00:00 Are you in the Noon League or not?
00:02 Because if you get a disclaimer, people will say that this is a personal opinion,
00:06 it is the opinion of the Noon League.
00:07 I am in the Noon League.
00:09 In politics, whether you are in the corporate world or military,
00:14 in any institution you fill in the entry form or exit form.
00:18 So, there is nothing like this in politics.
00:20 We have seen a recent phenomenon of anti-analysis in PTI.
00:24 When they do a press conference or announce through a tweet
00:28 that I am not in politics or PTI,
00:32 I don't think there is such a thing.
00:35 Like Shahid Khakhan has his own point of view.
00:37 He is not from the party, but he is in PMLN.
00:40 There are many other people who do not live in the party
00:43 and they have their own independent point of view on issue to issue.
00:47 So, I have the same.
00:49 It should be.
00:50 It should be.
00:51 Let me make it clear.
00:53 Many people complain to me that you should not say such a thing.
00:57 They also say that you should think about Pakistan.
01:00 If you think about Pakistan, then your opinion should be public.
01:05 It is not possible that my opinion is the only right one.
01:08 But there are so many important issues.
01:10 And where Pakistan is standing and where it is going,
01:13 and 25 crore people are watching,
01:15 there are only a few political parties,
01:17 they are looking at their issues,
01:20 and the serious issues,
01:21 and especially with regards to the economy,
01:23 there are issues that need to be solved.
01:25 If you do not give your opinion,
01:27 and do not make a part of the public discourse,
01:30 that if I am a PMLN or any other issue,
01:34 then if you are taking a position,
01:37 then that should be debated.
01:40 And I will be very happy if I am proved wrong in my views.
01:44 But you were in the closer tier,
01:47 you were also a translator.
01:49 Are you a translator?
01:50 No.
01:51 So, what happened?
01:52 Where did you start diverting?
01:55 Even in difficult times,
01:57 you were still following the party.
01:59 I, in fact, thank God,
02:02 my rise was very good.
02:05 I joined PMLN.
02:07 After 9 months, our government came.
02:10 I came to the cabinet.
02:11 Now, obviously, from a non-political background,
02:14 I could not have been faster than this.
02:17 Then I became a privatisation minister.
02:19 Then I became a governor.
02:21 When we came to the opposition,
02:23 I had a big question at that time.
02:26 People thought that I am a technocrat,
02:28 I have come.
02:29 The way technocrats are,
02:30 they leave.
02:31 But I thought that it is my duty,
02:33 my family also thought that
02:35 I have to defend my party by going ahead.
02:39 And I defended it on the basis of principles.
02:42 And as an ARY,
02:44 I take ownership,
02:45 we have witnessed this ourselves.
02:47 Although we have so many...
02:49 We have fought a lot.
02:51 With you and everyone.
02:53 And then, in that difficult time,
02:56 if there was a position that was the most important,
02:59 in 2020,
03:00 before the formation of PDM,
03:02 sorry, it was already there,
03:03 then the spokesperson of Mariam Nawaz and Nawaz Sharif.
03:07 I don't think there was a more important position.
03:09 There was extreme pressure at that time.
03:10 And at that time, Mariam Nawaz was leading the party in Pakistan.
03:13 She was out in the streets,
03:15 going from one city to another city.
03:17 And her statements,
03:19 the statements of Nawaz Sharif,
03:21 it was easy to handle her weight.
03:23 Give respect to the vote.
03:25 Give respect to the vote and those statements of resistance.
