in pakistan. first of all i don't think it's happening to any degree which would be sort of you know which would not be happening in any other country so it is happening now i didn't see the. what i'm saying it's said to some degree some degree it happens probably in germany as well you know so so would you say that the husband is taking place in german thing i've seen the evolution of media in pakistan for many many years now right. i see how free the media in pakistan is you know and very interesting only by the way this freedom started where it started doing the due date of a military general it was actually mature of who gave this all these independent journals that took part in a coup we don't have much time certainly the events of t.v.'s we don't have much time but then just to wrap up would you say that pakistan can look forward to a free and fair election and that european union election observers in pakistan and the rest of the world in general can expect a fair transition to democracy in

in pakistan. first of all i don't think it's happening to any degree which would be sort of you know which would not be happening in any of the country so it is happening now i didn't see the. what i'm saying is it's hard to some degree some degree it happens probably in germany as well you know so so would you say that the husband is taking place in german thing i've seen the evolution of media in pakistan for many many years now right. i see how free to media in pakistan is you know and very interesting only by the way this freedom started where it started doing the due date of a military general it was short of who gave this all these independent channels that were took part in a coup we don't have much time certainly the divots of t.v. is very don't have much time but then you just to wrap up would you say that pakistan can look forward to a free and fair election and that european union election observers in pakistan and the rest of the world in general can expect a fair transition to democra

also coming up pakistan deploys troops to polling stations on the eve of national elections but will they protect or intimidate them after a bitter campaign pakistan's military is accused of trying to influence the election and of attacking press freedom we'll go live to islamabad. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program greece has declared a state of emergency as wildfires fanned by strong winds raced through residential areas around the capital athens the official death toll has risen to at least seventy four with almost two hundred injured the government has declared three days of national mourning and asked the european union for system. there are the worst wildfires greece has seen in a decade the flames moved quickly and took many by surprise. in coastal towns people fled into the sea for safety hours after being rescued the shark is still visible on their faces. what can i say. it's over there alive. if the cause of the flames were chasing us all the way to the water was like going to our backs and we dive into the sea. for others the fire moved too fast and in the seaside town

in pakistan. first of all i don't think it's happening to any degree which would be sort of you know which would not be happening in any of the countries so it is happening now i didn't see the. what i'm saying it's said to some degree some degree it happens probably in germany as well you know so so would you say that the husband is taking place in germany thing i've seen the evolution of media in pakistan for many many years now right. i see how free the media in pakistan is you know and very interesting only by the way this freedom started where it started doing the due date of a military general it was actually mature of who gave this all these independent journals that were took part in a coup we don't have much time certainly the events of t.v.'s there we don't have much time but then just to wrap up here would you say that pakistan can look forward to a free and fair election and that european union election observers in pakistan and the rest of the world in general can expect a fair transi

plus, is this a turning point for pakistan? khan goes from cricket hero to in waiting in a contentious election. my conversation with a member of khan's party and hussein hakani, the former ambassador to the united states. welcome to the program, everyone. truth and lies separate democracies from dictatorships. in the land of the free press, the home of the first amendment, a war between the executive and the fourth ex-estate. the white house barred her from a major rose garden event on wednesday for presuming to do her job, the very routine tradition of asking the president questions during an oval office photo op. journalists stood as one. fox news said they are in strong solidarity with cnn, calling for a free and unfettered press. the white house wants the coverage feddered and has done since the first days of this administration. >> this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period. both in person and around the globe. >> shaun spicer our press secretary gave alternative facts to that. >> cnn is fake ne

cuts pakistan off. this has been the dance ever since colin powell went to musharaf right after 9/11. >> you're right. i'm not expecting to see any change in the near to medium term in u.s./pakistan relations, any breaking out of that dynamic you just described. the united states is pursuing a policy and a strategy in afghanistan that makes the united states dependent on some level of cooperation with pakistan. there's no solution to the problems in afghanistan, no enduring stability in afghanistan without some degree of cooperation with pakistan. >> husain, what does this mean for pakistan? so many of the countries are moving, in some way, look at malaysia, moving away from authoritarianism. in some cases the military is even more dominant. where does this go? >> it has a very fixed notion of what pakistan's interest is. pakistan must see india as the eternal enemy. pakistan must have a dominant role in afghanistan and pakistan must be the center of the universe as far as that region is concerned. that

well pakistan's. interest law is to work with us in the most time because when we found us our national parks and the hits that has been put up after two thousand and one particularly nine eleven and biz have before that due to sanctions must come down to eleven two countries should have a better way to get lation ship as well as in bronze objections were concerned he's made to the issue of with drone strikes that the more happened after pakistan conducted a total operation it was the sonne and of the tribe believe yes so that's off the table the other issue is the situation in afghanistan and talks with instead of. united states just recently could. and the talks have also continued you know in enough despite all the terrorist attacks going on us has shown he had a willingness and supports to pakistan and afghanistan to continue the process of political dialogue with taliban these are the two basic positive signals signs that lead pakistan and. and america towards and peaceful settlement off their wh

