49:51: India raised non-tariff barriers after Pulwama. In fact, India had accorded Pakistan MFN status for years, but Pakistan never reciprocated. She is telling all sorts of problems but lying with a straight face herself. These blatant lies with its own public and international audience is Pakistan's one of the biggest problems.

Who in India ever (in the recent times) said that they are interested in a relationship with you guys ? If you can’t even the read the mind of your arch enemy, why do you even venture and dare to continue your hostile foreign policy ? It might be convenient for you to live in a lala land…but the rest of this world has their feet on the ground.

Why India will start dialogue with Pakistan , Madam? Show one logical point . Do you want trade on day time and cross border terrorism at night. Musharaf- Bajpayee situation doesn't exist anymore. What Pakistan can export to India? I wonder. India ignores Pakistan and gives no answer to what Pakistani leaders say.

India does not need Pakistan to have secure and prosperous INDIA. Please have safe borders with YOUR children in AFGHANISTAN and great IRAN.

Maleeha Lodhi owes her longevity in the foreign service to her closeness to the establishment. She has zero convictions and is a true opportunist and careerist who tilts whichever way the political winds are blowing.

Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi seems to have forgotten 1971 disaster that led to Bangladesh being created, when she applauds Pakistan's stellar achievements in safeguarding national interests ... !!

4:50 i think she means to say "india started calling pakistani deceit and started giving back in kind"

Isn't it she is same women who showed fake photo in UN assembly.That girl was from Gaza and she was showing that photo on the name of kashmir.Then our side burst her propaganda.What a diplomat😄😄😄😄

She lost me at 4:52 mark when she started talking about 'Hostile' India. Thankfully it came early so it saved my time :)

She is the lady who displayed photographs of Palestine in UN to show the attroricites in Jammu & Kashmir. A Brief Intro of this so called Paki Buearacrat. 😊

She is the one who show the palistne girl photo in un and lie about India 😮😮😮😮😮😮

This woman showed fake photo in un 😂😂😂

Maliha conveniently didn't talk about role of establishment reared so called non state organisations, thwarted overchurches made especially by Vajpayee and Modi.

The problem with people like Maleeha Lodhi etc is simple. They have been part of the establishment and therefore are responsible in part for Pakistan's present predicament. It's difficult to admit that they were wrong all their life. So all they do is mouth platitudes and cover up their mistakes. The solution they propose is to do more of the same, packaged differently. Brings to mind the saying of one definition of madness - to do the same thing repeatedly and expect different results.

Uzair somehow managed not to roll his eyes. Kudos

Pakistan cannot have normal relations with India on the basis of Goli & Gaali. The ambassador needs to get real. Pakistani politician and the army expect other countries to change their policies to suit Pakistan. It is not about win win. He thoughts are utopian.

Pakistan has still not learnt their lessons. Their ruling elites still call Indian regime hostile when the World has recognised it to be peaceful country which believes in good of all humanity. Nothing can be done about a state which is bent upon self destruction. I really pity the people of Pakistan who have been fed with hatred towards India all these years so that these so called elites remain in power and loot Pakistan and this is despite the fact that several years or centuries back their ancestors were all perhaps followers of sanatam dharma.

India had given MFN status to pakistan till 2019, Pakistan was not keen citing Kashmir, High tariffs from India is bull.

Dr Lodhi's term in the UN was so horrendous and likely caused more harm to Pakistan's account second to Kargil. She was thrown out from the UN and Pak Armed force is so frustrated from her unprofessionalism that she isn't landing any position in current government. Good luck Maleeha and work on your english and you might get some cash composing articles for Dawn. Indian government should rethink their plan for lateral entry into civil services.

you guys very educatively promote Good terrorism and bad terrorism its good if its against India but bad when it bites you at least be clear in your foreign policy and one for all define what terrorism is for pakistan then the world will decide what needs to be done

I am waiting to hear all that good work that’s happening. She is full of gas utopian mindset.

It is a big task to bring normalcy and finding right path to fallow . Basic thing is to change government policy on law and order and keep better relations with the neighboring countries .

Uzair you need to bring guests who are honest unbissed , do not carry baggage of Anti India hinduphobic mindset and dont indulge in playing victim card of islamophobia on their repeated blunders. This conversation was same as old pskistani diplomats do and we know all how their policies have brought pakistan to absolute isolation. Pakistan needs fresh thinking younger thought leaders !

