00:00Your army is not running with a particular political ideology, a group, a party, a religion, an ideology.
00:12It is running with Pakistan and Pakistan's development.
00:16And it has never hesitated in that.
00:18So the officer, the young man, the institution that is ready to give up its life,
00:23then if the government of the time, or any government, gives it some work according to the law,
00:28in which there is the benefit of Pakistan, then why will it back down?
00:32What is the point of it backing down after that?
00:35So we have been doing this work and we will continue to do it.
00:38And you should also know, that we all understand,
00:43that the economic security that you have at the moment, the economic security,
00:47Pakistan has a big challenge in that.
00:50So if this economic security is really a challenge,
00:54then if the government, according to the law, gives the army some work,
01:00then the army always participates in it.
01:04And for that, whether it is in the SIFC, which you have mentioned,
01:07whether it is in agriculture, education, health,
01:11providing employment opportunities,
01:15providing the security of the businesses,
01:18whether it is in natural disasters,
01:20then wherever there is the prosperity of the people,
01:24Pakistan's army, being a national army,
01:27and a representation of the middle and lower classes of this country,
01:31will never hesitate and has never hesitated.
01:33And we should also know, that the war we are fighting against terrorism,
01:38I have said this before,
01:42that its treatment is not only in kinetic operations.
01:46For this, a whole-of-the-nation approach is needed in all domains.
01:50And there is education, health, employment, economic and social development,
01:54which is very important.
01:55So you must have also seen in my briefing,
01:57that the places where there is more deployment of the army,
02:00the areas where we are more dependent on internal security,
02:04that is where we are more focused in these projects.
02:08And the question also is,
02:10is it the Pakistan army or the exclusive army in the world that is doing this work?
02:14If you look at it,
02:16then in the whole world,
02:18in most of the countries, their army,
02:20the economic and social projects,
02:23they support their government and their people.
02:26There are many examples of this.
02:28The only difference is,
02:30that there, their work is seen with respect and admiration.
02:35Our problem is,
02:37that for our political purposes,
02:39for our narrow interests,
02:41we make it a target of criticism.
02:43And this is because,
02:45because there is a mafia here,
02:48I have to say this with regret,
02:50that there is a mafia here,
02:52which does not want the people of Pakistan to progress,
02:56and its prosperity to be preserved.
02:58That mafia does not question,
03:00that the responsibility of the elite,
03:03to ensure education, health, employment, business,
03:08they will not question them.
03:11They will not question,
03:13what are the problems, what are the issues,
03:15because of which the people's prosperity is not being preserved.
03:18And how can we solve these problems together?
03:21They have a problem with the fact,
03:23that why is the army working to preserve the prosperity of the people,
03:26and to move Pakistan forward.
03:29God forbid, the reason for this is not,
03:32that this mafia thinks,
03:34that its success,
03:37is to keep the people helpless and poor,
03:40so that they can prosper.
03:42I have said this before on this forum,
03:45and I will say this again today,
03:48that when there is a fire in your house,
03:51the question is not,
03:53that why have you come to put out the fire?
03:55Yes.
03:57He will definitely ask this question,
03:59who has put out this fire,
04:01whether he benefits from putting out this fire.
04:04It is important,
04:06that the one who asks this question,
04:09and the one who has put out this fire,
04:11should be recognized.
04:13Because Pakistan,
04:15unfortunately,
04:17thinks,
04:19that its success,
04:21is in the destruction of Pakistan.
04:25And we need,
04:27that we recognize it,
04:29recognize that mafia,
04:31and in one word,
04:33give it an answer,
04:35that whatever you do,
04:37nothing can,
04:39and nothing will stop us,
04:42from doing what we do.
04:45We can take the next question.
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