{"id":26415,"date":"2026-08-06T17:27:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=26415"},"modified":"2026-08-06T17:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:30:11","slug":"pakistan-iran-agree-on-24-hour-border-operations-to-boost-trade-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=26415","title":{"rendered":"Current system to remain intact, govt to complete five-year term: Mohsin Naqvi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Results of performance review should be made public, says Naqvi<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Naqvi says stood by remarks that system &#8220;completely destroyed.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Naqvi says assessment will reveal which ministries are falling short.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LAHORE: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Wednesday that the existing system was not going anywhere and would complete its full constitutional term of five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to&nbsp;<em>Geo News<\/em>&nbsp;exclusively, Naqvi said he would advise Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to conduct a comprehensive performance review of all federal cabinet ministers, adding that the assessment should be carried out by a third party and its results placed before the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that the assessment would reveal which ministries were delivering and which were falling short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Responding to a question, the minister also said he was &#8220;grateful&#8221; to those who remarked that he had covered a 30-year political journey in just three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naqvi&#8217;s remarks at an event last week sparked speculation about a new governance system and the creation of new provinces after he said the existing system had collapsed and called for the establishment of new administrative units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The system we are living under has collapsed. Problems cannot be solved through it,&#8221; the minister had said, adding that the country would continue to face the same challenges over the next decade unless fundamental reforms were introduced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Talking to&nbsp;<em>Geo News<\/em>&nbsp;today, Naqvi said an independent assessment would clearly indicate the performance of each ministry. He also said his attendance at federal cabinet meetings stood at around 70%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Referring to his earlier remarks about governance, Naqvi said he still stood by his statement that the country&#8217;s system had been &#8220;completely destroyed,&#8221; clarifying that he was referring to the deterioration of the system over the past 80 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said if the system had functioned properly over the decades, Pakistan would have made far greater progress. Naqvi rejected the impression that he had issued a charge sheet against the government, saying he himself was part of the administration and would not indict his own government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The interior minister praised PM Shehbaz&#8217;s work ethic, saying the premier worked between 14 and 16 hours a day. He added that if the system improved, the country&#8217;s results would improve &#8220;a thousand-fold.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naqvi said the government had increased Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) revenue, won the war, and achieved diplomatic successes despite operating within a flawed system. He added that had the prime minister inherited a better system, the country would have progressed a hundred times faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commenting on speculation about differences with the premier, Naqvi said some people wished to see his relationship with PM Shehbaz deteriorate, but dismissed such notions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Govt&#8217;s response<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remarks also attracted response from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) federal ministers, with Defence Minister Khawaja Asif suggesting Naqvi to begin efforts to reform the country&#8217;s governance system from within the Interior Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defence minister also noted that Naqvi had occupied some of the country&#8217;s most powerful positions for the past 3.5 years and could have initiated reform efforts during that period. &#8220;Better late than never,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Sanaullah also criticised Naqvi&#8217;s remarks, saying those who had benefited from the existing system were now claiming it was no longer capable of functioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sanaullah said some individuals had achieved in three-and-a-half years what others took decades to accomplish, yet were now arguing that the system could no longer move forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He defended Pakistan&#8217;s parliamentary democratic framework and said concerns about the system should be debated through democratic institutions rather than used to undermine the parliamentary order.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Wednesday that the existing system was not going anywhere and would complete its full constitutional term of five years. 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