She is trying to send message to their establishment talking like this..to give her a role in the near future when martial law would be introduced in 1-2 months. Saudi wants to rent Pakistan for their own food security. Also they want to push/outsource their environment degrading fossil fuels industries to Pakistan but ensure to extract the benefits from it. It will also tieback Pak to Saudi oil and permanently and perpetually get struck with high-priced oil delinking from market oriented pricing. Of course Saudis will be a lot more fairer than Chinese..they don't play dirty unlike China. The very SIFC is a short sighted approach. It's going to directly pit the resource rich regions in direct conflict with establishment unless a radical approach of inclusion and sharing of prosperity is adopted. But always your establishment cannot see beyond Punjab and a few key cities.. Unless you improve your infrastructure in terms of Railway, public transport etc you are not going to be able to bring some pride and appreciation from public about sincerety of the initiatives.

Pakistani definition of Problem analysis : a) Never go near to the truth b) Never even talk about the root cause c) Deceive self and try to deceive the whole world. d) Throw in few buzz words and few catch phrases to sound professional and knowledgeable. e) Not even acknowledge the fundamentals of a problem. f) Some how rationalise every wrong policy and wrong methodology and recommend more of the same and the new solution. A year 10 student in India could do a better problem analysis and problem solving then a seasoned diplomat of this pure land. Not at all surprised by the overall state of affairs in that failed state.

What about letting trade between India and Afghanistan via Pak.

India has “Restrictive trade policy” (ignore the MFN status given to Pak by India). India is the hostile border (ignore so many terrorist attacks / cross border infiltration that happens only one sided, the direction of which we know). Did not expect anything better from the lady who was flashing false pictures in UN claiming them to Kashmiri pallet gun victims..

What was illegal to abrogate the article 370 it’s our own territory and what we do there is none of anybody’s business

Isn't she the one who showed a photo of a girl from palestine as one from Kashmir? and got such a nose cut. she is some diplomat, alright!

Ms Lodhi was one of the early invitees to GHQ at the dawn of Musharraf's coup. An accomplished woman albeit with a suspect diplomatic pedigree, her stellar profile has not prevented her from persisting with non-committal responses to important questions on her own social media accounts and op-eds. This begs the question "is she still hopeful of yet another job as a reward for being politically correct?" An honourable thing would be to start speaking her mind without acting like one of Pavlov's salivating creatures anticipating a meagre reward. An interesting question for the next episode will be "What does she think of Hussain Haqqani?" P.S. I will vote for Maleeha Lodhi if she takes the moral high ground and sides with whatever/whoever she thinks is right.

Talking English is one thing and making sense is other. She is confused and such people are insult to intellectual..

Why should India want normal relation with Pakistan? Because normal means continution of terrorism, still hegemony of China in Pakistan and creation of nuisance in every international platform. So normalcy benefits only Pakistan. India has accepted Pakistan will always remain hostile towards India and are preparing according to that. We have decided to move on and engage with the broader world. There can be tactical arrangement between the two which benefits both. But on a broader sense I believe Indians have finally realised that Pakistan is a permanent hostile state (Pakistan will collapse without hostility towards India) so engage with the world keeping that in mind.

We have to go into the broader economy by increasing the productivity.

Nice

She has all eyes open on what modi is blocking to have a meaningful dialog.. But fully blind on her own govts. Awesome.

ye UN vali didi hai ?

How long before Maleeha Lodi is appointed as an Ambassador to some important country or organisation. One Pak Army's default action is to appoint Ms Lodi at some crucial world capital

Uzair is by far the most balanced, credible and objective anchors of Pakistan. He would make a great ambassador to India given his Gujarat connections. Suffice to say Maleha Lodi inspite of her modulated English has near Zero Credibility. Famous for her fake photos in the UN.

the only thing I remember her for is showing Palestinian victim as Kashmiri victim in the UN

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Only solution Wall. How high ?

Isn't this the same lady who held up a Palestinian girl's picture in UN assembly claiming to be a Kashmiri girl? 😄

If UN assembly passed this motion it will ease in many countries to reduce inflation considerably .

Investment for what what fo you work terror

I wish we could ask, What is the threat level with India and what can be the expected to worst scenario with India in next 18 months

If Pakistan bureaucracy is inefficient then Maliha was a part of them?

This double standards should not be accepted a collective voice must be promulgated in the UN general body meeting is due in 2023.

Is she the same lady who raised a false playcard at UNGA meeting about kashmir pellet gun issue?

Would love to watch a video on ExMualims also pls.!!

Madam has been part of the inner core of the establishment in every Government since Banazir's first tenure right uptill about 2020. Surely all these magical ideas / proposals should have been suggested & proposed whilst she sat in all those meetings. 😂

Someone tell that lady, beggars are not choosers. Jis mulk ek phone call par , ek billion $ ke liye apna sovereignty bech dete hai us mulk ka koyee policy hi nehi ho sakta.

This lady country captured our land. Pok and baltistan gilgit.

