people left in pakistan. they are left in pakistan with the remnants of the soviet afghan or trained militants, drug matthews, arms smuggling and religious zealots. even if she was only half right when she says that doesn't that mean that what's gone before and what may come in the future? because im ranken as a here today, gone to more a politician. doesn't that mean that this document they've now come up with has to be a living document? it will have to change because in a year or 2 or 10, the 3 of us could be having another conversation, robbie, or about the new prime minister, or the new president or the new military who's taken over? absolutely, peter. but before i answer this question, i like to say that the threads focused on faces pertaining to the apartment b. my share, some is not just of the see thread when the indian defense minister comes out and you know, talks about changing the in a few shadows and taking over ages k by force. there is some reality to it. so it's not all in the head. it's not

the instability in pakistan would be in their interest, but whitening of pakistan or destroying pakistan is not in the interest of india any of the countries unbiased on the waters. so 1st of all, we need to look into, you know, some, we need to do some soul searching. and when we are saying this is the 1st to ever the national security policy, i would like to see that kind of, you know, critical thinking in such policies that yes, these, what are your hours? we need to review our policies are our thinking out when say our strategy a, my colleague phillip league here analysis, she is right by august on can not afford. it was about the sun can not afford consultation. we need to reduce our defense expenses. we knew to bring in all the structural changes to our defense and security forces in this document base. they talk about cyber war. they talk about electronic while they're talk about, you know, hybrid watt. and they want to allocate more, you know, resources to do those new areas of defense. but at the same time, they want to keep the traditional spending. so if in this national secur

the instability in pakistan would be in their interest, but whitening of pakistan are destroyed. pakistan is not in the interest of india any of the countries on pakistan, waters. so 1st of all, we need to look into, you know, some, we need to do some soul searching. and when we are saying this is the 1st to ever the national security policy, i would like to see that kind of, you know, critical thinking in such policies that yes, these, what are your hours? we need to review our policies. are our thinking out wayne say our strategy a my colleague phillip league here and alyssa, she is right by august on can not afford. if it was about your son cannot afford consultation. we need to reduce our defense expenses. we knew to bring in all the structural changes to our defense and security forces in this document base. they talk about cyber war. they talk about electronic while they're talk about, you know, hybrid want and they want to allocate more, you know, resources to do those new areas of defense. but at the same time, they want to keep the traditional spending. so if in this national sec

the nomination of ambassador for pakistan, for 20 years the us pakistan relationship has been viewed through the lens of the war in afghanistan. pakistan has and should continue to play a key role in mitigating the fallout from this administration's catastrophic withdrawal from afghanistan, humanitarian assistance, human rights or counterterrorism it is clear the end of us missouri involvement in afghanistan does not signal the end of american interests there. however we are presented with a rare opportunity to reframe us pakistan relationship not necessarily focused on afghanistan. our relationships with india around competition with china we must do so on the balance of power with all players in south-central asia forward hearing your thoughts on the nature of us pakistan relationship moving forward. with that, thank you. >> i will turn to our nominees now and ask you to summarize your statement in five minutes. your full statement will be included for the record and we start with ambassador donald blome. >> chairman menendez the ranking member rich, honorable members of this can b

commercial interests in pakistan and encourage pakistan to promote more transparent investments in sustainable financing with a focus on the environment till and social impacts of investment projects. pakistan is a partner in the covid-19 pandemic. in may of 2020, pakistan donated 100,000 face masks, 25,000 protective suits to the u.s. to safeguard the health care workers in the early stages of the pandemic. united states donated to pakistan 26.7 million doses of the pfizer and moderna vaccine's, as well as 200 ventilators. on climate, pakistan has signed onto the global methane pledge, announced a moratorium on new qualified power generation, and renewables provide 60% of energy generation by 2030. it is if women get 10 billion treeplanting campaign. -- it is implementing a 10 billion treeplanting campaign. i will never shy away from human rights on pakistan. religious minorities have long faced discrimination, including accusations of blasphemy. these accusations have undermined the rule of law, threatened more rule been deeply damaged pakistan's international reputation and led to many deat

