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00:00Irfan Siddiqui, I have been talking about the law for the past 2-3 days

00:05and the reason is that the politicians are after their own space.

00:09Yesterday, Maulana Sahib said that there is no need for politicians,

00:12no need for senior politicians, no need for parliament.

00:15What is the need for parliament today?

00:17There is no need for it.

00:18But you will create such laws.

00:20The branch that you are sitting on,

00:22the branch that you are trying to cut,

00:24these laws will come to the opposition tomorrow.

00:26They will say that we have to protest.

00:27You can put it in Punjab.

00:28The Punjab Assembly will pass it.

00:29If you protest without asking, it will take 3 years or 10 years.

00:32Then where in Pakistan is there a right to protest?

00:34And why isn't there a right to protest in Islamabad?

00:36Sir, there is no doubt in this.

00:38And I think even Ambassador Aqeel has said this,

00:40that this makes no sense.

00:42If Pakistan's law gives you the right to assembly...

00:44I didn't say that.

00:46Okay, the point has been made.

00:47You want to say this, but you don't want to say that.

00:49We are listening to the voice of their heart.

00:51Look, if Pakistan's law gives you the right to assembly,

00:55gives you freedom of expression,

00:57then this is a very basic thing.

00:59To say that in Islamabad...

01:01Okay, why?

01:02The rest of Pakistan has permission.

01:03Why in Islamabad?

01:04What is there in Islamabad?

01:05If I have a grudge against a loyal government,

01:07where will I protest?

01:09We will do it in loyalty.

01:10And it has to be done in loyalty.

01:11Why?

01:12Because the decision has to be made in loyalty.

01:13It has to be made in Dar-ul-Hukumat and Dar-ul-Hilafah.

01:15So, if anyone is protesting within the framework of the law,

01:19this is the beauty of democracy.

01:20This is what democracy is all about.

01:22Now, if you say,

01:23who will be imprisoned for 3 years?

01:25Who will be imprisoned for 10 years?

01:27The minister will tell you better

01:29how many articles of the constitution have to be written.

01:31But this doesn't make sense ethically or logically.

01:33I think it's a balancing act.

01:35It's a balancing act.

01:36In this country, these articles of the constitution

01:38don't matter anymore.

01:39There are so many articles of the constitution.

01:40But it's unfortunate.

01:41We still have to talk about the articles of the constitution.

01:44We still have to fight for that space.

01:46And that is the space...

01:48Look, I don't have any interest.

01:49I don't want to protest.

01:50I'm fighting for your space.

01:51No, you can also protest.

01:52It's not like that.

01:53Yes, absolutely.

01:54And in the past, you kept protesting.

01:55It's not like that.

01:56You can do it.

01:57I take back my words.

01:58I take back my words.

01:59Even I have to do it.

02:00You're absolutely right.

02:01This means that your salary is coming in full right now.

02:05Pray that it comes in full.

02:06I hope it comes in full.

02:09Is there a debate in the party

02:10that this is not right?

02:11I can't imagine that without asking

02:13and without permission,

02:14Mr. Arfaan Siddiqui would have done this.

02:16Look, Mr. Iqbal,

02:17I told you that

02:18it's like a balancing act.

02:20And this balancing act

02:22has both rights.

02:23It's a right to peaceful assembly.

02:24What's the balance?

02:25No, no, no.

02:26This is your balance these days.

02:27Mr. Bharat, tell me,

02:28what kind of balance is this?

02:29This is not your balance.

02:30This is your balance.

02:31I want to take what Aqeel is saying at face value.

02:39Tell me, how is this a balancing act?

02:41How can you justify this?

02:43Without permission,

02:44haven't you seen that

02:45after coming to Islamabad,

02:46without permission,

02:47all the people,

02:48be it the merchants,

02:49or the utility workers,

02:50or the Jamaat-e-Islami,

02:51all of them have come.

02:52Then you guys are complaining

02:53that they didn't take any permission.

02:55Okay, I agree,

02:56but should they be given

02:57three years for this?

02:58Look,

02:59there has to be

03:00a criminal element in it.

03:01And if you do it again,

03:02you'll get 10 years.