obviously the militants have their effect on pakistan. but pakistan is not a militant state. i think pakistan is like everybody else in the world. we would like to be free and if i can stand up, however small, or however defectively, for that freedom, i feel i am only doing my duty and i try and put that forward as much as possible. hameed haroon, it has been a pleasure to have you on a hardtalk. thank you very much indeed. thanks you, steve. hello. with temperatures as high as 31 celsius, sunday was another hot day across eastern areas of england throughout the weekend, with scenes like this, it was england and wales that had the lion's share of the sunshine and warmth. sunday brought some useful rain to of parts of northern ireland scotland and eastern scotland held on to some sunny spells. this is the weather system that brought some rain to northern ireland and parts of scotland, it's moving southwards in the next 2a hours and behind it, it's introducing a somewhat cooler but more noticeably fresher feel to weather. into north—west scotland and northern ireland as monda

in pakistan. first of all i don't think it's happening to any degree which would be sort of you know which would not be happening in any other country so it is happening now i didn't sit. what i'm saying it's said to some degree i saw some degree it happens probably in germany as well you know so so would you say that the husband is taking place in german thing i've seen the evolution of media in pakistan for many many years now right. i see how free to media in pakistan is you know and very interesting only by the way this freedom started where it started doing the due date of a military general it was actually much sort of who gave this all these independent journals that took part in a coup we don't have much time so unfortunately the events of t.v.'s we don't have much time but then just to wrap up would you say that pakistan can look forward to a free and fair election and that european union election observers in pakistan and the rest of the world in general can expect a fair transition to d

there isa happening in pakistan today. there is a real security problem in pakistan. we just sort yet again in pesce why suicide blast which killed a senior politician. again close to the run—up to the election —— pashawar. we have the army and the politician saying they could be targeted and other politicians named as potential targets. the army has a duty to the people of your country to secure the country first and foremost. is it not a real possibility that the kinds of things you are saying anti— inflammatory language you are using is undermining the ability of the military to meet that duty?” undermining the ability of the military to meet that duty? i think let me say first of all that i have tremendous admiration for the steps taken to curb the militancy over the yea rs by taken to curb the militancy over the years by army but that admiration does not extend to misconceived policy of trying to intimidate the media and of trying to prevent newspapers and television from getting information a cross for an election. i think... my getting information a c

you were in pakistan recently traveling to the country's interiors. from those i interactions you've had with ordinary pakistanis, how do you see the vote? >> i see thihis as a slow motion revolution t taking place. imran khan embodies that revolution, promising to change the lives of the people for the first time in pakistan's history. his emphasis is on lack of corruption, fair play, education for all, health issues, trying to control the rampant violence taking place and pakistan, so these are huge issuess facing ordinary pakistanis, and he is putting pressure on the rich and corrupt that t he will literally go after them so that their day was over. none of this has been heard or seen by the people of pakistan, and above all, he is saying, "i will be the example." he is saying "i will lead." that is very characteristic of him. >> says he have the mandadate to do so?o? that final count is still awaited, but how stable will a government led by imran khan be if you does not have the majority n numbers you can >> that is a a great questioion. i think h

in pakistan. first of all i don't think it's happening to any degree which would be sort of you know which would not be happening in any other country so it is happening now i didn't see the. what i'm saying it's said to some degree some degree it happens probably in germany as well you know so so would you say that the husband is taking place in german thing i've seen the evolution of media in pakistan for many many years now right. i see how free to media in pakistan is you know and very interesting only by the way this freedom started where it started doing the due date of a military general it was actually mature of who gave this all these independent channels that took part in a coup we don't have much time certainly the events of t.v.'s there we don't have much time but then just to wrap up would you say that pakistan can look forward to a free and fair election and that european union election observers in pakistan and the rest of the world in general can expect a fair transition to democra

live from berlin it's official iran khan has one pocket sponsor general election he's promising a new pakistan but first a former cricket star will have to seek out allies to form a coalition government also coming up together again but the trauma of the past three months is still fresh we need a father and son who've been reunited by u.s. authorities for hundreds of other children in maine and u.s. custody despite a deadline to reunite all families having how. will you be one of the lucky ones to catch sight of this the longest total lunar eclipse of the twenty first century it begins tonight and will feature a blood moon find out what's behind the spectacular astronomical love that. i'm swimming so much on the good to have you with us in pakistan the official results are in and they show the former cricket star imran khan has won the country's election despite a sizable lead khans party is short of an outright majority meaning he will have to seek out allies to form a coalition government the charismatic politician has promised to create a new pakistan and wipe out corruption but his victori

