The Power Struggle: Did Pakistan’s Army & Politicians Destroy the Economy?

[@Shobyw]

People don’t come out to protest because of two reasons. 1. Fear 2. They have to feed their families and can’t afford to protest for long time

[@NS-vz2rx]

جی یہ درست ہے کہ بڑھتی آبادی اور افراطِ زر نے سوچ کو سلب کیا ہوا ہے اور وہ عوام اپنے ہی ہاتھوں غلام ہے ۔۔۔ ہر گھر میں کم از کم پانچ سے دس بچے ۔۔ معاش کی چکی میں پستی ہوئی یہ عوام نظام کے ساتھ ساتھ اپنی سوچ کی بھی ماری ہوئی ہے عصرِ حاضر ملک الموت ہے تیرا جس نے قبض کی روح تری، دے کے تجھے فکرِ معاش ۔۔ ۔۔ ۔۔

[@GordonGeko84]

This is the best interviewer because he lets his guests speaks. Listens and inquires. Quality work . Thank you.

[@jaibharat8435]

IMF loans are used to maintain standard of living of Army and burocracy not in infrastructure 😂

[@UnfairRizz]

And civilian's have to pay the Intrest which is Haram 😂

[@Hasnainbut-u4u]

​@@UnfairRizz hahaha u both guys ❤😂

[@jahangeerchanna9859]

Thousands of acres more than 70,000 agriculture land is occupied by pak army in the name of farming corporate.

[@MohdYaseen-gq5eq]

یوں کہو قابض فوج

[@ravishingravi]

What an intelligent, grounded and graceful lady. Just brilliant.

[@rajeshkhetarpal1271]

Good , articulate and knowledgeable guest ! A practical soul....no alhamdullah, no rhetoric. Overall good discussion !

[@fareedhussain59]

We've built a society that has become dependent on handouts. Most people live beyond their means. An army general wants to live like a king. He wants to send his children to the best schools not only within Pakistan but also to the best universities in Europe and America. But their salaries are modest by international standards. So, where do they get their resources from to fulfill their dreams? The same is true of most bureaucrats and politicians. They rob the national exchequer. No one really cares about building a nation. You can only build a country if you learn to live within your means and invest in long term programs that raise our skills and education that should help us produce goods services that are of a higher standard.

[@MonticelloBlueDevil]

Corruption you are describing shouldn't limit country's growth. You think corruption in the national armies in other countries don't exist? Just google that. China is said to be one of the most corrupt but look at their development! In any case, a few million dollars Army Generals might be stealing are not in the way of dozens of billions needed to keep the country growing. Do you recall if people voted for growth in the last general election? They were voting on identity issues and frivolous ego battles of Sharifs, Buttos and Imran Khan. You don't deserve to get what you didn't demand.

[@Sam-kd2dc]

University education should be free

[@asadaziz6429]

​@@Sam-kd2dcThen what happen they will demanded Government Jobs after awarded degrees from Universities

[@mirajesh]

Very Practical thinking lady. Why don't these people come in front line to policy making in Pakistan. Pakistan requires this brain and it will flourish

[@primordialarchetypes2927]

our brains are becoming more kottorponti and ja hil like these PKs after Modi came in.........he is the equivalent of what Zia ulfq did to naPKstan......now both IN and PK will become nakam riasat......only SECULARISM, no gndutva or jee hadi uz barbadi

[@KingKong-lb3vh]

same reason as to why our Arundhatis, Ravish Kumars and other 'roshan khayalis' are not tol erated in post-2014 IN........JaiHind

[@InfiniteForce1]

@@KingKong-lb3vh what is the roshan khayali of ravish and arundhati?

[@rpsharma636]

Ravish and Arundhati- both have nothing to offer but HATRED.

[@debjanidutta5505]

@kingkong we should learn to differentiate activists/propagandists and policy makers. Arundhati is an activist whereas ex RBI chief Shaktikanta Das was an effective policy maker.

[@FakharRana-mz6rb]

Very good discussion by this lady. Full of wisdom and maturity ❤

[@vikrambhojwani2873]

Really impressed the ideas put forward by Afshaan Suboohi . Her honestly and forthcoming voice about not understanding the changes in the world is refreshing. More centrist people like her are needed on youtube

[@chandraad.6101]

Her thoughts are very serious for every least developed countries. From Nepal...

[@shaheryarmuhammadali5843]

How did China progress so much without any democracy?

[@TonyStark-mm6qy]

Because they aren't muslims 😂

[@MajidMajid-rr4rg]

Because their leaders are honest and Pakistan also needs honest leadership. This is the only reason of Imran Khan’s popularity. The second reason is his self respect.