it is bad for pakistan. probably pakistan would come in for less -- we have been blamed. it is a very different situation. it should not be forgotten we hosted 3.5 million afghan refugees, which was the largest that time in the world. you asked me recently what pakistan has done. we organized an extraordinary meeting of the foreign ministers of the islamic cooperation. united states, european union, united nations, russia, china were all invited. secretary blinken complemented pakistan for holding the conference. we have been providing aid. we have done as much as we could. even though we have not had the best of relations with india, but they offered to help transport. i hope this means we will get through to afghanistan. pakistan is doing the best it can. as far as the regional efforts are consent, apart from the organization of islamic conference, we have asked opec countries. i'm very happy. the timing today is three days after the oslo conference, in which the united states and many european countries. seven officials were chosen. [indiscernible] this is a very posit

the instability in pakistan would be in their interest, but whitening of pakistan are destroyed. pakistan is not in the interest of india any of the countries unbiased on the waters. so 1st of all, we need to look into, you know, some, we need to do some soul searching. and when we are saying this is the 1st to ever the national security policy, i would like to see that kind of, you know, critical thinking in such policies that yes, these, what are your, are we need to review? our policies are our thinking or why and say, and our strategy a my colleague phillip league here analysis. she is right by august on can not afford. if it was about your son cannot afford consultation. we need to reduce our defense expenses. we knew to bring in all the structural changes to our defense and security forces in this document base. they talk about cyber war. they talk about electronic while they're talk about, you know, hybrid war. and they want to allocate more, you know, resources to do those new areas of defense. but at the same time, they want to keep the traditional spending. so if in this nationa

it is bad for pakistan. probably pakistan would come in for less -- we have been blamed. it is a very different situation. it should not be forgotten we hosted 3.5 million afghan refugees, which was the largest that time in the world. you asked me recently what pakistan has done. we organized an extraordinary meeting of the foreign ministers of the islamic cooperation. united states, european union, united nations, russia, china were all invited. secretary blinken complemented pakistan for holding the conference. we have been providing aid. we have done as much as we could. even though we have not had the best of relations with india, but they offered to help transport. i hope this means we will get through to afghanistan. pakistan is doing the best it can. as far as the regional efforts are consent, apart from the organization of islamic conference, we have asked opec countries. i'm very happy. the timing today is three days after the oslo conference, in which the united states and many european countries. seven officials were chosen. [indiscernible] this is a very posit

general, for pakistan, women, courtrooms in pakistan at highly male dominated and masculine and pakistan if a country when it comes to interaction of men and women, it's a very segregated society, imagine how difficult it is for a woman in a courtroom to talk about sexual harassment, or talk about domestic violence to a court court or courtroom, full of men. and i read some interviews of female judges of law courts, and they said that they have a thin woman who would come to them and showed their marks of domestic violence, which they would never do it to a me a judge. so i think it's so important to have not only female and women judges in the courts, but also women lawyers and other stuff. and a lot of women don't pursue gifts because of this alien environment they have to face in the courtrooms. granddaughter, in the larger question of a woman's role in pakistani society for instance, are they expected to have a career and excel professionally? so there are some remarkable women who have done exceptionally well indeed a good yes, but they are minority. but if any society expects from

general, for pakistan berman courtrooms in pakistan, i'd highly male dominated and masculine and pakistan if a country when it comes to interaction of men and women, it's a very segregated society, imagine how difficult it is for a woman in a courtroom to talk about sexual harassment, or talk about domestic violence to a court court or courtroom, full of men. and i read some interviews of female judges of law courts, and they said that they have a senior woman who would come to them and showed their marks of domestic violence, which they would never do it to a me a judge. so i think it's so important to have not only female and women judges in the courts, but also of women lawyers and other stuff. and a lot of women don't pursue gifts because of this alien environment they have to face in the courtrooms or in that room. the larger question of a woman's role in pakistani society, for instance, are they expected to have a career and excel professionally? so there are some remarkable women who have done exceptionally well in that a good yes, but they are minority, back if any society expects

one job in pakistan. the rice has been harvested and is now being taken to be mill. $3600000.00 tons of rice will be shipped around the world this year. 20 percent of it basmati rice. but the pakistan is have a problem with their neighbor. india wired on a by a barbara to a debate indian buyers in dubai. muskrat and saudi arabia purchase rise from us and sell it under their own brand names here. model house is li, been doing that for a long time ago. but adam giovanni, or lucky will they buy large amounts from us, and then they put it in their own brand packaging. sometimes they even do the filling in packaging here in pakistan to open the relevant basmati, rice from pakistan sold as a product made in india than anger as people here. the rise exporters association of pakistan has taken the indian competition to court because the case is ongoing. they declined our request for an interview, but the pakistani se branding isn't the only problem. far mother alba see when farmers and pakistan want to start plan

