India has witnessed the Gen G movement. Now the young generation of Pakistan may also join the same kind of protest movement. Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi himself has warned the Shahbaz Sharif government, fearing that this will happen. Naqvi said this, citing the country’s increasingly fragile economic situation and administrative weakness.
While addressing the ‘First Economic Summit 2026’ in the capital Islamabad, the Pakistani interior minister spoke bluntly about the country’s economic slowdown. He said that Pakistan’s current governance model has fundamentally failed. He highlighted the gap between the ruling elite and the disillusioned younger generation, citing severe economic crisis, chronic inflation and widespread unemployment.
Referring to India’s recent Gen Z movement over the NEET question leak, Naqvi said, “We are not able to give the youth what they want.” He added, “You can call them youth, you can call them Arshola, you can call them whatever you want. But if these ‘Arshola’s’ unite, they can turn everything upside down.”
The Pakistani interior minister stressed that the ‘Gen G’ cannot be appeased by taking steps like distributing a few allowances, laptops or tablets. He added that the youth of the country are now demanding basic rights. Which include merit-based employment, institutional transparency, justice and equal economic opportunities. Needless to say, Naqvi’s comments amid unrest in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir have made the Shahbaz Sharif government very uncomfortable. Because Naqvi is also afraid that the Gen G may overthrow the government.