For someone with Ms. Lodhi's experience, intellect, and ring-side seat at any gathering of Pakistani (or even global!) elites, it is surprising that she played the diplomat. It's not that she is not insincere or that she lacks depth, Why then does not dig deep?! Why has she just talked at operational level and that which is obvious. Hearing her was like going through a news conf in which an envoy babbles for the optics of it. I'm sure she won't read this, but I fell for Uzair. (As someone said, he must have tried hard not to tear his hair... well, the brother has). While wading through the same old same old talking points of what ails Pakistan. The same superficialities, the same verbiage, the same thing about governance or the lack of continuity of it, the mentions of sleights from the east, the rubble on the west... Has she addressed stuff that is structural, that which is organic? She mentioned state a lot but hasn't addressed the fundamental problems, philosophical foundations, and that the elites have not settled on a cohesive, comprehensive position around which to rally the whole nation or even build a nation around. She has not even mentioned how fractured, even nascent, the very idea and formation is - how has the idea of Pakistan been cultivated, grown... before it can cherished?! It is dead on arrival and rotting now but she has no sight of it. What about the organic foundation of a perverse state run by the venn of interests amongst the army, judiciary, and maulvis. I was listening to a young man on a Lahore street (in KZfaq) who articulated this with such depth of insight and precision that I was astounded. Why couldn't Hon Lodhi articulate it?! She talks of all the dynamic (a word she dropped a lot) people - youth, innovators, entrepreneurs - but she does not address the education system - not just institutional or resource problems but the very organic foundation of it. In her mention of India, she talked of India's aggression and Modi's aggression and India's unwillingness to talk, her illegal annexation of Kashmir. Is that the truth? Even if she were talking about the present? Right when she was at the helm, things happened that should not and could not have been India's doing. She was already in the power and influence circuit when the TTP and the Taliban and the Mujahideen targeted Afghanistan and also India at another time. Nary a thought of that! Surely, she knows India's position (right or wrong, honest or duplicitous) on why they don't want to talk with Pakistan or them asking, "WHO do we talk with?". But she avoids that because she perhaps assumes that the audience will readily accept the India bogeyman. (I doubt it because, imo, the audience of young, exposed, thinking Pakistanis that are Uzair's audience can catch this in a whiff). Why such disingenuous dribble then? Personally, I suspect it's because the older Pakistani elites particularly those that have skin in the game cannot come clean in public. There are several Pakistani intellectuals with the depth and integrity but they are neither popular nor have the megaphone. (It's sad to see the Hoodbhoys, Muzammil Shahs... being discounted and even hounded). Or perhaps they don't have the sophistication or nous of Ms. Lodhi. (I'm not for a second saying Uzair is purposely not bringing them in. He is indeed!). There are some elites that are plain duplicitous and misdirected. Some are just cognizant but just liars; they also lie to themselves! And this is the malaise of Pakistan - the lying to oneself. When they are able to get over this, it will be a different country with all its potential unlocked. And the hyper-religiosity will be killed and the grip of the myopic maulvis and self-serving army will be eased. All that said, thanks to Uzair for bringing Ms. Lodhi on. We need to hear opinions from all directions and sections. I personally am open to some army and maulvi hefts coming to explain their positions. Hold them to it! And I believe that Uzair can do a wonderful job. He has a quiet but articulate presence and he is respectful as probing. He's able to extract thoughts from his guests and let's them talk. I hope this does not come off as flattery, it is not! When I listen to him, I'm reminded of another great interviewer I listen to often on NPR in the USA - Terri Gross. Keep on, Uzair, and thank you! [Please pardon this long and unedited ramble].

She said have out of difficult situations and become better, Lady are you kidding me?

Wide ranging holistic reforms... Wow! Kya angrezi hai. Bus bolti raho angrezi, sab thik ho jayega.

Dyed Hair,

She seems bitter that she wasn't part of the caretaker government. Maybe she was angling for foreign minister

Useless discussion 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Sugar coated words…. Nothing to give anybody in the world 🌎 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I was thinking when the hell will she speak some data or a policy change to transform her words in action. Sab Pakistanis sab janta karta aata thela bhar nahi.

Maleeha Lodhi is a hawk on India. She contradicts herself: she wants a long term policy for her country but not on India...

all these beuracrats should be held accountable for Pakistans failure..like a truth and reconciliation commision

She repeated same points that everyone knows.

Ye wahi thi na jisne PALESTINEIAN girl poster ko Kashmiri Girl bataya tha UNGA me .... 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

Maleha is a pawn of Army just exactly as Mushaal Malik is pawn of ISI.both faces r bold & beautiful with respect to chatukarita to Boots.