news line from counting the votes in pakistan after a violent election campaign it'll be only the second civilian transfer of power in the country seventy one year history voting in most areas was peaceful but at deadly suicide bombing casts a shadow over the day we'll bring you the latest from islamabad also on the program that if you almost love this story must not overwhelm us. because it is now time to fight to stand together the bright. greece's prime minister process consoles a grieving nation after wildfires kill at least eighty people rescue workers are not going door to door searching for survivors from. time to emergency supplies down to right for people made homeless by the collapse of a dam in laos at least nineteen people known to have died. i'm phil gail welcome to the program vote counting has begun in pakistan's tense violent parliamentary elections results are not expected for several hours but the leading passes are said to be neck and neck the campaign so hundreds of people killed in suicide bombings and attacks at rallies and attack today in the city of quests that to

a new pakistan is actually more like old pakistan israeli forces have reopened the gates of the hour like so mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem after closing them for several hours on friday. the soldiers stormed the compound firing tear gas and stun grenades palestinians protesters are being stopped from going into one of islam's holiest sites i'm sure simmons has been outside some mosque. this is one of the main approaches to the al aqsa mosque compound and it was closed along with four others a five hour standoff with the security forces in which they actually surrounded this entire area with barricades and when they were lifted this was the scene right here so many protesters who've been praying outside the mosque here to protest also and try to get past the coltons being manned by the israeli police it was a negotiated end to what had been a very tense atmosphere inside the compound there had been an attack as it was described by the custodian is all of this mosque complex that's wax on behalf of the jordanians they said it had been an invasion by the israeli security fo

it's a very tenuous position province on the border with pakistan. as in the islamic states aligned groups fight with the taliban fight with the governments and international military forces it's a province where the mother of all bombs was dropped last year a province where just a few months ago our colleagues at save the children in eastern afghanistan where unfortunately attacks it's really a unsafe situation right now we also say that in our own studies and research which rates released earlier in this year and generally pointed out of those hundreds and thousands of people that come back in two thousand and sixteen many of them had been forced to flee again or leave their homes because of insecurity or because they haven't found a basic services available to them and so really there's not a solution here just yet we really hope that the government of pakistan remains patients and that the incest community can support refugee staying in pakistan who have been very on the whole generous host over for decades. hosting of sting afghan refugees but n

tell me how you felt pakistan plan. as working particularly the emphasis on education and also in women's participation in politics pakistani citizens have very much respected image of scottland and especially. because like they are they are like getting now well educated so so they are much more focusing on their education and that's why there are certain opportunities for the pakistani you to get benefit from the amazing education of scottish institutions women empowerment was not the thirty year ago and now we see in every sphere of life in pakistan you had a woman prime minister before scotland yes we have the woman speaker of the nation somebody the first a woman speaker of the countries at the same time i must share my parliament experiences. just like in two thousand and seventeen eighteen we have twenty percent women parliamentarian and the country voted fifty percent of the parliament of business so their choice how serious they are and. pakistan has gone some very good problem unless nation as well but that do

around khan about the main issues facing pakistan. it is. the biggest crisis financial crisis never was this such a fiscal deficit never was this such a huge trade deficit and never would be institutions in such a bad state as they are in august the way forward is immediate reformation of the state institutions of regulators for the financial regulators the corruption ward watchdog. we need peace stability we need good relations and we certainly do need good relationship with the u.s. . u.s. is a superpower cannot be ignored unfortunately our relationship has been very one sided in the past the relationship has been whether you were us as used as a hired gun so we are paid to do their work you know to to fight their war the u.s. . has looked upon pakistan as an ally at one point and then as an enemy had the same tone so it's the only time in history i can recall where an ally keeps bombing its ally i mean the drawings we're bombing killing pakistani pakistani people causing damage and pakistan territory it's never happened i don't kno

obviously the militants have their effect on pakistan. but pakistan is not a militant state. i think pakistan is like everybody else in the world. we would like to be free and if i can stand up, however small, or however defectively, for that freedom, i feel i am only doing my duty and i try and put that forward as much as possible. hameed haroon, it has been a pleasure to have you on a hardtalk. thank you very much indeed. thanks you, steve. hello there. monday was a day of contrast for the weather here in the uk. we had the searing heat in the east and temperatures pushed 32 degrees celsius at gravesend in kent. but for further north and west, for many areas, it was a fresher day. we had a weather front across us. and this is how it looked in north yorkshire through the afternoon. now, that weather front is cold, it's been pushing its thundery rain eastwards and northwards through the night and because it's called a cold weather front, you guessed it, it is introducing cooler air so we will notice a fresher feel to the weather into tuesday except for the far south and east,

