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.