Pakistan’s President Dr. Arif Alvi said on the issue of Palestine that the Muslim Ummah does not have the ability to take strict action against Israel.
The President of Pakistan, Dr. Arif Alvi, says in this regard that ‘the Muslim Ummah itself is weak, so it will have to listen to the voice of the powerful.’
In a special interview with Independent Urdu, the President of Pakistan said regarding the role of Islamic countries on the issue of Palestine, “The Muslim Ummah does not have the capacity to take any strong action against Israel.” Everyone says take action, it’s not that easy to do.’
He called the recent tension in Jerusalem not violence between Israel and Palestinians, but violence by Israel.
“Resistance against an occupier is permissible under international law, and Hamas’s rocket attacks are a link in that chain.”
President Arif Alvi said that ‘Muslim women are trying to build opinion, others are also condemning, we have done it too.’
Regarding the rumors of establishing relations with Israel, he said that the Independent should not waste time on it. He praised Qatar’s decision to send back the Israeli ambassador.
He said that until morality (ethics) comes in international relations, Kashmir, Palestine and Rohingya Muslims will continue to be treated like this. ‘This morality is best brought by Muslims because their history is full of it.’
‘There was no other option but a reference against Justice Isa’
The President of Pakistan, Dr. Arif Alvi, has defended his decision to send a presidential reference against Supreme Court judge Justice Qazi Faiz Isa to the Supreme Judicial Council, saying that he had no other constitutional option.
In an exclusive interview with Independent Urdu, the President said that the Supreme Court did not reject the reference against Justice Faiz Isa, it was not satisfied and ordered no investigation. “Our country has a judiciary, so I accept the court’s decision.”
On April 26 this year, a 10-member bench of the Supreme Court accepted Justice Qazi Faiz Isa’s review petition against the presidential reference. The opposition in the media criticized the Tehreek-e-Insaf government, the law minister and the president for promoting this reference without any investigation.
The President inquired and said, ‘What else would I have done? The Supreme Court would say that you do not have the authority to investigate. Should I have investigated private people, FIA? I couldn’t.’
He said: ‘What was given within the reference was. His property was mentioned and he has not denied that it was his property.’
Told that the judge gave money trail in the court, then the President said where did he give it? ‘The court has not accepted all this. I had only the Supreme Judicial Council for an inquiry, where I sent a reference, what was wrong with it. The constitutional way was the original way.’
He said that everything will become clear when the detailed decision comes.
About the demand to resign, he said that it is unnecessary because he took action on it. ‘I had only three options. One is that I would have remained silent on it, the President would have sat on it and later said I have a lot of evidence so don’t play my tongue. The third option was constitutional and that was the only way.’
Open ballot
Regarding the reference to the open ballot during the Senate elections, the President said that he wanted the election to be like this this time. “I met Nawaz Sharif once along with Imran Khan and he said that votes are sold in the Senate, so if there is an open ballot, we agreed.”
About taking the opposition into confidence in this regard, he said that he had taken them into confidence four to five years ago. It was asked that he had taken it, you did not take him into confidence, he said that if he still wants to sit on electoral reforms, then he is ready. ‘Well, when they don’t sit down, say stop, then everything. Do not hold your breath. He sat on TV for a month but was not ready to talk to us.’
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On another question, whether the matter of open ballot has been talked about or not, he replied that there will be a legislation on it.
Vote of Overseas Pakistanis, Voting Machine
Regarding the vote of overseas Pakistanis and the electronic voting machine, he said that it has nothing to do with the early elections, if the work on it does not start today, it will not be possible in the next general elections.
Regarding the electronic voting machine, on which he had worked a lot even before the presidency, he said that there is a machine like Tasbih which will count votes apart from the ballot. ‘The belt will remain in place. It has nothing to do with software or Wi-Fi.’
For public awareness about this, he said that he has asked the government to keep this machine in the National Assembly so that people can see it.
He said that in the past, they have issued less ordinances than the governments of the People’s Party and the Muslim League-N.
Afghanistan
In response to a question about the possible situation after the US withdrawal, Dr. Arif Alvi said that the Afghan government and the Taliban should reach an agreement soon. Pakistan’s only benefit is peace in Afghanistan because after Afghanistan, Pakistan has suffered the most.
In response to a question that if the agreement is not reached, after September, do they see minus the Taliban setup in Kabul, he said that the Afghan government should talk to them (Taliban) and see the ground reality. ‘What Afghans want should be.’
He also said that the US-made status quo in Afghanistan will not work.
Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s recent visit to Kabul and the Afghan President’s anti-Pakistani statement in an interview with a German magazine immediately after that asked him who does not want to improve relations between the two neighboring countries. The answer was, ‘India.’
France
Regarding his statement on the alleged anti-Islamic legislation in France, he said that the West is suffering from hypocrisy. “On the one hand, they don’t allow talking about the Holocaust, and on the other hand, they talk about freedom of expression.”
Asked if he was personally in favor of sending back the French ambassador, he said that the sentiments of Pakistanis must be reflected. ‘I am in favor of a debate and a resolution on France in Parliament under a treaty. Parliament should decide what is best.’
People’s Party
The political line and position of the People’s Party and the Tehreek-e-Insaf have started to match, so can the two parties come closer to each other to some extent? He said that he is in favor of dialogue and cooperation.
On how many meetings or consultations are still held with Prime Minister Imran Khan, he said that it is happening almost on a daily basis.
The President was asked that the PTI was not successful in the by-elections in Karachi and the same happened in Punjab, so the reason was the poor performance of the PTI, so he said that one of the reasons was the transparent elections. ‘There are elections that are slightly more transparent than in the past.’
But he admitted that the Tehreek-e-Insaf government should focus on inflation and other issues.
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2024-08-17 17:25:52