PTI's All-Party Conference: Which Parties Will Be Invited? Asad Qaiser's Statement
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00:00Are you also going to call an all-parties conference, Mr. Asad Qaisar?
00:04Absolutely. This is our responsibility.
00:07We will see. Basically, on the 18th, our alliance,
00:12we have a meeting with all the parties of the alliance.
00:16Then we will proceed with consultation.
00:19Then we will discuss the details.
00:23So, after the 18th, we will be able to tell what the situation will be and how we will proceed.
00:29We will finally decide that at the meeting on the 18th.
00:33And apart from that, we will take endorsement from our political committee and Jaffar committee.
00:39And if we meet with Mr. Imran Khan, we will take his direction as well.
00:44But we have a consensus that it is important for Pakistan
00:49to gather all the people of different thoughts.
00:53And at the moment, there is a lot of tension,
01:00or there is a concern, or there is an issue of missing persons,
01:05or there are issues of rights, or there is a lot of unrest in the elections.
01:12And because of that, there are a lot of people who are sitting in assembly.
01:16So, there should be a complete debate and discussion.
01:19So, an overall consensus should be developed.
01:21But Mr. Asad Khair, the All Parties Conference that you will call,
01:25what is your point of view or mindset now?
01:28Will you call PMLN, which is a governing party at this time,
01:32will you call People's Party, which is an alliance, will you call MQM?
01:36Will you call these people, who are part of the government alliance?
01:39Look, there are so many political parties.
01:41But I said that the meeting we are having on the 18th,
01:44we are talking about formal policies.
01:46Okay. And the government that is calling on the other side,
01:49Mr. Prime Minister, the APC that you are talking about,
01:51will Pakistan participate in it?
02:11And that is the way to go.
02:12That is absolutely the way to go and I appreciate that, Mr. Asad Khair.
02:15But tell me, now I see a disconnect here, Mr. Asad.
02:20The leaders live in Pakistan and their stake is in Pakistan.
02:24And because their stake is in Pakistan,
02:26the leaders of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf say that we will keep Pakistan first.
02:30But there are some elements on social media,
02:32which have been related to the previous government of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf.
02:36But the way they give the narrative,
02:38it seems like, the government is saying,
02:41it seems like they are involved with India's propaganda.
02:44Mr. Asad Khaisar, is that narrative completely different from PTI?
02:50Does it have nothing to do with it?
02:54Madam, I am not able to understand,
02:56you are going back and forth,
02:58and I don't know, you are also very much affected by this propaganda.
03:01I am actually…
03:02I have seen it, I am so much into social media,
03:05that I can't comment on it.
03:07I think PTI is the same,
03:10the same thing,
03:11that PTI officials do,
03:14and the public response.
03:16I haven't seen anything else.
03:18If there is anything wrong,
03:20then I will see.
03:22We can't support anything,
03:25which is against Pakistan's integrity and sovereignty.
03:28Mr. Asad, I am asking you this question for the second time,
03:31because the opportunity that the government gets,
03:33to criticize,
03:34is on the basis of those tweets.
03:36That's why I have put this question in front of you,
03:38so that there is clarity on it.
03:40Let's move ahead, Mr. Asad.
03:42The incident took place,
03:43it was sad.
03:44And now,
03:45at this time,
03:46you have said that
03:47we will meet on the 18th,
03:48and after that,
03:49we will be able to tell everything with clarity.
03:51Whether it is the APC of the government side,
03:53or the APC of your side.
03:54One more thing,
03:55the protest after Eid,
03:57looking at the current situation,
03:59security situation,
04:00is the protest after Eid still going on?
04:04Is it still going on?
04:06Is it being prepared?
04:07Is it still going on?
04:08Or has the situation changed?
04:11Look,
04:12I just want to say that,
04:15the oppression that is happening to us,
04:18the way in which we have been brought up,
04:21we have no other option than to raise our voice and protest.
04:25How that will happen,
04:26what will happen,
04:27when that will happen,
04:28that too,
04:29no one can tell right now,
04:30because
04:31we are also being encouraged for that.
04:33And when the encouragement is complete,
04:35then it will happen.
04:36But,
04:37in any case,
04:38this government,
04:39which is an illegitimate government,
04:42and an illegitimate government,
04:44we will not accept them in any way.
04:46And against this,
04:47we will go to any extent.
04:49Okay.
04:50So, Mr. Asad,
04:51tell us,
04:52in this protest,
04:53obviously,
04:54you are also talking to Maulana's Jamaat,
04:56and
04:57Senator Kamran
04:58had sent some reservations to you,
05:00in fact,
05:01he himself had sent them to you.
05:02What was the answer to those reservations,
05:05and in the meeting between Mr. Asad and Mr. Maulana,
05:07did any issues arise?
05:10Look,
05:11we have a better engagement with Maulana,
05:14and we hope that,
05:15God willing,
05:16our issues will be resolved soon.
05:19Now,
05:20the concerns we had,
05:22we have
05:23properly
05:24answered them.
05:26And
05:27when his party decides,
05:29it should decide.
05:31And
05:32we think that,
05:33at this time,
05:34politics is,
05:35at this time,
05:37things have advanced beyond politics.
05:39At this time,
05:41we have to think for our country,
05:43and
05:44for this earth,
05:46and for the well-being of our children.