he works for one of the country's leading english language newspapers some of their party members themselves are facing allegations have faced allegations previously as well particularly in the. previous government and labor. so one would have wanted them to start cleaning house first and then move on to allegations and you know what they do they come on t.v. and they talk about corruption cases and they keep talking about corruption on the opposition so maybe if they sort of went a little more had a little more introspection and started off from their own party that would make a difference also i think they will get caught up in this rhetoric eventually in any case because it's not a simple good option isn't as simple to get off. so how exactly will the government keep its own house in order it's a question i took to moran is smile one of the co-founders of the party and now the

governor of the sin the province we believe in starting accountability from the prime minister position to himself first to the authorities saying you can start from me. and then go down to others i'm not saying that all everyone in. this government is an angel there must be people who don't believe in our agenda or program but you know everybody is going to learn the lesson we're not going to spare anyone we have from sitting down when we're from opposition we from any walk of life we'll treat everyone the same got him to head to destress just rhetoric well it remains to be seen but so far find words have yet to translate into action . eliminating corruption wasn't the only major change that imran khan promised during the election he also pledged to turn around pakistan's ailing economy and

create jobs but what are you going to get but just come this very hard one on one side of my. backyard janitor here i'm going to have your wife wash dishes you actually i'm not kidding i must go but just sit there and just watch out. i'm just subsequent i must admit i got it was not. but within days of coming to power the new government was forced to face some harsh truths with an increase in imports and very low exports the pakistani rupee has dropped in value leading to a rise in inflation and price increases across the board i don't look at supermarket i met shies the big i'm a widow trying to make ends meet living on a pension. so what did you expect the first one hundred days to be like you know whatever is happening everything is going no go over what you expect. because i'm

really doing. what do you want that eventually you will come down also you don't want the crisis to come down inflation to come off course and that's the expectation that sit there stick friction because inflation is more than the property is it. next i wanted to find out how the price rises and economic crisis were going down with iran hans most devoted supporters. in a could actually suburb i found professor she and her family all voted for the in the last elections saw then yes it was a very. vocal at the end so than me fully looking as i hope the other. stuff wasn't what he wanted and. all of a. stark will get. all reform little initial guardian on it or something

a ball team which can go up a hawk which can come down on a stock. but for the moment such ambitious plans remain just that the new government has no money to finance them in the past and ron paul has been scathing about getting any foreign aid or help. home america be numbered gun i am not he said because i want to get out because then we learn. to live. now in power in iran han has done a u. turn he has gone for an economic bailout from the south the government then from the chinese and finally the i.m.f. this being the twenty second time in seventy years that a pakistani government has asked the i.m.f. for help. at one of could all she's leading universities yes or been goalie is a game of economic studies i wanted to know what he made the new government's

policies. so what you're saying is that the p.d.i. government was not prepared had not done their homework their strike and how is that reflected well the only confusion about whether to go to i mean for not good why. does the government ignore it was floundering instead to deter assad will go in or even statements like will commit suicide but not. and on the same day the prime minister is making one statement of an interest in history is making another statement they have created this whole. mess in terms of perception. and then there was a confusing fury about one of khan's boyfriends to keep team of economic advisors around that highlighted some of the complex challenges on faces in getting his

policies through. the media is a respected economist and academic known internationally and throughout the muslim world. could be said to go nevertheless within days of his appointment and it was an uproar from the religious groups protesting that all the fear was from a sectarian city a muslim and therefore he should be dismissed from the government. initially resisted. then a few days later the government did another u. turn and given. it was a political blunder it was very badly handled but i don't think he had any choice and he realize that. and he realizes that if he goes the other way and chooses to retain him and sort of digs his heels on it it would backfire inveighs that would be very difficult for him to handle the main group behind the

protest was a relatively new religious party that they take in the back pakistan who are the. numbers holder is one of the leading activists it's another million year because you're kind of the only. who are in the pakistan love it more do the law islam's or. was it us living there eager to help monger. up the numbers are going to look at it look at the. core of the us some of pakistan's accept contigo but there you go pick back up because if you know allison they're going to have a very well sort of. shortcut on women going up. a lot of t.v. and after some were bought on the. line we're going to draw a line made. up of limited by me the deal became into existence

