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a huge challenge during the clear good 19 i'm turning. special coverage on al-jazeera. hired for me ok and you're 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 doesn't look like he's going anywhere there is a lot to get in team if you're watching the you tube you can join the chat a big part of today's conversation if you're following via twitter tweet us at a.j. string. joining me to talk about the situation in pakistan we have come our haida there as

correspondent in islamabad well he's the finance and health minister for pakistan's path to up province he joins us from peshawar and. she's a political organizer who focuses on feminism and gender issues in islamabad we also had a representative from pakistan's democratic movement they were ready to speak to us today but they dropped out just before the show saying that it was against their party's 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 debating with what do you make of the hearts. 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 parties

the slogan from iran khan 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 top of that in the running it showed the opposition that it can put i think that is the opposition job in particular with what they have with their brother look on pick. up on american. do our job right and wrong all being all our own politics over the next. over the idea. oh i didn't know i wouldn't i don't think of it right that occur are you what be mapping out all of that why the matters that have been korea opposition rally. and we're 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 they're all cause 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 twentieth's in lahore and you mention one of these political dynasty so we're going to go to money in no wise 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 c.d.'s that's very passionate what you have what the minister said how he characterized what was going on and he didn't take a protest he said they were opposition rallies how do you catch mice what is going on explain. honestly i absolutely disagree and i think it's 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 they're 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 onto the masses and we can't simply ignore the fact that the masses

are attending these protests or or these rallies that. will have you believe it's not that these these the protests are being attended massively by people in douglas to show that the people aren't aren't happy with how things are going and how the government is running the ruling party is running this country and simultaneously i think it's sort also worth mentioning that that it's not simply the b.t.n. movement out at the moment. resisting the status court 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 don't see on me in stream media because

of a rewriting 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. to the response back to happen a step. look i don't member thought we talk of censorship dog bed and i remember a time when i was ready to is to be spared heading the opposition movement on you tube sitting in a flat in london while he's at a point when he's convicted or disagree with that but you don't need revolutions on you would you when you've gone abroad. with the permission of. i i'm glad that the next step the fact that most 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 they are quite on order yet and are you doesn't give a single public statement when she knew that that is all that the government of women if you put the is going to give some sort of flexibility to. be and when they feel that that is not the kate they're going to suddenly start having to go to running you do not need. like their all the movement to print. out not all convenient if you're doing it product. you do it can it than you do it because you believe it the right thing to do now no one will tell you that everything would pop upon it. but when you believe me about a cog you work through difficult times you work to fix them and i also don't

believe that we can just. go on the air of. a thin. rod. talked numbers in our world and gone through one of them all challenge and yet in the 100. and make that's going on. fine when the very government led by the very prime minister went through a very difficult they where they took them all but didn't get on but remember that movie and the new short seem innocent let me just let me just taking of a let me just let me just see how cd is responding to this because both of you could speak each for half an hour and i be 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 it 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 said yes i economy member the context here and you say walks. i think i mean our this isn't 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 all that and that they deserve some kind of empathy but that's not actually the case they've 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 greasy restricted and that's not that's not something that's 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 that's 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 can't afford and same time you have a job market that simply. well it's absolutely dying or it's dead come on i want to defend your expertise here because we have a lively conversation happening on getting a fee mentions in today so attention of pekin says there is no democracy in pakistan under the government. respond to that come all 1st of all 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. well learn from all you have.

on the site every time anybody and. it's good for all of the parties if you lose the election you're never kept there is a response political instability has been given primarily because of the nation within the political parties you are talking about the political part is. the obvious on democratic alliance the group i am. the main party would be the bugis on people's park a way to was funded by the godly or. ironic indeed those they put there was also promoted by a military dictator and later on. when they came into paul what he brought and so should lead them that particular modern national. state and that led to come. august on industrial. as far

as. it was concerned they were the. guys in a did they call it political attack and made. by. generals that he had said and then fortunately. there were no border taken august on for over a decade after it's been a day. that's a lot of the put. it to my knowledge yet but if you find my i'm looking at a laptop here of some of the many stories that you filed out of pakistan i mean looking back one friend i leave into almost a year ago 2 to the thai pakistan also position joining time sinks time as the calls resignation this is a miracle what is the legitimacy for them to austin's from your perspective scoffing this as as many scientists will and will take this will take

a quick i think lyrica now it seems bill bradley. you know. drama all run it comes to plug. that you were referring to the rim on it from a religious barkada jay. there were let my as he has been. when it comes to the religious schools around the country he came 3rd lamo by tens of thousands. and brought the main avenue days. to bring the house however at the last minute the also complained that they 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 if it did then this nominal by the state did to award choice and now the opening shouldn't technically do the same

so the sort of drama that have happened. everybody and bug is on the opening that there's 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 it's mistake that the buggiest on economic mess is problematic because of the. government. takes dynastic rule or exam one. with their minds 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 thing dive into the ice tea question son of a monk on and then the distract us from iran contra time to say 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 push this out.