one job in pakistan, the rice has been harvested and is now being taken to be mill. $3600000.00 tons of rice will be shipped around the world this year. 20 percent of it basmati rice. but the pakistan is have a problem with their neighbor, india wired on a by a barbara to a debate indian buyers in dubai. muskrat and saudi arabia purchase rise from us and sell it under their own brand names here. model homes li, been doing that for a long time ago. but adam giovanni, or lucky will they buy large amounts from us, and then they put it in their own brand packaging that sometimes they even do the filling in packaging here in pakistan to open the ram. basmati rice from pakistan sold as a product made in india than anger as people hear the rise exporters association of pakistan has taken the indian competition to court because the case is ongoing. they declined our request for an interview, but the pakistani se branding isn't the only problem. far, mother alba see when farmers and pakistan want to start planting seeds for basmati rice and they face a shortage of seeds on the market. and pri

this factory also only sells its rice within pakistan. it lacks the financial resources to export the rice directly. so middle men sell it in india or the gulf states. so most customers will never realize this balance. marty comes from pakistan, hemoglobin lucky those. obviously pakistani basmati is the best rice in the world while it's significantly better than indian rice in terms of quality, aroma, and cooking though, basically borders. so we have a problem when the indians sell it under their name issue out in july, we are expecting that is we hope i solve this problem soon, wasn't a good leader in germany. this battle has already been fought and won in court. so now this vinegar maker can compete with the italians on a level playing field. he up in hunger, we'll get gun slomo for retailers where we are on regular store shelves and for customers. if we're not caught, balsamic o, the no one will buy out of it. so that's why we've decided on the new label. german artist, balsamic. cultural ex. bye saw me cool whether it's german vinegar

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in pakistan, inflation is making life less and less affordable. many pakistan is say, the government is to blame and powering up, we'll look at the rise of electric scooters on page history. this is due to be a business on robots in berlin. welcome to the program. a rao over the e. use energy future. the european commission wants member states to accept its plan, to lay with some nuclear and natural gas projects as sustainable investments. it would open them up to billions of yours and potential funding. but the very concept of nuclear energy as green is one that has the use split. currently, actually about half of these 27 countries operate nuclear power plants. germany is actually one of them, but it's switching off the last ones. this.

to talk perhaps first about how he sees pakistan's role and the allegation that pakistan has been playing a double game with its partners from the coalition, and also, its potential role as a regional partner with other countries whether it's iran, russia, china, india, or countries from the arabian peninsula, to do something in afghanistan so it's not the u.s. alone. so, i'm going to ask them to join the conversation at this point. i think you need to unmute yourself. thank you. >> can you hear me now? >> yes, we can, thank you. >> okay. sorry for wasting your time. i'm not very good at these things. my grandchildren make fun of me, but anyway, i think all of our grandchildren make fun of us. but coming to pakistan, that you use that word, i'm not going to skip that, we've been that neighborhood for 40 years. we have a medium sized country and a developing country. the soviet union and then the united states. and we have as our neighbor india, with india, i think we've had four wars, and in 1998, and i know the international community is aware of human rights violations there. but they h

pakistan sold as a product made in india than anger. if people hear the rice exporters association of pakistan has taken the indian competition to court because the case is ongoing, they declined our request for an interview. but the pakistani se branding isn't the only problem. far mother alba see when farmers and pakistan want to start planting seeds for basmati rice and they face a shortage of seeds on the market. and prices go up. how you got. i'm out there. the how my boss is to like emotionally need, i guess i will, school widely before harvesting. we have to spray fertilizer in past designs. yours who could buy you? good ronnie, father, money, america computed that we don't have enough of the proper machinery itself. so 10 to 15 percent of the problem is lost during harvest. oberlin drive, gonna pit haskin gun near was, may be how many of us would not need a deal and even more is lost during drying, husking and processing or sunday bornea. and just because we don't have the newer technology goal. oh wow, believe it or i'm all the

and this makes it unique, but pakistan will ready faces serious environmental problems. and climate change will create even more challenges. meaning the active is community a happy to see a younger generation, take up the fight for their future. and they've actually inspired their wagner hate to account though big leaders who are supposed to be making the decisions which are needed to combat climate change. so i have a lot of faith and i have a lot of hope for this young generation that because you see it is thereby which is going to be spoiled if nothing is done for them. as a mom gets older, her mission is clear to keep spreading the message and keep making a difference. and that's it for today. and this week, as i read is more on our website, d, deborah dot com, forward slash asia. and you can, of course, also follow us on facebook and twitter into your back here on monday. see of them for by every day, for us and for our planet. global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities greener? how can we protect animals and their habitats? wha