[@MysticSage-hg3jh]

Because they went on the path of La Ila Ilallah 😂

[@asadaziz6429]

You are raise a important issue to thinks about democractic system which is over glorified in Pakistan and peoples assumed the only democratic system gives progress.

[@silenthill1035]

Wow, what a treat to listen to your guest ! Thankyou so much for this video. I hope the government could understand that until local investor doesn't invest, foreign investors won't invest either. Local investor has the money but there are just so many hurdles and so many risks that the local investors stop in their tracks. There is a reason why local investor is moving money out of Pakistan. I will give my own example, if I simply want to buy a used car then there are so many risks involved. It takes so much time to do the research and even then there is no guarantee that the papers of the car are not forged and I will be able to get the car transferred to my name. In such circumstances, I'll only risk my money if buying a car is absolutely essential. As far as the current upbeat financial numbers are concerned, I think its the same boom-bust cycle which was say during the early days of Musharraf. The bust was far harder and stayed around for far longer than the boom.

[@ranahammad4561]

RAFTAR is the single and Presious best channel of Pakistan

[@dudefire100]

extremely great podcast. great honest guest... cuts the chase... gets to the heart of the problem...

[@raftartv]

Thanks for listening

[@jsaeedi]

So “down to earth“ viewpoints - clear thought and grasp on Pakistan’s “zameeni haqaiq” - 👏👏👏

[@irfanadhami6757]

What a fruitful discussion, she explained the complex things in such easy words that helped a lot of us to understand economy better.

[@anilrana9822]

Very informative videos. Thanks Raftaar

[@raftartv]

Thanks boss

[@yaja9691]

Raftar is raising the bar on a regular basis. Hope more and more Pakistanis engage with this platform.

[@wajahatmubashir]

Why people like her don't come on TV media a lot? I am seeing her for the first time, thank you Raftar.

[@raftartv]

This is her first podcast ever

[@jaibharat8435]

Your inflation is low because of low consumption. Once purchasing power will increase it will increase drastically 😂

[@vinsin328]

There protein consumption is twice compared to India.

[@TonyStark-mm6qy]

​@@vinsin328 Source - Your english 😂

[@naseemullahkhan7426]

👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

[@ranahammad4561]

Stay blessed raftar Very informative Precious host Valuable Content

[@Sam-kd2dc]

Rafter is far better than naya daur. Naya daur is very old daur

[@AmarkantVishwakarma]

She has a good knowledge in economics...

[@ashsaiid9950]

When we get people like her in pakistan, why aren't we doing better

[@Nome-Baloch]

Sir g Apka is platform ki waja sa inshallah mulk ma jamureat nafiz hoga Jo awam ka Haq ma batar hoga

[@MohdYaseen-gq5eq]

ناممکن جب تک منیرے کا دماغ خراب ہے

[@muhammedrehansami9314]

Bohat he behtreen Podcast or Madam ke guftugo bohat he behtreen zawiya main samnay ai Aisay logo ko agay aana chahya or Awam ko motivate karna chahya apnay huqoq ko samjhnay k liya

[@raftartv]

Absolutely

[@halifaxians4all]

Kudos to the lady for her remarkable thinking, insightful perspective, and deep understanding of our social issues and the dynamics within power corridors. On the other hand, the anchor appears to be living in a fool's paradise and comes across as a staunch pro-establishment advocate.

[@vijoysrivastav767]

Salute your learned analyst.Never heard any other pakistani intellectual,so brilliant🙏🙏

[@Nome-Baloch]

*Thanks you raftar for everything* Apka is platform ki waja sa Kafi log khofzada ha q ka ap Jo karsakta ha ap wo karta ha dusro ka nakami nai genata

[@aanakrukavi]

This was Allah's will that Pakistan has to face all this.

[@shamsularfeen9793]

ملائیت😂😂

[@henryphen5401]

👍👍Madam very smart very much knowledgeable.

[@ranahammad4561]

Yes

[@MohdYaseen-gq5eq]

گوروں کے ذہنی غلامو میڈم سے بھتر لفظ محترمہ ہے

[@lubnashahid127]

Her thoughts are best and clear

[@shrikrishnachinchanikar900]

Very logical analysis by this lady of pakistan and it's state of affairs. Her balanced thoughts are really eye openers for pakistani Rulers. If such thought provoking and intelligent experts are included in policy making of government of pakistan then only things will improve.