you are coming from this from a very different perspective that's what happened. the current protesters in fact use 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 us will basically come together to call out the sitting government which is the fact that we can answer government. for basically being puppets of the military so that is the way we should understand it rather than an empty government kind of protests seen at the beginning of the show i must say employment be a column me this food shortage is a need is just saying it's about the military what's your take. i think i think you understand military and governance and markets than is to understand that it's

pretty intertwined so for example any put it in terms of we're talking about it's 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 that has a lot to do with how pakistan's economy fares and i think that's 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 so i think it's it's a bit simplistic to see that movement is simply against the military it's not the the movement is against. is against the ruling of the ruling party right now which might which it's elected me or may not be selected by the military but it's 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 some voices from pay for the minister when he said this is what. you're saying on the whole idea of the economy what gets us why is inflation exponential surging in pakistan why does iran coddle not talk about it it's a pressure we've got an economic strike now for the voting party how are you handling

that. remember a couple of things and give me a couple minutes 1st of all i don't think it's military i don't think it's anything other than self-preservation as follows the opposition is concerned they haven't thought about a single issue in the supposedly protests other than trying to create and followed to mitigate cases it's what the prime minister calls that often cotton noddle a national reconciliation ordinance disguised to try and wash them off a member that bales of corruption whether that's of the lead author of the party this is a politician that has been convicted multiple. this is a politician whose. financial empire 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 then they have. and if you think i'm a quite extensively on out here in fact i think reading said gangs about all of the stories i understand that's what this is all he cheese right now showing off to town inflation. 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 don't take my web for it they come out in terms of the challenge in the myths that we have to think he told a program i googled baucus the economy and me and you know what the 1st topic of that comes up another disease article called emelin aka spawn delivers economic growth but it won't call and then model the economic performance of emelin think

concluding that rockets are going to have to go to the i.m.f. and go to. warcry very difficult. are a crime in the affluent or what or people awkward call. the republican army. private if they're mean they're meeting on good prices on controlling inflation of what they've been doing and i'm like the opposition in the federal reserve bit of things about the provincial representative because what i know the one thing that i all i can believe about him on our coverage button for the poor and of rebellion to bring in whatever difficult part of it and they have evidence that we will get through it give me that in an audio. up or in nomic republic garbage if they like india where do you run cry

greater than 10 percent 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 they're difficult i must say i made a catchy mention that i did because republican 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 there's more important things to talk about let's have a listen. never should you speed as an opposition is irresponsible to see the least during called 900 pakistan imran khan's administration and daily question be lectured decreases 28 he is no better and pakistanis definitely still better than either of them especially given that the china paxson economic going to do will. always be she when she said 1000000000 pounds didn't 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 kannan in a year's time why do you think you might be so packed why don't you chief says democracy is our right to choose alameda's most of us choose imran khan if he's favored by the minute change then so be it the pm can cry all they want he's pat mine on you to come out briefly this time next year in non-con what will he be doing what will he still be worried at a quarter $1000000.00 question but i don't think anybody had it on their. own on modern art people got into bed with a huge. country the minute they were sitting there you know i did not get margaret goldberg mary he didn't get very very arrogant and they're going to go

after her until they. were that if the government whether it be outwardly. or oh i'd already. gone on oh yeah. you know that's a very i think and i don't know what it is living on ring of we're after wait and see favorite line of every journalist when it's a free for you where will it be this time next year. i mean one thing about what. all i did i thought that. about really great before. going to 21 not it's over 2021 well we've now got 3 prime minister iran god willing still be in that job for our right thank you mr siniora. go for it 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 wouldn't have the situation that they have great knowing they wouldn't 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 don't think i don't think we're going to going his own hands to be honest i think other people decided for him as to where you will be in the next year but i mean yeah the minister carabao it's been such a pleasure as come our set there's a lot of jobs in pakistan political 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 i'll be joined by another out to see a correspondent is some of that assad has seen for instagram live chat about

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. dated in south way is a type of performer activism. let's go back to specifically you calling a white supremacist the lights are on the there's nowhere to hide join me richelle carey is a. special guest and challenge them to talking political debate. from . the headlines in the midst of a pandemic. that stripping away the. presidential corruption. is not.

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