03:03If you do it again,

03:04you'll get 10 years.

03:05You'll be in jail for life.

03:06There has to be a criminal element.

03:07And three years

03:08doesn't mean that

03:09you'll only get three years.

03:10You are talking about

03:11punishing a political worker

03:12for using his political right.

03:14Look,

03:16I'm not saying that

03:17this won't happen even in North Korea.

03:18I'm not saying that.

03:19I'm saying that

03:20there is a balancing act.

03:21Even if it happens,

03:22it will be done

03:23within 24 hours.

03:24Even if it happens,

03:25if it is introduced

03:26and passed by the committee

03:27in the Senate,

03:28if you look at it,

03:29there is a mechanism

03:30provided in it.

03:31The district magistrate

03:32has the powers.

03:33He will do it.

03:34There is an appeal process

03:35for it as well.

03:36The chief commissioner

03:37will go to him

03:38and appeal that

03:39the district magistrate

03:40doesn't give permission

03:41and on such conditions,

03:42he has to fulfill it.

03:43So, this is already in place.

03:44It is just being

03:45regularized.

03:46This law is already in place

03:47that you can't hold a meeting

03:48without the permission

03:49of the NOC.

03:50It is in place,

03:51but if there is an improvement

03:52in that,

03:53then I think…

03:54How is there an improvement?

03:55A criminal element

03:56is being introduced.

03:57You are punishing

03:58for 30 years and 10 years.

03:59A criminal element

04:00is being introduced.

04:01This is the law

04:02and you are doing the right thing.

04:03There should be a law

04:04to allocate

04:05space and arrangements.

04:06Don't bother the people.

04:07They come here

04:08and sit in Faizabad.

04:09Neither the people of Islamabad

04:10can come here

04:11nor the people of Pindi

04:12can come to Islamabad.

04:13Sir, we also

04:14prescribe this.

04:15We tell you to give

04:16a parade ground,

04:17some other place.

04:18But this should be done

04:19by the law.

04:20Sir, we don't object

04:21to the law.

04:22Make a law,

04:23but put it in the law

04:24that you will

04:25imprison him

04:26for 3 years

04:27and for 10 years

04:28on the other side.

04:29This is a threat.

04:30Today, Ali Zafar

04:31said in his speech

04:32that this is against

04:33justice because

04:34in the next few days…

04:35Sir, I don't know

04:36if he has seen

04:37any other person

04:38protesting.

04:39This is what

04:40I see.

04:41After some time,

04:42Allah forbid,

04:43but we also

04:44could be on the

04:45receiving end

04:46if we are

04:47in opposition.

04:48Not to be on the

04:49receiving end,

04:50ask me in government.

04:51This is what I am saying.

04:52God forbid,

04:53you don't know me.

04:54There is no

04:55other political party.

04:56Kashif, I am not

04:57talking about political

04:58parties that

04:59they are designed

05:00for PTI,

05:01they will be

05:02in our place

05:03tomorrow,

05:04we will be

05:05in their place.

05:06All these things

05:07are fine.

05:08I am saying

05:09a very basic thing

05:10that it is

05:11not right

05:12for me to

05:13protest.

05:14This is

05:15absolutely

05:16right.

05:17I have

05:18seen in

05:19Britain,

05:20when people

05:21are angry

05:22with the

05:23state,

05:24they break

05:25their lines

05:26and go to

05:27areas where

05:28they are

05:29not allowed.

05:30Have you seen

05:31what happened

05:32in Britain?

05:33No, no,

05:34riots are

05:35something else.

05:36It is not

05:37about riots.

05:38Water cannons

05:39are used,

05:40you can

05:41see them

05:42in the streets.

05:43There

05:44is no

05:45need to

05:46protest

05:47as a

05:48political

05:49party.

05:50Let us

05:51move on.

05:52I hope

05:53common sense

05:54prevails.

05:55I hope

05:56common sense

05:57prevails.

05:58I hope

05:59common sense

06:00prevails.

06:01This is

06:02not the

06:03hill you

06:04want to

06:05die on.

06:06You

06:07cannot

06:08justify

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