they were opposition rallies how do you catch mice what is going on explain. Honestly i absolutely disagree and i think its really unfortunate to paint it as such because i do think that while we can question the mortar over why the opposition is doing what theyre doing i think that that can be debated and i do think that the debate of i think i think the direction of the conversation needs to be taken away if wrong elite politics and talking about means stream Political Parties. Away from the ruling party and opposition parties and whatever is going on between them on to the masses and we constantly ignore the fact that masses are attending these protests or or these rallies that. Will have you believe its not that these these the protests are being attended massively by people in douglas to show that the people arent arent happy with how things are going and how the government is running the ruling party is running this country and simultaneously i think its sort also worth mentioning that that its not simply the b. T. N. Movement out at the moment. Resisting the status quo or resisting how the government is how the ruling party is running the country but simultaneously there is a lot of resistance coming in from all quarters so we have Students Health workers street unions and workers in general staging protests in cities all over all across pakistan at the moment which we dont see on me in stream media and baucus on because of the writing of reasons of which censorship is the 1st and foremost we in the last few weeks so now i want you off the minister to respond or sitting there patiently waiting to respond back to happen a step. Look i dont member thought and we talk of censorship dog bed and i remember a time when no outright eve who is to be spared heading the Opposition Movement on you tube sitting in a flat in london while hes at a point when hes convicted green your disagree with that but you dont need revolutions on you do you when youve gone abroad. With the permission of. I im glad that the next step the fact that the motives of the opposition may be debated and i think that is really important. Indeed those motives have to be debate that the lady that you showed the daughter to make our Prime Minister laci. Very convenient and its quite on order yet and are you doesnt give a single Public Statement when she knew that that is all that the government ought to wear mostly but he is going to give some sort of flexibility to. Be and when they feel that that is not the kate theyre going to suddenly start having to go to. You do not need. Like this or the movement to print a poem out not all convenient if youre doing it but a lot of you do it can than you do it because you believe it but i think that now no one will say that everything with art upon it. But when you believe me about a cog you work through difficult times you work to fix them and i also dont believe that we can just. Go on the air of. A thin. Broad. Box number in our world and go on through one of them all challenge and yet in the 100. And make thats going on. Fine where in this very government led by the very Prime Minister went through a very difficult they where they took them all of the things in the earlier on but remember that movie and the new show seem innocent let me just let me just taking of a minute let me just let me just see how zia is responding to this because both of you could speak each for half an hour and ive been delighted to hear that but i want you to go back and forth and then come out as we may fashion out of income. As he said within the context of how the it is and he said really tricky time for pakistan to be looking at how to use the People Better change and rallies and opposition voices this is what the minister saying is i economy member the context here and you say walks. I think i mean our this isnt just about i think i think again the thing with the government is that they would like us to believe that this is simply an outcome in a product that their bag governance and performance is simply an outcome of kuwait and that they deserve some kind of empathy but thats not truly the case theyve been here they were in power well before kuwait as well and there was a the food inflation was considerable. The inflation in lifesaving drugs prices was considerable Civil Liberties were greatly restricted and thats not thats not something thats hidden from from the rest of the world and all that the sitting government focused on instead was on on this entire conversation of who was loyal to the flag and who was loyal to the country or not and i think thats a very dangerous debate to simply talk about in this country where you have people starving and dying with jobs whatsoever and at the same time with food that is simply cannot afford so you have food that you cant afford and same time you have a job market that simply. Well its absolutely dying or its dead come on i want to defame to your expertise here because we have a lively conversation happening on getting a free mentions in today so attention if beacon says there is no democracy in pakistan under the government. Respond to that kemal festival and then the other side of that conversation started saying iran khan is a savior of pakistan he has a chance he has his detractors. Months of all you have. On the site every time anybody and. Its good for all of the parties if youre lose the election you never take there is a response political instability has been given primarily because of the nation within the Political Parties you are talking about the Political Party is. The largest undemocratic and lines the group i am. The main party would be the bugis on people sparky which was founded by the god of the. Ironic any of those because they put the was also promoted by a military dictator and later on. When they came into a product and so should lead them that particular modern national. State and that led to come. August on industrial. As far as go is concerned. In a did they call it political attack and made. By. Georgian generals that he had said and then fortunately. There were no border taken august on for over a decade after its been a day. Thats a lot of the put. It demolished on yet but if you find my im looking at a laptop here of some of the many stories that you filed out of pakistan i mean looking back one friend and lyrica almost a year ago to the thai pakistan also position julians hand sinks time as the calls resignation this is a miracle what is the legitimacy for them to austins from your perspective covering this as as many scientists will and will take this will take a quick lyrica now it seems bill bradley. You know. Theres over drama run it down the plug. That you were referring to the rim on it from a religious party that. There were that my as he has been his brother. When it comes to the religious schools around the country you can do it. And blow off the main avenue days. To bring the house however at the last minute the also complained that gave were let down by the mainstream Political Parties and therefore decided to and so progress on their Magic Development earlier emraan on them says that it did in this nominal by the state did to award choice and now the open a should mckechnie to do the same so the sort of drama that have happened and everybody ended by get it on the opening that theres no more political instability because the country coming out of a financial crisis should not be forgotten that although the president government has made some mistakes in its mistake that the bugis on economic message primarily because of the. Government i met dynastic new one. And they were with their mind hello followed to another family so fortunate but the government all good mate had to get their check together in order to be able to describe it as a very deep dive into the ice tea question son of a monk on and then the detracted from iran contra johnson saying much i want to bring in need to come on me because she has a very different time on why these rallies happening i want to put this out. You are coming from this from a very different perspective thats what happened since of meat. The current protesters he lives in