[@ranahammad4561]

شبر زیدی یہ میڈم کتنے قیمتی لوگ ہیں کراچی میں، دل ملتا ہے ان سے اللہ انکی برکت سے ہمیں سرفراز کرے

[@peterjames2633]

100% correct. Agar logon ko pata ho k dharney se bandooq waley ko koi farq nahi parey ga to wo time waste nahi karein gy balkey muqabley k liye koi bandooq talaash karein gy. Jaisey Sheikh Mujeeb ny kiya.

[@Sam-kd2dc]

Violence is not good for country

[@nitishbanerjee4241]

Intelactual speed. Thanks

[@dr.moazzamtiwana4743]

Quite sensible and educated analysis.

[@Shobyw]

If you are young and have opportunity- leave this country! You can always come back when things get better which is very unlikely

[@SomnathDe-h7d]

Excellent interview. Watching from India.

[@avtarwasson4875]

Well balanced and measured observations!

[@intekhabalam9212]

Worth watching👍

[@shabbirali5950]

When will we get video on 16th Dec 2014?

[@gautamsharma8459]

The trouble with Pakistan is that their government and the military doesn’t have any concept of austerity mainly because of their different priorities instead of a national interest

[@lonewarrior5827]

She is honest ...

[@mujahidhussain6264]

The conclusion of this podcast is, that Pakistan needs strong institutions, rules of law, consistency in policy, strong nationalism, and patriotism. Peace in the country. The right man for the right place, prevention of military intervention in civilian government affairs. Quality education and training in masses. etc, etc.

[@sauravsen1705]

I think the appeal of Imran Khan is not complicated- it is simply 1) celebrity status 2) the perception that he is not corrupt and 3) let’s try something new. I don’t think that’s enough to elect someone but given the alternatives these are enough for many people.

[@abdulsamadharoon5020]

Sab awam Pakistan k Liye ro Rahe hain Lekin politicians to Khush hain.

[@Sam-kd2dc]

Serf politicians ni. Sab ashrafiya

[@kumailnaqvi3234]

Very organic debate East aur west raftar is the best

[@razashah6153]

Well matured n realistic analysis.. but careful about establishment s brutal roll towards democracy n human rights.. لیکن 80 کی دہائی والی افشاں نقوی نظر نہیں آئی۔۔ جسے میں نے دیکھا تھا ۔۔ رضا شاہ ایڈووکیٹ گوجرانوالہ

[@maheshmanna5538]

Policies are like walls in a home. They can not withstand the conflict amongst the pillars of a government. Also, should touch the issue of the rule of law.

[@alizaismail3238]

Only solution is truth and honesty stay blessed welldone raftar excellent information

[@asadaziz6429]

Only Truth and Honesty without sense and will can not change any betterment.

[@Asad32111]

Well Explained

[@HarryPotter-cf1hg]

Common Pakistanis would dismiss this genius lady with "mayushi faila rahi hai and nothing as such"

[@muhammadaltaaf2490]

She is competent lady

[@kachrachi]

RIP Raftar. It was good knowing you. We will miss you

[@shakebelahi4822]

impressive analysis

[@harishabichandani8018]

Very intellectual persnolity

[@rehanapotter1042]

Mohtarma IK is popular because he is honest and has not stolen public money. And he refused to take NROs and did not run away. It is as simple as that! Get that through your head !!

[@syedimran9082]

بہت اچھا انٹر ویو

[@Sam-kd2dc]

Everyone is pointing finger towards others. She is no exception

[@nademkhan931]

The Army keeps encroaching and expanding into business. Why would a businessman make a large investment, unless he first partners up with the generals

[@rohaanalikhan23]

Make the video on the parachinar incident

[@KC-in4ey]

@41:45 🤣🤣 chuk kasam?? Even, It took her a while to digest it.

[@avtarwasson4875]

Stability in economic indicators is due to decrease in oil prices worldwide and control over moneychangers etc. contraction of economy and no expansion.

[@MirzaBaig92]

MR RAFTAR PLEASE INVITE OVERSEAS PAKISTANI ON UR PLATFORM, THEY ARE THE GAME CHANGER, ECONOMY IS GOING ON WHERE UNTIL WE MAKE SEISMIC CHANGES THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE MEDIA BEFORE.

[@MR-Kalachi]

The people don’t come out because we are NOT one nation, like Bangladesh. We are different qoomiyats. The people who control the country know that very well. On top of that the 3rd factor is mullah factor who continue to divide the nation on faith.

[@raftartv]

Valid point. So are you saying we can never come together?

[@braveheart8318]

We came together to create a country despite having differences. Diversity is our strength, not weakness, and we will fix this country, but it won't happen overnight.