it's a very tenuous position province on the border with pakistan. as seen in the islamic states aligned groups fight with the taliban fight with the governments and international military forces it's a province where the mother of all bombs was dropped last year a province where just a few months ago our colleagues at save the children in eastern afghanistan were unfortunately attacks it's really a unsafe situation right now we also say that in our own studies and research which rates released earlier in this year and generally pointed out of those hundreds and thousands of people that come back in two thousand and sixteen many of them had been forced to flee again or leave their homes because of insecurity or because they haven't found a basic services available to them really there's not a solution here just yet we really hope that the government of pakistan remains patients and that the incest community can support refugee staying in pakistan who have been very on the whole generous host over for decades. hosting sting afghan refugees but now rea

unfortunately some of these organizations in pakistan. partial sometimes but every day why would they let me take another look which i would say passion the military the role of the military there's a huge perception within independent press in pakistan as well as outside that the army is playing a critical role in this election and some even say it is actually making sure that its favorite candidate in the run can a stock cricketer. a cricket star and now a politician is trying to in full and show that he comes to power are afraid those reports as well but let me tell you something. you know on the day of the election they'll be one hundred million people watching and these three hundred thousand military that you mentioned will be there just to ensure that and this is up in the previous elections as well by the way you know there's a coup. if you threats in pakistan there debbie those bomb attacks and everything we cannot have election in a climate of fear so they will ensure that it does not have so if we would have things that they ca

in pakistan. first of all i don't think it's happening to any degree which would be sort of you know which would not be happening in any of the countries or it is happening now i didn't set . what i'm saying it's that to some degree i say some degree it happens probably in germany as well you know so so would you say that has meant is taking place in german thing i've seen the evolution of media in pakistan for many many years now right. i see how freedom media in pakistan is you know and very interesting only by the way this freedom started where it started doing the due date of a military general it was actually musharraf who gave this all these independent channels that took part in a coup we don't have much time certainly the events of t.v.'s we don't have much time but then just to wrap up would you say that pakistan can look forward to a free and fair election and that european union election observers in pakistan and the rest of the world in general can expect a fair transition to democracy

here is r pakistan correspondent. reporter: crowds gathered outside imran khan's home on the outskirts of islamabad, hoping for a glimpse of the man set to become pakistan's new prime minister. >> we can bring real reforms, and we think that he is the only one who can take pakistanar foin the right direction. reporter: from inside his home, ioran khan addressed the n pakistanis across the country watched him promise of affairer -- a fairer and more equal society. mr. khan: we will run pakistan in a way has never been run before, provide the kind ot governance ihas ever had. reporter: khan became a star as an international cricketer. in britain, he was known for his good looks and playboy lifestyle. in 1995 hearried and later divorced a british socialite. he developed a keen interest in in charitable causes, one he shared with his friend princess diana. after entering politics 22 years o, he initially struggled. but in recent years his anticorruption message energized young voters. he has, however, faced accusations th

it's a very tenuous position province on the border with pakistan. as in the islamic states aligned groups fight with the taliban fight with the governments and international military forces it's a province where the mother of all bombs was dropped last year a province where just a few months ago our colleagues at save the children in eastern afghanistan were unfortunately attacks it's really a unsafe situation right now we also say that in our own studies and research which rates released earlier in this year and generally pointed out of those hundreds and thousands of people that come back in two thousand and sixteen many of them had been forced to flee again or leave their homes because of insecurity or because they hadn't found a basic services available to them and so really there's not a solution here just yet we really hope that the government of pakistan remains patients and that the incest community can support refugee staying in pakistan who have been very on the whole generous host over for decades. hosting of sting afghan refugees but now

hello there and welcome to the program i'm laura kyle tens of millions of voters in pakistan will head to the polls this week to choose a new government is going to mulch a few weeks for the country of nearly two hundred million people earlier this month anticorruption court four found former prime minister now wash away fealty of corruption his posse is one of several contesting this election if it all goes according to plan it would be just the second time there's been a peaceful transfer of power from one civilian government to another now pakistan has swung between civilian and military rules its independence from britain in one nine hundred forty seven the run up to this vote has been marked by political tension and attacks that have killed more than a hundred and fifty people the government has deployed hundreds of thousands of soldiers to monitor and god polling stations let's take a look at some of the main candidates in this election. running with the not was faction of the pakistan muslim league now he's the brother of the former prime minister nawaz sharif who was recently f

tell me how you felt pakistan plan. as working particularly the emphasis on education and also in women's participation in politics the pakistani citizens have very much respected image of scottland and especially. because like the r. and b. they are like getting now well educated or so they are much more focusing on their education and that's why there are certain opportunities for the pakistani you to get benefit from the amazing education of scottish institutions women empowerment was not the thirty year ago and we see in every sphere of life in pakistan you had a woman prime minister before scotland yes we have the woman speaker of the nation somebody the first ever woman speaker of the countries at the same time i must share my parliament experiences. just like in two thousand and seventeen eighteen we have twenty percent of women parliamentary and their country voted fifty percent of the parliament to business so their choice how serious they are and and in pakistan has gone some very good problem unless nation as