Best advice u cant do trade when ur economy is weak ,thats y pakistan have signed a fta with china ,hatts of to a journalist turn into a economic expert

Loved the statement " Pakistan is the over diagnosed state"

Annexed? Pakistan is the invader and the aggressor in Kashmir! Right off the bat, the lady told us how this conversation is going to go. Unfortunate. It takes 2 to tango, yes. The lady ignores the real problem, doesn’t she? The problem is that, history tells us, while we do the tango, Pak army/ISI blows up the orchestra. Tango done. Time and time again. The cycle had to be broken. (The “non-state actors” bit is bullshit. They fed those snakes and supported them for decades.)

Her article is not worth of reading. I read some

Cash influxes should be done accordingly as the necessary.

Madam may be knowing it is Pakistan not interested in negotiations. Present ranting cannot overcome past recalcitrant attitude of Pakistan

Ah Maleeha Lodhi! Needs no introduction. Famous in UN circles in New York as the one of ‘reverse cowboy’ preferences! Wink wink!

Tell me what hostile environment India has created?

I read her article in dawn her writing is not impressive

As an Indian, not interested in Pakistan. Neither want Indian Government to engage with Pakistan anyway.🙏🙏

she has no solution just dreams.. ""become self reliant and make economy better"". just political speech no material

Still 😂 doing kashmir nautanki. 🇮🇳 says get lost

She was part of same elite establishment! Enjoyed the luxuries and pretending as though she's an outsider

Pakistan is Stripper (Chamiya) of world 😂 They dance for them whoever throws money on them 😂

PAKISTAN REAL PROBLEM - elite , solution - elite secrifice , who gave this solution ? elite , every elite member says to other elite should sacrifice . are bahen tum bhi ellite ho apne she kyo sharuat nahi karte

India is biggest secular democracy in this universe.

Broader economy reduce taxes.

Pakistan me ek word bada famous hai, Security & that's the Army agenda.And Pawn like Mallaha is their face on foreign Soil, but she is too clever by half.

Nice , losers are being promoted as Winners.

Pakistan's economic problems are symptoms of its geopolitical problems. Pakistanis will never prosper until they fight for independence from Pakistani Generals and the Anglo-$axons and switch sides in the Great Game. 200 years ago 5,000 British soldiers along with 12,000 sepoys crossed the Indus River and entered Afghanistan and carried out regime change by overthrowing King Dost Khan of Afghanistan in an unprovoked act of aggression. The British Empire feared King Dost Khan may form diplomatic relations with the Czar of Russia to help Afghanistan restore its lost empire in the Indus valley. The Royal Grand Indus Army that owns, occupies and ru(i)ns Pakistan maintains Britain's imperial legacy and enforces British foreign policy in Afghanistan and Indus valley for a fistful of $$$. The Great Game or Ghazwa-e-Rus.

OMG.. she is the one who showcased picture of girl from Palestine and described her as Kashmiri😮😮😮😮 Cheap

The host is much more clever than the diplomat. Should have questioned her a bit more aggressively!!!

Although in my opinion her undertone of animosity towards India is a bit unfounded, I hold Dr. Lodhi’s narratives in high regard. And Uzair being one of my favorite economic analysts from the subcontinent, this was really an insightful discourse.

26:40 In Paxtan only Maleeha Lodhi has power of IMAGINATION she's the one who told lie imagining world would chearup for her & put hard sanction on India.. 😂😂😂 Lodhi Parcham Payindabad

She is a liar.... She hoisted a Palestinian girls picture claiming it to be of kashmiri girl..... 😮

Vacounness galore. This conversation led nowhere. Pal could do muc better.

She is the same shameless lady who was caught red handed by UN members when she was showing fake picture of Kashmiri in UN assembly.

Excellent discussion! Maleha Lodhi is one of the best diplomats who have done excellent work in the foreign services of Pakistan. I really appreciate her effort and hard work. No doubt, she is my role model.

What a waste of time

Sorry dear Uzair, Maliha Lodhi sounds very shallow and lacks conviction. Intellectual hypocrisy was on full display. Please get people who have a vision and see Pakistan’s future clearly.

Maliha spews some same worn down rhetoric in fancy terms. Neither has any insights or solutions, other than the blame game. I think she ia trying hard to get into good books of the establishment.

Ye UN wali ....tiya hai na😂😂😂

What is Pakistan, nothing once India has started ignoring Pakistan. It is just 1st over in 50 over odi.

Ye whi hai na jo UN me fake image se india ke khilaf false propaganda kr rhi thi😂😂 look at your diplomatic level😂😂 keep going land of jihadi

Maleeha Lodhi uses picture of Gaza(Palestine) women and lying that its from kashmir at the stage of UN , what can expect from her other than lie