[@MR-Kalachi]

@raftartv We have to be optimistic, but it requires drastic changes, and at this point the elite, establishment & Mullahs will not let that happen. It has to get even worst then where we are today, when people might stand up. If you look at the history of this area they never took a stand, so at least in my lifetime I don’t see it happening. I am not affiliated with any political party. I feel that military generals are the problem of our country and after that Mullahs, so if we are looking for a solution it has to come from them and they are not ready to make the change. If we are thinking that there will be military reforms, then we are not truthful to ourselves. It’s not gonna happen. Military will continue to play political role, we just need to figure out what that role supposed to be. Imran Khan is not a solution, it’s a disruption… which was needed to come to a solution.

[@vinsin328]

@@braveheart8318 Diversity is an anti-Islamic idea. But you can be given the option to choose between Islam and leaving it. That goes against two nation theory.

[@EnigmaticEgo]

I am surprised to see a woman with such clarity, she swallows some words, though.

[@raftartv]

She’s the most high profile business journalist of Pakistan. she headed the business section of Dawn newspaper for over 20 years

[@ranahammad4561]

@@raftartv great madam mashallah

[@himmsingz]

I am sure there are lots of capable, intelligent women in Pakistan, as elsewhere. You are surprised because largely your ideologically oriented mindset deems women inferior.

[@khalidmahmudshah]

IMF is a lending entity & not donor agency. Rules of engagement are different for lenders & donors. The State actors are oblivious to this fact. Data is key to development. Data facilitates research & research leads towards development. Stakeholders are akin towards reverse engineering but it does not manifests development.

[@kakajan8285]

Create a video on history of Balochistan.

[@ahmedfawad1954]

Please improve the questions and preparation for the interview

[@Sam-kd2dc]

If you are expecting entertainment then please watch naya daur

[@SaDaVeLLamunda786]

Good

[@MysticSage-hg3jh]

Arey waah fairness cream laga lagaakar chamak gaya host toh 😃

[@hamzazafar4747]

She was giving off the vibes the she still living in 1996 or something. Guest tried to bring forward some 2024 points but she was too much into Zia's marshal law etc. No young man, young voter in Pakistan remembers about any struggle for democracy against Zia and other military dictators. What matters more is what happens now

[@adnanyakub6275]

Our politicians, judiciary, forces or any other institution., matter of the fact is, these are all proven corrupts. Emaandari is missing only.

[@sarwarshah6863]

Very decent , intelligent, and graceful lady I seldom seen in the Pakistan media. I would like to meet her and enjoy her wonderful company. Kindly guide me. I am a retired Chartered Accountant looking for decent people.

[@ranahammad4561]

Please start podcast series with madam

[@NumberWorld]

*Idealistic DAWN finding it HARD, to gauge Realities of Current times,..........also* *Lackluster Pakistan finding it HARD, to Survive in Current times,.........* *Waqt kar ta hayy Parwarish Barso.....Hadsa ek dum se nahi hota......* 😇😇😇

[@sab479]

She is good at speaking but her facts about imran khan is completely wrong also possible that she is introduced by Establishment to say half truth and show ik bad meanwhile acknowledging that he is popular

[@FkuIlu]

41:43 because democracy is haram in Islam only Khalifa is allowed 😊this is the reason

[@WaleedRaza-y1d]

1st comment 1st view and 1st like 🎉🎉😎😎🤩🤩🤣

[@mohsin9779]

Yea loo.. laddo kha lo.. 🍨

[@shamsularfeen9793]

Why don't we, as a nation, realize that we are not capable enough to manage our economic issues?

[@tahirmalik1132]

because we are not a nation

[@shamsularfeen9793]

@tahirmalik1132 How did it happen that after three quarters of the century, we failed to become a nation?

[@msr7373]

@@shamsularfeen9793because we never took ownership of this country. We are extremely passive people who want some messiah to come and fix everything for us, we are a polar opposite of Bangladesh where people know and have always stood against injustice. Humaray naam hi east west nahin thay but even our thinking is also east west

[@HamzaAsif-k7q]

Issue with this country - 1- We impose our mindset and our thoughts on others. 2- There is nobody worried about education and freedom of speech. 3-Because of poverty people are doing absurdity so they dont have time to think about state and progress. 4-We prefer to survive on Aid than struggle. 5-We are not supporting our industries. 6- We are supporting those leaders just because of sentimental attachment except our basic needs. 7-We are still relying on old techniques and technology instead of creativity. 8-There is law in this state but no implement. 9-We are following a mindset of robbers not givers . 10-We are fighting wars and wasting money for other's benefits.