fact is known should be understood not as a protest against the sitting government for gravity as a protest against the military so what is quite the pakistan Democratic Movement repeat again who is a rule for Opposition Party lines will basically come together to call out the sitting government which is the fact that he can answer government. Or basically be puppets of the military so that is the way we should understand it rather than an empty government kind of protest senior at the beginning of the show i must say employment be a column me this food shortage is a need is just saying its about the military which will take. I think i think you understand military and governance and markets than is to understand that its pretty intertwined so for example any put it in terms of were talking about its important to understand that the political that that the ruling Political Party and its linkages do the military has a lot to do with how badly the economy is doing so for example the how much budget is to the military how much money the military gets in return has an impact on how much money is there instead of spend elsewhere and and that also then has a lot to do with regional stability that has a lot to do with how regions where instability happens right in pakistan specially along the front years but astounds war policy prigs will that has a lot to do with how pakistans economy fares and i think thats a much longer discussion to be had but i think but it sounds Political Landscape is intertwined with the military to such an extent that the economy sort of goes hand in hand with david so i think its its a bit simplistic to see that movement is simply against the military its not the movement is against. Is against the ruling of the ruling party right now which might which its elected me or may not be selected by the military but its also against how bad how badly the economy is doing at the moment because of. Because of the kind of economic policies that have come about because of. How much ok she enjoys i want to bring in some voices from the chippy for the minister when he said this is what. Youre saying on a lot the whole idea of the economy what gets us why is inflation exponential surging in pakistan why does iran coddle not talk about it its a pressure weve got an Economic Strike well for the boarding party how are you handling the hot. Remember a couple of things and give me a couple minutes 1st of all i dont think its military i dont think its anything other than selfregulation as part of the opposition is concerned they havent talked about a single issue in the supposedly protests other than trying to create and followed or to mitigate cases its what the Prime Minister calls their often cotton model a National Reconciliation ordinance a disguise to try and wash their. Member that they the corruption whether that led to the party this is a fall that has been convicted about the pope this is a politician whos. Whos a financial empire that was never relieved relieved by his old family until 3 days before the phantom elite when conveniently they decided to disclose the number of properties that we have that many times i hear that and if you think im a quite extensively on out here in fact i think reading for the gangs about all of the stories i understand thats why this is only the chief right now showing off to tell inflation yes he should freshen galahad absolutely you know because you said this is something we wanted to talk about and the Prime Minister the government keeps on talking come on dont think my web they come out in terms of a challenge in the myth that we have to think before the program i googled caucus songs economy and went. And you know what the 1st topic of that comes up another dizzied article called the ambulance caucus on delivers Economic Growth but it was caught and then also the Economic Performance of emelin saying concluding that profits are going to have to go to the i. M. F. And go to. Warcry very difficult. Art a crime in the absence of what or people who. Will become a crime victim of crime in a. Wean her meeting on good prices on controlling inflation almost every day and im like the opposition in the Federal Reserve there are things that put up the provincial representative because what i know the one thing that i all can believe about him on our coverage button for the poor and of rebellion to bring in whatever difficult part. And they have evidence that we will get through it give me 30 seconds in audio. Up or in. Nomic republic go bad if they feel like india where do you run cry greater than. You know a potted plant bigger than the lark we love our head prop an economy that permits wrinkling rio de me grow corn yet there because im not i made a gadget mention that i do because because one of the guests that we spoke to us from the South Asia Institute and he was he he he takes something of the drama which come out describes politics in pakistan he said theres more important things to talk about lets have a listen. Never should be speedy and as an opposition is irresponsible to see the least during called 900 pakistan imran khans administration and very christian belief decreases 28 he is no better and pakistanis definitely still better than either of them especially given that the china backs an economic going to do will. Always be she when she said 1000000000 pounds didnt point 6 percent of its g. D. P. Not quite the rosy figures that you were sharing with us minister i want to go through all of you and just ask you a question about iran caught in a years time why do you think you might be so packed why dont you chief says democracy is our right to choose alamedas most of us imran khan if hes favored by the minute change then so be it the pm can cry or if they want at least pat mine on you to come out briefly this Time Next Year in noncon what will he be doing what will he still be where there is a quarter 1000000. 00 question but i dont think anybody has been on. Board on modern art people got into bed with a huge. Country and if it were. You know i did not get margaret well with mary he didnt get married before he. And theyre both going after here until they. Were that if the government where did it. All go forward. On up to the year yeah well have to wait and you know thats a very i think and i dont know what it is living on ring of were after wait and see favorite line of every journalist when its a free for when i will in one county this Time Next Year. I mean one thing about what. I did i thought. About really great before. Going to 20 wrong not its over 2021 well weve now got 3 Prime Minister iran god willing still be in that job for our right thank you mr senior. Go for it its unfortunate that the ruling party is still concerned about defending the military as a booster defending themselves because i knew we learned something we should be more concerned about and i do think that had them focused on their own performance and their in going in they wouldnt have the situation that they have great knowing they wouldnt be facing such a big issue at the moment and if you would allow me to do that when we are at the end of the show xenia say Prime Minister anyone can this time actually yes no yes i dont think i dont think were going to going his own hands to be honest i think other people decided for him as to where he will be in the next year but i mean yeah the minister care about its been such a pleasure as come our set theres a lot of drama in Pakistan Politics you choose audience you are amazing thank you very much to be continued our discussion continues actually on instagram at 2030 g. M. T. On tuesday ill be joined by another hour to see a correspondent is some of that assad has seen but Instagram Live chat a belt pakistan on the a. J. Stream Instagram Account looking out for your questions we will see you there and so watching everybody see an x. Tie. Imagine your life you see beads. And boy is one of them is. I do not turn all energy to junk that is followed in. My nigeria is suck up my nigeria is your Development Manager this person is this is my nigerian. My nigerian on aljazeera. 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