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imagine analyses in pakistan. a battle for one of last necessities plays out under the cover of darkness. what was his done put on his, on my mind that i'm them that i'm but i'm war by me. he was in the countries biggest city, karachi, the tops are running dry with water in short supply. a black marcus is thriving. i'm poorly at it. okay, the name of the up it. oh it. or do it with i like, you know, as authority struggle to deal with climate change, heat waves and broken infrastructure. millions of dollars worth of water is being stolen and sold to people who can pay a premium or going by the mafia you already. ah, we're not either one or one aisd meet the water thieves of karachi and reveals how climate change is leading pocket dawn dry. ah, karachi pakistan's largest city with a population of 20000000 is brought to a standstill. ah, as the fee heat waves strikes the southern port city in june 2015, with temperatures as high as $45.00 degrees celsius. unaware and unprepared, around 1500 people across karachi pari

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many pakistan is say, the government is to blame. and powering up, we'll look at the rise of electric scooters on pages street. this is due to be a business on robots in berlin. welcome to the program. a rao over the e. use energy future. the european commission wants member states to accept its plan, to label some nuclear and natural gas projects as sustainable investments. it would open them up to billions of yours and potential funding. but the very concept of nuclear energy as green is one that has the e u. split currently actually about half of these $27.00 countries operate nuclear power plants. germany is actually one of them but it's switching off the last ones .

as green investments are exposed a split among member states and pakistan inflation is making life less and less affordable. many pakistan is say, the government is to blame and powering up, we'll look at the rise of electric scooters on asia street. this is due to be a business on robots in berlin. welcome to the program. a rao over the e. use energy future. the european commission wants member states to accept its plan, to label some nuclear and natural gas projects as sustainable investments. it would open them up to billions of yours and potential funding. but the very concept of nuclear energy as green is one that has the e u. split currently, actually about half of these $27.00 countries operate nuclear power plants. germany is actually one of them, but it's switching off the last ones this year they've been unpopular here for decades. however, some of the members see nuclear power has very much the future. the international atomic energy agency says new nuclear plants are plant and all of these countries that you can see here labeled in orange, they include finland, poland, and t

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and in pakistan, a 10 year old guy uses eco friendly dawes to drive home the message of climate change to happier ah, i'm british manager, welcome to the dublin news asia. glad you could join us. taiwan is the only territory in asia where same sex couples can legally married, but they can't register together as parents of a child they aren't biologically related to. only one among these parents is allowed to, but there is a day of hope. a court in taiwan has for the 1st time allowed to men who aren't biologically related to a child to register as her parents. activists to hoping this will soon become the norm, rather than the exception in taiwan. row now has to non biological fathers with full legal rights. a 1st for taiwan, while chem, way and change a rule adopted her when she was a 5 month old baby. was the decision on as, as of the mom always, or how many people questioned our ability to raise a girl. oh, you're so awesome, female friends. so if they know how to raise boys all and i have no idea either by those is july. the parenthood is a learning process for everyone that we both

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many pakistan is say, the government is to blame. and powering up, we'll look at the rise of electric scooters on asia street. this is due to be a business on robots in berlin. welcome to the program. a rao over the e. use energy future. the european commission wants member states to accept its plan, to lay with some nuclear and natural gas projects as sustainable investments. it would open them up to billions of yours and potential funding. but the very concept of nuclear energy as green is one that has the use split. currently, actually about half of these 27 countries operate nuclear power plants. germany is actually one of them, but it's switching off the last ones this year. they've been unpopular here for decades. however, some of the members see nuclear power has very much the future. the international atomic energy agency says new nuclear plants are plant. and all of these countries that you can see here labeled in orange, they include finland, poland, and the biggest nuclear advocate of all france, from their arena. straus r