[@TheEngrwaqas]

Taxation is not the only solution, investment is important

[@spacepeace.]

She's will spoken person.

[@SouthindianNarendra]

If this channel is in india, it will grow in big numbers, but they r facing problems in Pakistan from army or govt

[@msr7373]

If this channel has been in india it would have been declared anti national by sanghis. Pakistan has hundreds of issues but good thing about us is that we are ready to criticize ourselves and the ruling govt which Indians can’t esp post 2014

[@SouthindianNarendra]

@msr7373 bjp not in power in half of the states that meance people electing non bjp also, there are lot tv, social media, and ngo,and people who criticize the govt, nothing will hapen in india, but no internet cut, X ban etc in india like Pakistan

[@msr7373]

India has seen it's cases of complete internet blackouts during past Modi regimes. And irrespective of states having BJP govt or not they are in power in center ​and majority of indians do support them and consider anything against them as anti national. And if talkshows and channels are a criteria then raftasr and many such channels are there with significant fan following running . I am sitting in Pak and viewing the channel and commenting. The reality remains that in Pakistan we (general public) are ready to accept the criticism of sitting govt while vast majority of Indians aren't as for them this govt is their saviour@@SouthindianNarendra

[@msr7373]

Infact any anchor like ravish Kumar barkha dut etc are heavily criticized and considered anti national by most as they are not pro BJP while clowns like arnab, rubika, Anjana etc are loved by them

[@SouthindianNarendra]

@@msr7373 criticize is part of democrasy

[@mayyasubramanya8397]

Army's control over everything including foreign policy, economy & democracy, what do you expect? It's not like it has demonstrated its competence on security either. This country is artificially kept viable/alive.

[@GTIXAUUSD]

What democracy on form 47??????

[@aftabalam3628]

America may tho 2 parties hey 3rd koi nahi so the American have no option. Benazir government was demolished in just almost1.5 years.

[@muhammadsohail9272]

عوام نکلنے کے حوالے سے سوال بجا اور جینون تھا۔ اس کا جواب اطمینان بخش نہیں دیا میڈم نے۔ یقیناً یہ سوچنے کی بات ہے پولیٹیکل ول کے لیے نکلتے ہیں لیکن اپنے حقوق کے لیے اج تک اکھٹا نہیں ہو سکا عوام۔

[@ashishsehgal296]

Imran khan is popular bcoz he was the first person in the history of Pakistan to take the army head-on

[@braveheart8318]

Nice joke. He came to power because of the army. He's on the same page as Bajwa. He didn't deliver due to incompetence because he had no plan to fix anything. When the army got rid of him, he and his blind supporters became bitter against the army. He's still waiting in jail for the army to offer him a deal to become PM again, which is unlikely to happen.

[@Imad1971-s6d]

❤🇵🇰🇮🇳❤ *Begum Seema Haider and Shri Sachin Meena share Heartwarming Pregnancy announcement in a recently viral video.*

[@drjavedkhan7702]

honour able lady is very righ right ✅️ lakin ya jo duffers, looters, grabbers and imperialists agents sa kaisay Jan chorain. Any solution in this regard pl ??

[@Hyderabadtv9090]

Bhai ajj Kal Pakistan may kafi podcast chal Rahai Hain Indian DNA Arab DNA Turk DNA. Is pr ek details may podcast kry south Asian kon hay Pakistanio Ka DNA Indian hay kya hum Indian national Hain ya Arab Turk.? Q Kay Pakistan Ka wajood to 1947 Ko aya???

[@AARTIPATEL-bq7bi]

Sawal cheen Jawab Japan

[@zamirfaisal]

You know!Confused you know !

[@kailashbhatt8427]

Had khan abdul ghaffarkhn been the PM in 1947, Pakistan as a state should have flourished for sure. He was in congress and not in jamat or muslim league note this.

[@msr7373]

Why would he be the PM of Pakistan when 1. He bitterly opposed the country and 2. His party wasn't the ruling party (he was in opposition while league was in power)

[@ranahammad4561]

میڈم کو مزید سننا چاہتے ہیں ہم

[@MohdYaseen-gq5eq]

گورے۔۔۔۔۔محترمہ کہو

[@ranahammad4561]

@MohdYaseen-gq5eq جی ہاں محترمہ

[@nitinsaklecha3262]

Donar ka word kyo use kar rahe the....jab aap ko return Dena he phir to ye loan ho gaya....😮😮

[@mohammaddavejani3985]

Education of the Nathan