00:00The Punjab government's Hathak-e-Izzat bill has now become a law in 2024 and the People's Party's role in all this was doubtful.
00:09It was completely and conveniently absent even during voting.
00:13And today when this bill was to be signed, their governor went on leave without sending this bill back.
00:19What happened?
00:20In the absence of Governor Punjab Sardar Salim Haider,
00:23the permanent governor of Punjab Malik Ahmed Khan signed the Hathak-e-Izzat bill and made it a law.
00:29After the signature of the permanent governor Malik Ahmed Khan, the Hathak-e-Izzat bill has now become a law
00:35in which the specified sections of the law will be enforced.
00:38On May 20, the Hathak-e-Izzat bill, which will be approved by the Punjab Assembly,
00:42will be printed, electronic and on social media.
00:45And under this, the Hathak-e-Izzat case will be filed on false and untrue news.
00:50While rejecting the signature of the permanent governor,
00:53we saw that the representatives of the Lahore Press Club said that
00:56the Hathak-e-Izzat bill has been signed by the permanent governor on leave as per a plan.
01:01Arshad Ansari said that the People's Party was apparently with the journalists,
01:05but was in contact with the government from within, which is a deception.
01:09Now this case has also been challenged in the Lahore High Court.
01:13As soon as the Hathak-e-Izzat bill became law on behalf of the Punjab government,
01:16it was challenged in the Lahore High Court.
01:19In many applications filed by Advocate Nadeem Sarwar,
01:22the government of Punjab, the Prime Minister and the Governor of Punjab have been made a team.
01:26In the application, it has been stated that the Hathak-e-Izzat law is a violation of the law.
01:31In the presence of the Hathak-e-Izzat Ordinance and Hathak-e-Izzat Act,
01:34a new law cannot be made,
01:37while in the Hathak-e-Izzat law, there was no consultation with the journalists.
01:40Earlier, when voting was taking place, conveniently, the MPAs of the People's Party did not come.
01:45Then it was said that this bill is going to the Governor,
01:47the People's Party does not condone it, they will send it back.
01:50That bill was not sent back.
01:52And without signing it, it was not returned.
01:55Then it was told to us that the Governor has gone on leave.
01:58And then we came to know that the Governor has conveniently signed that bill.
02:03The facilitation of the People's Party will be considered their consent.
02:08In the presence of this bill, PMLN is guilty, but the hands of the People's Party are also stained.
02:14Whenever they are in the opposition,
02:16we show a glimpse of how actively and aggressively the People's Party talks about such bills.
02:22Whenever an Amir comes, whenever a Selector comes,
02:26they bring black laws to control the media, to suppress the voice of the people.
02:34We will not tolerate these actions of suppressing and shutting down the media.
02:39We have come to solve the problems of the media as well.
02:41You saw the PICA law yesterday.
02:43What did Chairman Bilawar say about it?
02:46We totally oppose it.
02:48We will not let any black law come.
02:50The People's Party has always fought for the freedom of the press.
02:53And it will continue to do so.
02:55There should be no restrictions on any kind of journalism.
02:58The relationship with journalism, the relationship with journalism,
03:02the freedom of the press relationship of the People's Party of Pakistan,
03:06it should not be joined by anyone else.
03:08There is a clear contradiction in the call-and-fail.
03:10We have with us Mr. Arshad Ansari, the Secretary General of PFUJ.
03:13He is the President of Lahore Press Club.
03:14Thank you very much, Mr. Ansari, for joining us.
03:16Now, the Governor has signed it.
03:17At the moment, the matter is in the court.
03:19What is your liability in the future?
03:21Thank you.
03:23Today, we had a joint action committee meeting in the Lahore Press Club.
03:27Our APNS, CPNE, AMEND, PFEJ, Press Club, CPNE, all stakeholders were present.
03:38We have made it our liability that on the day of the PIR,
03:42we will knock on the court door for justice.
03:45We will go to the High Court.
03:46All the stakeholders will go to the High Court with their lawyers.
03:54After that, we have decided that the budget session will begin on the 12th.