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label nuclear as natural gas plants as green investments are exposed a split among member states in pakistan, inflation is making life less and less affordable. many pakistan is to say the government is to blame and powering up, we'll look at the rise of electric scooters on asia street. this is deed of your business on robots in berlin. welcome to the program. around over the e use energy future. the european commission wants member states to accept its plan, to lay with some nuclear and natural gas projects as sustainable investments. it would open them up to billions of yours and potential funding. but the very concept of nuclear energy as green is one that has the e u split. currently, ashley, about half of these 27 countries operate nuclear power plants. germany is actually one of them, but it switching off the last ones this year, they've been unpopular here for decades. however, some of the members see nuclear power has very much the future. the international atomic energy agency says new nuclear plants, a plant. and all of these countries that you can see here labeled in orange, they

>> i visited iran in december just before christmas and actually i was in pakistan also in september when i went to afghanistan. this is of course because for my organization work with afghan refugees and the vast majority are in these two countries is a priority. this is our core mandate. and here to flag an important point. there's a lot of focus on the current crisis in afghanistan but let's not forget that these two countries have posted afghan refugees for more than 40 years. and in recent years it has become very difficult to mobilize the resources they need to fulfill this international responsibility of postingafghan refugees . my visit where my recent visits were also to assess whether we see an increase in the number of afghans crossing into the neighboring countries. and we have not seen a very big massive outflow as we saw in different period's of recent afghan history. although we haveseen people moving into these two countries . during my visit to iran, the government is estimating actually a rather large movement into iran. they estimate that this could be up to 500,00

rishaad: inflation also in pakistan. the central bank holding interest rates steady for the first time in four meetings. they are watching the effects of previous increases on what has been the fastest inflation rate in asia. the central bank delivering some 275 basis points of increases since september. joining us exclusively is the governor of the state bank of pakistan. thank you for joining us. let's frame the debate on what you are seeing, you decided to hang pat, and what you do next. >> good morning and thank you for having me. at our policy meeting yesterday, there were three key points that the committee discussed. the first was in the previous meeting, we had raised interest rates by 100 basis points and that indicated a pause. so there was no action taking at this meeting. the second key point, compared to the december meeting and the meeting yesterday, the committee saw moderation in both the outlook for inflation as well as growth. on inflation, we project inflation to be in the range of 9% to 11%. we have m

k-pop fans from across pakistan are deeply connected by i pakistan are deeply connected by social media. they celebrate the birthdays of the stars, they make friends on twitter and look out for each other. most fans do not understand the korean language, but sofia says that the language of music is universal. now it's been 100 years since the bbc launched, with its mission to inform, educate and entertain the world. the queen's coronation and the moon landing were both moments when people gathered around the tv to witness history in the making. zoe conway has been taking a look back at some of the events which shaped british television. when bbc tv launched in 1936, music theatre star adele dixon sang about television's magic rays of light. the studio crew can be forgiven for not looking very excited. tvs were so expensive, only 100 people in britain had one. even higher—ups within the bbc thought it would never catch on. the bbc didn't particularly want to make television and they were quite happy with radio, thank you very much. and lord reith, who was running the bbc, absolutely ab

with more, here's our pakistan correspondent secunder kermani. hitman gohir khan captured on cctv in rotterdam buying the knife he planned on using to kill his victim, but khan never found his target. instead, he was arrested on return to london. police found messages on khan's phone with a middleman named as �*mudz�*. he offered khan, who was heavily in debt, £100,000 for the killing. khan replied, "let's get cracking". this is the man he planned to murder — a pakistani activist critical of the country's army. he doesn't want his face shown. five years ago, he was tortured by suspected members of pakistan's intelligence services. now, he believes they are behind this plot to kill him. this trial was taking place in the uk. what's your message to the british government? pakistani officials wouldn't comment on the case. prime minister imran khan and the military insist there's no clampdown on critics, but human rights groups disagree. over the past few years, i've been reporting on how journalists and activists inside pakistan have faced an