there's also substantial support for spec is-- pakistan-- bad elements in packs-- pakistan. you have a tough job. the only tougher job would be to come to our districts and explain why we have not destroyed the poppy fields because afghanistan is a battlefield, but so are the towns and cities of the country, many of our neighborhoods. i yield back. >> we go to mr. chris smith of new jersey. >> thank you, mr. chairman. investor wells, thank you for your leadership and for your sober but cautiously austin-- optimistic take on the prospect of peace. the way forward is through obstacles and you know it better than anyone. thank you for giving us that insight. exhilarating first taste of what peace might look like. that he can offers more encouragement that this can happen. i would like to ask you, if i could, concerning the intent of the taliban leadership, taliban as we all know within the last few hours attacked a base, a afghan base and killed 30 afghan soldiers according to reuters. perhaps, eight or more were wounded and there's always a concern that a hostile power will us

i think the results in elections in pakistan are almost a lwa ys in elections in pakistan are almost always contested, what you think is going to happen to the other parties? as you mention, at results have always been contested. the last ones were contested by imran khan and we saw him to actually destabilise the last government are a series of protest over the last number of years. we haven't yet seen what the opposition proposes. imran try to reach out to them yesterday, he said he will be happy to investigate any of their claims. —— trade. —— tried. let's see if he holds to that promise and let's eat it political opposition pursues this. while many people have complained about elections in pakistan, eventually they have had with the result. this doesn't sound like sour grapes, this time there are very series allegations being made. yes, there area number of allegations being made. yes, there are a number of this allegation being made, like the human rights commission in pakistan, they were why sperry —— widespread reports of not being able to express themselves freely

pakistan plan. as working particularly the emphasis on education and also in women's participation in politics the books on the citizens have very much respected image of scottland and especially. because like they are they are like getting now well educated so so they are much more focusing on their education and that's why there are certain opportunities for the pakistani you all to get benefit from the amazing education of scottish institutions women empowerment was not the thirty year ago and now we see women in every sphere of life in pakistan you had a woman prime minister before scotland yes we have the woman speaker of the nation somebody the first ever woman speaker of the countries at the same time i must share my parliament experiences just like in two thousand and seventeen eighteen we have twenty percent women parliamentarian and their country voted fifty percent of the parliament of business so their choice how serious they are and and in pakistan has gone some very good problem unless

pakistan plan. as working particularly the emphasis on education and also in women's participation in politics pakistani citizens have very much respected image of scottland and especially. because like they are they are like getting now well educated so so they are much more focusing on their education and that there are certain opportunities for the pakistani you'll to get benefit from the amazing education of scottish institutions women and power was not the thirty year ago and we see women in every sphere of life in pakistan you had a woman prime minister before scotland yes we have the woman speaker of the nation somebody the first ever woman speaker of the countries at the same time i must share my parliament experiences just like in two thousand and seventeen eighteen we have twenty percent of women parliamentary and their country voted fifty percent of the parliament of business so their choice how serious they are and and in pakistan has gone some very good problem unless nation as well but

but i am making the sacrifice for the future of pakistan. so join me walk with me join hands with me and change the direction of this country. pakistan's army has denied middling to tip the scales in favor of national security conservative imran khan and his p.t.i. party. its pledge to ensure a fair and free election on july twenty fifth. after a meeting with british prime minister theresa may in england us president donald trump has retreated to his private golf resort in scotland to wrap up his four day visit to the u.k. scots are taking to the streets for a second day to protest trump's visit with crowds gathering in edinburgh are also about antitrust demonstrations in glasgow and in the small town of turnberry trump is spending the weekend at a hotel he owns trump has tweeted he plans to hold more meetings there but right now he's playing some golf. did have you a correspondent barbara van zyl has been covering trump's visit for us from london she told us earlier that it's likely donald trump will rough or ruffle yet more feathers this w

the multitude of fatah which is the tribal adjusted to pakistan in between afghanistan and pakistan which was a semi independent since the inception of pakistan now that tribal area has been merged into heaven. and this is a big decision it's a big change and by the beginning. maybe but what i'm saying is just three stories a stable government which is the stable government discovered which is in line with the other stakeholders in pakistan found structure. nabi if it was desirable and maybe. change on a better plan for adults ok well we'll see what happens when we come back to you for some more analysis as and when we can hear from him we can take you now to live pictures of where we expect imran khan to speak from his home in the pakistani carpet capital islamabad he is expected to make a statement to the press and we will be going live to that event when it happens here on al-jazeera also must funerals are being held for some of the two hundred forty victims of coordinated iceland in the syrian government old southern city of al so way to the attack on wednesday involved multiple suici