04:00On the 12th, Islamabad.
04:01On the 14th, Subahi.
04:04We will boycott it.
04:06The Muslim League and the People's Party will also boycott the events.
04:10We will also take their money.
04:12We will also take their money.
04:13The extent to which we have to go, we will do it legally.
04:19We will also do it outside the assembly.
04:21We will also do it inside the assembly.
04:25The issue is that the bill they passed at night,
04:28the base of this bill,
04:30there are two master manipulators.
04:34One is Praveen Rasheed and the other is Mareem Aurangzeb.
04:37Both of them are the master manipulators.
04:41Both of them are really dangerous.
04:43They still have power.
04:46What you just said was absolutely correct.
04:49When you are talking about the People's Party,
04:52the betrayal of the People's Party has never been seen in the past.
04:56My question is to Bilawar Zardari and Ashraf Zardari.
05:00Tell me, was this the party of the people's party,
05:03Shaheed Benazir Bhattu and Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhattu?
05:07Was this the party that was not a treacherous party?
05:10Yes.
05:11And when they met their governor, Sardar Singh Nath,
05:16they said in their own language,
05:18that if the bill came to them, they would not go back.
05:21They said, this is the words.
05:25Then two days ago, this bill reached the governor's house.
05:29It was with them from there.
05:31They capped us completely and lied to us.
05:35The bill was lying there.
05:37They skipped it and went to Zardari.
05:40From there, Malik Ahmed said to the governor's staff at 6pm,
05:44that they have come to meet us.
05:46They signed the bill at 6.08pm and did not return it.
05:48Ansari sir, but before this,
05:50when this consultation was being discussed,
05:52that no one should have the right to give false information,
05:56but there should be a consultation in the whole process.
05:58When this law was being made,
06:00it was not made in the dark.
06:02There were opposition parties in the Punjab Assembly.
06:04Tariq-e-Insaab has protested.
06:06Did the People's Party protest at that time?
06:08Or did they ask you to continue the consultative process?
06:11Or were they silent?
06:12Did they disappear during the voting and consultation process?
06:16Yes, absolutely.
06:18This is about 25th May.
06:21When this bill was passed,
06:26the People's Party people went out of there intentionally.
06:32On 21st May,
06:34Haider Gilani,
06:36who is the parliamentary leader of the People's Party in the Punjab Assembly,
06:40along with Yousafzad Gilani,
06:42said that we will not support any such bill
06:45which will solve the issue of freedom of the press.
06:48They took out the footage and showed it to Haider Gilani.
06:51He said such things that you cannot imagine.
06:55He repeated it.
06:57Then Faisal Kareem Kundi, the governor of KP,
06:59said that we do not support this bill.
07:02His MPAs said that we do not support it.
07:05But their leadership was silent.
07:07Asif Zardari was silent.
07:09Bilawal Battu Zardari was silent.
07:11Now, there was a contradiction within them.
07:13But from within,
07:15the Muslim League Noon and the People's Party
07:17are certainly opposers of each other.
07:19They are sitting together.
07:20But from within,
07:21their consultation is included in this bill.
07:24This is a complete deception.
07:26The People's Party and the Noon League,
07:28both become champions.
07:29They are champions only when they are in the opposition.
07:33Never when they are in the government.
07:35Respected Chief Minister, tell us,
07:37what did he say at the PFEJ meeting on 17th November 2021?
07:42Tell us, what did he say?
07:44Regarding this bill,
07:46when we will come, when Nawaz Sharif will come,
07:48we will bulldoze such bills
07:50which will solve the issue of freedom of the press.
07:52Now what?
07:53They are only in the government.
07:55Their faces are different.
07:56Their faces are different in the opposition.
07:58So what I want to say is that
08:00our Limer is now ready.
08:02We have to face the facts.
08:04We have to go to the negotiations.
08:06We don't believe in any such thing.
08:08We don't even want freedom of the press.
08:10We are against fake news.
08:12There should be a consultative process for all stakeholders.
08:14Thank you very much.
08:15Mr. Ashutosh Desai was with us.
08:17This bill has become a law.