and this point applies, certainly, also to iran and pakistan. i'm glad that some of the countries that have been involved in afghanistan for many years, as you said, have put forward offers to take more of those refugees as a consequence of what has recently happened. the question is more complex about people that are inside afghanistan because this is what happened in august. there was a lot of direct evacuation out of the country. mostly of people who had links with those countries. mostly in a bilateral fashion. but that is much more complicated now because now the if there are particularly complex cases inside the country that deserve to be considered for, you know, traveling outside and being resettled to third country this is will have to be looked at on a case-by-case basis but it's not going to be simple. missy: i think i can squeeze in one final question. i think our listeners and viewers would be interested to hear a little more about the challenges and opportunity, potentially, that your teams working on the ground across afghanistan

she moved back to pakistan in june 2002. in march 2003, the fbi issued seeking the information alert. they said they did not have any evidence connecting her or her ex-husband, who also had -- seeking information alert issued for him, did not have any evidence connecting either of them to terrorism but they were wanted for questioning. what we do know happened several news organizations, including nbc nightly news, newsweek, the indian express published articles that said she had been taken in for questioning. and then all of a sudden, within a few days, that was walked back. what we do know is from march 2003 until july 2008, dr. aafia siddiqui's location was never confirmed. she was mentioned both by the nyu law center for human rights and global justice in 2005 state and were about unknown, detainees in the war on terror report that she was potentially in u.s. detention and may be held in u.s. controlled secret location or foreign facility. then she was again mentioned in the 2006 international report. we also have 4 -- w

with more, here's our pakistan correspondent, secunder kermani. hitman gohir khan captured on cctv in rotterdam buying the knife he planned on using to kill his victim, but khan never found his target. instead he was arrested on return to london. police found messages on khan's phone with a middleman named as mudz. he offered khan, who was heavily in debt, £100,000 for the killing. khan replied, "let's get cracking." this is the man he planned to murder, a pakistani activist critical of the country's army. he doesn't want his face shown. five years ago he was tortured by suspected members of pakistan's intelligence services. now he believes they are behind this plot to kill him. this trial was taking place in the uk. what's your message to the british government? pakistani officials wouldn't comment on the case. prime minister imran khan and the military insist there's no clampdown on critics. but human rights groups disagree. over the past few years i've been reporting on howjournalists and activists inside pakistan have faced an intensifying ca

many pakistan is to say the government is to blame and powering up, we'll look at the rise of electric scooters on asia street. this is need of your business on robots in berlin. welcome to the program. around over the e use energy future. the european commission wants member states to accept its plan, to label some nuclear and natural gas projects as sustainable investments. it would open them up to billions of yours and potential funding. but the very concept of nuclear energy as green is one that has the e u. split currently, ashley, about half of these $27.00 countries operate nuclear power plants. germany is actually one of them, but it's switching off the last ones this year they've been unpopular here for decades. however, some of the members see nuclear power has very much the future. the international atomic energy agency says new nuclear plants are plant in all of these countries that you can see here, labeled in orange. they include finland, poland, and the biggest nuclear advocate of all france, from their arena. straus reports all the data who, cushy mouth, a nuclear disas

on this man's uniform. >> on his shoulder. >> that is the flag of pakistan. that is clue number one. clue number two, if we type in the words pakistan phone destruction on youtube, you find this video posted december 29, saying that pakistani customs officials will destroy bottles of liquor -- similar to the scene posted on instagram. they were claiming that the taliban was destroying phones in afghanistan. here we have a mystery solved, this video is actually pakistani police destroying hundreds of contraband merchandise, taking place on december 29 as reported in local news. it reads off of december 30, the customs enforcement in karachi organized a ceremony on wednesday for the destruction of smuggled and contraband goods. overall, to summarize, this was a huge contraband operation that took place in afghanistan on december 29. >> in pakistan? >> right. >> this is where the details come in, we want to clarify what is and not allowed in afghanistan under the taliban. >> as you said is very important to clarify what is allowed and what is not under this tali

with more, here's our pakistan correspondent, secunder kermani. hitman gohir khan captured on cctv in rotterdam buying the knife he planned on using to kill his victim, but khan never found his target. instead he was arrested on return to london. police found messages on khan's phone with a middleman named as mudz. he offered khan, who was heavily in debt, £100,000 for the killing. khan replied, "let's get cracking." this is the man he planned to murder, a pakistani activist critical of the country's army. he doesn't want his face shown. five years ago he was tortured by suspected members of pakistan's intelligence services. now he believes they are behind this plot to kill him. this trial was taking place in the uk. what's your message to the british government? pakistani officials wouldn't comment on the case. prime minister imran khan and the military insist there's no clampdown on critics. but human rights groups disagree. over the past few years i've been reporting on howjournalists and activists inside pakistan have faced an intensifying ca