strain to pakistan is to pakistan ism frozen. we will see if munizae jahangir -- it looks like we will have to leave that question, but we will continue to cover the pakistan elections. is a pakistanir writer and journalists and hosts a political talk show on one of pakistan's leading networks. she is the daughter of pakistan's leading human rights lawyer who died earlier this angir.asma jahn she is on the board of the asma jahangir foundation and a council member of the human rights commission of pakistan. this is democracy now!. when we come back, we go to yemen with jane ferguson. stay with us. ♪ [music break] y: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. spend the rest of the hour in yemenwhere houthi ader abdul mal al-hout has indicated that the rebels are prepared to hand over the crucial port of hodeidah to the united nations if the u.s.-backed saudi-led coalition halts military operations there. last month, tens of thousands of civilians fled hodeidah, when coalition forces launched an all-out o

cuts pakistan off. this has been the dance ever since colin powell went to musharraf right after 9/11. >> you're right. i'm not expecting to see any change in the near to medium term in u.s./pakistan relations, any breaking out of that dynamic you just described. the united states is pursuing a policy and a strategy in afghanistan that makes the united states dependent on some level of cooperation with pakistan. there's no solution to the problems in afghanistan, no enduring stability in afghanistan without some degree of cooperation with pakistan. >> husain, what does this mean for pakistan? so many of the countries are moving, in some way, look at malaysia, moving away from authoritarianism. in some cases the military is even more dominant. where does this go? >> it has a very fixed notion of what pakistan's interest is. pakistan must see india as the eternal enemy. pakistan must have a dominant role in afghanistan and pakistan must be the center of the universe as far as that region is concerned. tha

here is our pakistan correspondent. reporter: crowds gathered outside imran khan's home on the outskirts of islamabad, hoping for a glime of the man set to become pakistan's new prime minister. >> we can bring real reforms, and we think that he ithe only one who can take pakistan forward in the right direction. frreporter inside his home, imran khan addressed the nation. pakistanis across the country watched him promise of affairer -- a fairer and more equal society. mr. khan: we will run pakistan in a way has never been run before, providvethe kind of rnance it has ever had. reporter: khan became a star as an international cri. in britain, he was known for his good looks and playboy lifestyle. atin 1995 he married and l divorced a british socialite. he developed a keen interest in in charitable causes, one he shared with his friend princess diana. after entering politics 22 years ago, he initially struggled. but in recent years his anticorruption message energized young voters. he has, however, faced accusations that p

news live from berlin tensions run high in pakistan as a gears up for a controversial election for pakistan's disgraced former prime minister is arrested he says he'll challenge the ten year jail term for action in iraq surely it's detention comes just hours after a massive suicide attack at a political rally one of the deadliest in pakistan's history. also on the show protests greet the u.s. president in scotland as he wraps up his controversial u.k. visit donald trump is spending the weekend at his private golf resort for his highly anticipated meeting with russia's vladimir who turned. out that history is made eritrea's president held his country's new found peace with neighboring ethiopia after the two leaders declared the quote state of war is over where he has been having a field here for the first time since the few countries border war started sure decades ago. i'm irish waiter thanks for joining us pakistan's disgraced former prime minister now vasari has been arrested shortly after returning to lahore from london but he says he will challenge his ten year jail term for corruption th

critics say that he's backed by pakistan's military often referred to as the country's deep state the military holds considerable influence and has ruled on and off for decades. comes main rival shahbaz sharif and the well established pakistan muslim league are mired in a different kind of controversy. corruption. his better known brother now as sharif three times prime minister is now in jail after returning to pakistan to face corruption charges political dynasties count for a lot this is dorie age twenty nine pakistan's third prominent candidate he's the face of a new generation of the bhutto dynasty campaigning for his family's pakistan people's party on an anti-poverty ticket. bill well isn't likely to become prime minister but he could play a future role pakistan has had only one successful peaceful civilian transfer of power in its seventy one year history whoever wins the country is united in its hope that next week's elections will be its second. now with much of europe sweltering under high temperatures even regions in the arctic circle are feeling the heat sweden is struggl

tens of millions of voters in pakistan will head to the polls this week to choose a new government it's been a tumultuous few weeks for the country of nearly two hundred million people earlier this month and to corruption court for found former prime minister nawaz sharif guilty of corruption his posse is one of several contesting this election if it all goes according to plan it would be just the second time there's been a peaceful transfer of power from one civilian government to another now pakistan has swung between civilian and military rules its independence from britain in one nine hundred forty seven the run up to bis vote has been marked by political tension and attacks that have killed more than one hundred and fifty people the government has deployed hundreds of thousands of soldiers to monitor and god polling stations let's take a look at some of the main candidates in this election. running with the not was faction of the pakistan muslim league now he's the brother of the former prime minister nawaz sharif who was recently found guilty of corruption but adare is on the paki

