00:00 I'm sure these elections will be held free and fair and transparent at the same time.
00:14 Election Commission of Pakistan is the constitutional body to ensure that these elections are held
00:23 peacefully and in a transparent manner with equal opportunity to all registered political
00:31 parties.
00:33 The caretaker government has the mandate and the responsibility to provide all necessary
00:41 assistance to this constitutional body in terms of providing security, financial and
00:50 administrative support and we remain committed to that.
00:59 No that doesn't refute our claim because the crackdown or the arrest of Mr. Khan and
01:17 some of his colleagues took place much earlier than the caretaker government took office.
01:28 Those arrests and convictions are the result of violent attacks by his party incited by
01:41 himself against the state institutions, defence installations and public and private property.
01:50 You know the law has taken its course.
01:52 No country in the world, be it United States or any European democracy will allow violent
02:02 attacks against state institutions.
02:10 Most definitely yes because it looks like that Mr. Khan tried to save his government
02:22 that was facing the first constitutional vote of no confidence by whipping up an anti-West
02:32 and anti-American sloganarium.
02:36 He tried to create an anti-American bogey that did hurt especially when he revealed
02:48 and tried to use secret cabal to save his government that hurt the relations between
02:59 Pakistan and United States but after his removal through a constitutional process the previous
03:09 government and the caretaker government did its best to improve those relations and I
03:16 think by and large we have normalized those relationships.
03:23 Pakistan's economy has already improved since the caretaker government took office
03:32 on August 17 last year.
03:36 Today all economic indicators are positive.
03:43 The IMF and the World Bank has endorsed what I am claiming.
03:51 The dollar-rupee relationship has changed in favor of Pakistani rupee.
04:02 Pakistan has successfully completed the IMF standby agreement and I am sure we will stay
04:10 in IMF program besides a lot of economic initiatives including foreign investment that was started
04:20 even by the last government and continued by our government including economic reforms.
04:28 So I am sure that after February 8 when a new parliament is elected and a new elected
04:37 government with full backing of the people of Pakistan takes place our economy will improve
04:46 further and Pakistan will have a better economic future than we have experienced in last few
04:55 years.
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