these turkish series have an especially big fan base in pakistan . resurrection air to rule about the founding of the ottoman empire in the 13th century is showing here in this cafe dubbed into order. oh, possibly no. love l. a minute. ah, oh, it's common for whole families together to watch the turkish series together. this is her tv. sure. that details how that was mon dynasty, one of the greatest honesty in history was formed and a, these type of slummy historical t v shows are getting a lot of popularity in pakistan. mostly because of we lack this type of content here. are the will q important montez your letter is and i want my kids to watch the show is because of one character in particular cold. even robbie, who is a spiritual advisor at a bigger ah, would just a chair that he can see conveys the message of islam. so my 10 year old daughter can understand at some just that he has said to be exact by using easy language. got our head but bought easy language. but not everybody is such a fan. some critics claim that in these t v dramas, history is being falsified for political pu

dan hoffman, served in moscow, iraq and pakistan and fox news contributor. dan, i mean, care austin in their event that they held two months ago, they said, quote, dr. aafia is mother of 3, hold ph.d from brandeis university and serving unjust 86-year sentence for a crime she did not commit. is it possible that this crime the synagogue was inspired by the global campaign to free her? >> it's certainly possible that he was inspired by that part of the campaign and also remember that isis and al-qaeda have sought to make prisoner exchange where they would offer u.s. citizens whom they were detaining and planning to torture and kill and in return for saddiqui's release. the facts are irrefutable. the fbi put her on most wanted list in 2004. when she was arrested in afghanistan in 2008 as we mentioned, she had plans for mass casualty attacks in new york at the empire state, at the brooklyn bridge. she was sentenced to 86 years in prison for very good reason. the concern about her is her scientific know-how, links and ties to al-qaeda and her deep knowledge of th

and turkish series and not only popular in pakistan which is largely muslim. but also in sheila, which is mainly catholic isabel rodriguez, purchases turkish series for that she lay in channel t v n. and then ya, with that as a nancy up again, they resonate allots me because the stories are about every day problem with the they are universal stories and yet it doesn't matter whether they're setting a tacky and is sample or in santiago, chile. it's so nike yet, these topics that speak to women in particular, if i go for a day and prize the main audience battalion of allison and would use these might be shows that features strong women and families to that. but ultimately, it's men who have to say what i can edit one's turkey is a patriarchal country since there is arise and conservatism, not only in turkey, but also the world and i live are starting to notice. let's get back here. maybe it has reached the he couldn't, of conservatism, is known to klein again today off, but because these turkish shows are in a way star, i like to do other watched by families all

on the 11th of january, pakistan's, interior ministry sensibly, 16 people have frozen to death. as they tried to watch the country's 1st snowfall this winter. many had ignored warnings, advising them not to go outside. thousands have been left stranded in the maintenance town of murray arranged 30 kilometers. ne overslept. that's the tricity . supplies have been disrupted. come all. hi. there is in islam above, he says, the military has been called in to help evacuate people. tens of thousands of papers decided to go to the station. murray and i did also of a popular tourist destinations, especially during the winter. when people come to watch the snow, but there's also a, an example of fish that make failure because according to their, for about a $100000.00. in re code written to that station, i have a station that has narrowed roads. they were wanting heavy, you know, that led to our georgia catastrophe because people was stuck in their way. her entire family. we are getting reports of care because of the reading, read the record robot heaps of no particular read the system h

pakistan's prime minister has expressed his shocked and upset at the deaths. he suggested that the local administration was caught unprepared. he has ordered an inquiry to ensure such a tragedy does not happen again. janey mitchell, bbc news. an air strike on a refugee camp in northern ethiopia is reported to have killed more than 50 people. there's been no independent confirmation of the attack in tigray, but pictures on social media show injured civilians being treated in hospital. fighting on the ground between federal forces and tigrayan rebels has halted, but air strikes have continued. a spokesman for the tigray people's liberation front, called the incident �*a callous drone attack�* by the government. the family of an outspoken university professor in afghanistan have called on the taliban to release him after he was detained on saturday. it's not known where faizullahjalal is. he had criticised the taliban leadership, telling them they couldn't deliver anything by beating and killing people. his daughter, hasina jalal, has posted a message on twit