pakistan isa he would like to. —— it is. pakistan is a very volatile, complex country on the one thing that has attracted people to imran khan is his idealism and his optimism that things can be done differently, that you can take these big reforms and bring about dramatic transformations in the country. but i do think that he will eventually have two scale back his ambitions. imran khan and his party have never held national power before, so i think they will learn that once you are in the halls of power, so that once you are in the halls of power, so to speak, what you say out on the campaign trail and what you say that plays well to public opinion when you on the outside, it does not work when you're actually in the government, trying to get these things done. he faces a bunch of challenges, forming a coalition in the first place, running a minority government, then as he himself is says, the economy, corruption, seeking a balanced relationship with the united states. first of all though, of course, the other major partie

against the wall yet so pakistan you know has taken in a great number of afghan refugees obviously more than anyone else and you're saying that it has not received the international support that it needed to do so this to say that let me come back to you because you were actually an afghan refugee in pakistan so what was your experience of that but also of returning to afghanistan and did you have the support you needed when you returned. thank you well i lived in pakistan as a refugee camp for about fourteen years and i grew up there i had my primary and secondary schooling there. we lived in a mad house and in a difficult situation but we thought that how life was we didn't know how difficult life our situation was that now we knew we were in difficult but at the time we thought that was the normal life for everyone the time we were returning after the fall of taliban in two thousand and three. we fought in pakistan but we are taking a very difficult decision and we are going to a place specially for me but i had never been before to kabul so when we came in the beginning it was a bit

strain to pakistan is to pakistan ism frozen. we will see if munizae jahangir -- it looks like w we will haveo leave that question, but we will continue to cover the pakistan elections.s. is a pakistanir writer and journalists and hosts a political talk show on one of pakistan's leading networks. she is the daughter of pakistan's leading human rights lawyer who died earlier this angir.asma jahn she is on the board of the asma jahangir foundation and a council member of the human rights commissioion of pakistan. this is democracy now!. when we come back, we go to yemen with jane ferguson. stay with us. ♪ [music break] y: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. spend t the rest of the hour inemen, where houthi leader abdulalik al-hohi has indicated that the rebels are preparared to handnd over the crucial portrt of hodeidah to te united nations if the u.s.-backed saudi-led coalition halts military operations s the. last mononth, tetens of thousanf civilians fled hodeidah, when coalition forces launched

pakistan's well being are most editing of it's a larger issue. so much to talk about there's that bomb attack that i mentioned right at the beginning of the introduction how much this violet's this campaign in this election so if we compare it to the previous election twenty thirteen at the time by this i was going to a very difficult phase there was just a lot of terrorism all over pakistan and there was a very concerted effort to fight it this time overall if you look at pakistan's security situation it has improved this time the attacks were actually targeting specific people at specific parties so in fact i was talking to one of our correspondents on the ground and he said that because of the terror attacks both the ones that happened before the election that one of them killed what approximately one hundred fifty people and then yesterday's attack killed about thirty people both happening in baluchistan so it affected the number of people who came out to vote it affected voter turnout but overall interesting me the parties that were actually

the second is the minority and pakistan. i wrote my first book on the minority in pakistan. example,a problem, for is the election being fair with this community? they are not able to vote because they are classified as non-muslim, but they regard themselves as muslim. so is this election fair? i don't think so. at the same time you have the -- of a sharpie -- anchor: how much did he have to compromise to get this position in 2018? guest: i think he had to compromise. he has to compromise with the pakistani establishment. you have to compromise with other religious leaders. you need to understand as well that there's 122 parties who ordered everything to be in the process. there's a lot of the party who are extremist groups. this is very alarming for us. you have extremist parties in the course of the election, and the external commission validated this party. but when you are the electoral commission of pakistan, what happens. it is the judicial in the forefront in the first .nstance anchor: you test on some of the challenges. pakistan is essentially voting for a democracy,

they have some love for they have somebody suspect for pakistan they should not try to manipulate. july twenty fifth election because if this election will become controversial then every nobody will gain anything every pakistani going to be a loser so i can only appeal all the people all the institutions that let's. make a good friend and try to make a transparent and free and fair election on july twenty fifth i feel telling them so many problems. and i'm telling you i'm warning them. it's hard to say i think that we're going to have a long argument century there is not going to be any one party with an absolute majority and there's going to need to be a need for a very fractious and perhaps extended negotiation to cobble together a coalition which could take a very long time and i think that you know that brings to mind you know there to speak some very interesting powerbrokers such as are dari from the p.p.p. even would be in a position to try to negotiate in ways to bring their party into the fold somehow it's going to be a very interesting week indeed ok many things to put as

a new pakistan is actually more like old pakistan for those who is watching this from outside there is a sense at least or a perception that the military the pakistani establishment as it is has a suspicion of the public and citizens' rights to exercise votes that it doesn't trust them to be able to act in an appropriate fashion as far as imran khan is concerned what kind of fine line is he going to have to be able to walk to be able to convince the military and the establishment that he is the right man for the job done that should keep him in there and at the same time try to be seen to deliver something for the people of pakistan. it is going to be an almost impossible task. it's an ally sharif was the military's guy in the one nine hundred eighty s. in the one nine hundred ninety s. and early two thousand and. two walked a fine balance where he would support the military's policies and crush me initially even on india and afghanistan and on the other hand tried to deliver at home saw economic growth in punjab punjab did really well under him but sooner or later he realized that

translation: we will run pakistan in a way it has never been run before. we'll provide the kind of governance it has never had. khan first became a star as an international cricketer. in britain, he was known for his good looks and playboy lifestyle. in 1995, he married, then later divorced british socialite, jemima goldsmith. he developed a keen interest in charitable causes, one he shared with his friend, princess diana. after entering politics 22 years ago, he initially struggled but in recent years, his anti—corruption message has energised young voters. he has, however, faced accusations that pakistan's powerful military has been working behind the scenes to bring him to power. his political rivals have rejected the results of the vote. we are all united tomorrow in islamabad and we will be giving our strategy to the people of the country from a united political front, and we will spell out our concerns over these historic rigged elections in pakistan. khan's party, though, dismissed those claims. for his supporters, imran khan represents a break wi

pakistan's well being are most editing it's a larger issue. so much to talk about there's that bomb attack that i mentioned right at the beginning of the introduction how much this violence characterized his campaign in this election so if we compare it to the previous election twenty thirteen at the time by this i was going to a very difficult phase there was just a lot of terrorism all over pakistan and there was a very concerted effort to fight it this time overall if you look at pakistan's security situation it has improved this time the attacks were actually targeting specific people specific parties so in fact i was talking to one of our correspondents on the ground and he said that because of the terror attacks both the ones that happened before the election that one of them killed what approximately one hundred fifty people and then yesterday's attack killed about thirty people both happening in baluchistan so it affected the number of people who came out to vote it affected voter turnout but overall in trusting me the parties that wer

allies, including pakistan. the trump administration has put the focus of their agenda in the region on a free and open and the pacific while withholding billions of dollars in security assistance to pakistan. where does a relationship stand with the u.s.? for more, we welcome the pakistan ambassador to the u.s., ali jehangir siddiqui, who is joining us from washington. have you had conversations with the white house recently on military aid for pakistan? amb. siddiqui: thank you very much. have not had specific conversations on military aid. but we have had a series of aboutsations corporations. as you may know, pakistan's relationship with the u.s. is 70 years old. we have had a very close relationship. pakistan is a major non-nato ally. in that light, we have a big agenda that we and the u.s. are working on together which is to achieve peace. we have had a series of discussions around that. both countries are committed to finding a solution as well as the afghan government. finally, we have had discussions ar

lock down on the streets of lahore pakistan had to play. thousands of security forces as former prime minister now of sheriff's plane arrived sheriff's backers say the country's powerful military is colluding with the judiciary to damage his political party ahead of elections. they're prepared to confront authorities if challenged. i am ready to give the last drop of my blood. i am ready to face jail i'm ready to die let them do whatever police and their police want to do we are here to face that we will not turn back. while in office sharif had been critical of the military's involvement in civilian affairs he'd served three times as pakistan's prime minister and was widely viewed as a political survivor. but last year the country's supreme court barred him from office over graft charges this year the same court banned him from politics for life sharif is gambling that turning himself in will galvanize support for his beleaguered party. but i am making the sacrifice for the future of pakistan. so join me walk with me join hands with me and

the funds will go towards pakistan's infrastructure into the china pakistan economic corridor or the project as part of beijing's plans to create a new silk road trade route. a key factor is access to the indian ocean for china that means pakistani ports beijing plans to invest around sixty billion dollars building roads and railways modernizing power plants and stablish ng special economic zones the deep sea port of water at one end of the economic corrido is now on a forty year lease to china the details on the precise terms of the project remain unknown what is clear is that china will benefit from the new shorter maritime routes to africa western asia and europe pakistan is hoping the investments will translate into new jobs and economic growth while those dividends may take time to materialise each new installment from china does mean new financial obligations and there are fears in some quarters that pakistan could in the long term be undermining its own sovereignty. and corporate news now facebook is setting up a subsidiary in china internet giant finally obtained a license to