a few years ago defending the killer of governesses seed he was shocked by his bodyguard because as governor he had criticised the death sentence and the jailing of. a pakistani christian on charges of blasphemy. she spent ten years in jail waiting for the judges to decide whether she was innocent or guilty on the thirtieth of october seventy days after moran hahn became prime minister the supreme court in islamabad decided he was innocent of all charges brought against her and set a free. a few hours later the t.l.b. and its supporters came out onto the streets bringing most cities to a standstill. they called for the three supreme court judges to be killed they declared the army chief to be a non muslim and called upon the army to dismiss him. a job or to say i listened to the team of the first one to tell them to search for saddam to stop the cover was

the first step of the of the first quarter side of all of it to you the center of life the supreme court for the rest of the world is over. that night imran khan went on television to warn the protesters to give up or face the full might of the state. attorneys just gonna give me a vote bank. is more. melkor you was a going to give a prism of. but the next stage as the protests increased in size the government did another turn and instead of using force to disperse the protesters they started negotiations the leadership of the tea appeal was not touched. bt was not free. the whole affair underlined some of the most intractable problems the han administration faces how do you work effectively within the constraints of an

increasingly divided society at home and how to overcome the negative stereotypes of pakistan a groom. gibran nasr is one of pakistan's leading political activists he is a lawyer and has been fighting for the rights of religious minorities in pakistan even the worst critics of the box and that it can soften the wrong con game in his support when he addressed the nation and he said documenting what allow anybody to join in to the street while he was addressing the leaders will take a look back and from them to den back off and retract and then sign off an agreement where most of the terms are agreed to fought for right now the nation is not feeling confident right now people are disappointed with the government and for the what needs to start is a process where national consensus is very dark read together as a nation cannot stand as a doctor would use a gun or science it's not a div because this is a regarding boarding our future generation this is about hijacking our national

entity and ought to be as a muslim and we cannot allow dot. nearly a month later the deal be leaders were picked up and charged with sedition and treason. the white in the pakistani flag represents the minorities that live there over the years they've been threatened many have been killed some say the new government has sent the minorities a very big stick. the mixed signals also wary pakistan's neighbors both india and afghanistan claim that attacks on their countries are carried out by groups based in pakistan charges that the pakistani government denies the united states has stopped all aid to the pakistani military in an attempt to put pressure on the new government to change its policy but it hasn't yet what it has done is push the new government to become even closer to china losing the fine balance the previous governments have tried to maintain between the us and china. i think we have to

strike a balance not just between china and he was we have to strike a balance across the board even within the region you have to strike a balance between india and china and. india. other countries that balance of course this is the most logical thing i don't think it is a question of or. hurting the balance one of the or the other. the balance at the moment is tilted towards china it has been investing heavily in pakistan and they are building a major highway from the southwest the port city of kabul that once up and running it would reduce the journey time and cost of transporting chinese goods to the west by hot china pakistan on the border for that could transform the economy of pakistan and its foreign policy. i think there's

a better time shift in the thinking of the establishment also and because we're going towards the scottish old politics connectivity is emerging as a theme for pox time and they don't they're now see it for the political and economic survival of fox them you see you're going to have corridors and the con just stay empty got to do is means that they should be functional soviet connectivity with the one the sun and connectivity with india for this to really happen to really do their turnaround that everybody's looking for. if this happens it would benefit the pakistani people and change their lives it is wrong in iraq han has proud to do time after time for the past twenty years. his message is more valuable than any other political leader in the last forty years it's a spent power it has aroused passion in the ordinary people the congress on the square for a better future but in the last one hundred days or anything to go by it's certainly

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follow him down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. american and its many allies know what china's doing washington charges two chinese nationals accusing them of a massive rocking operation denied by china. the election for a new leader in the democratic republic of congo was postponed by a week following a law isn't followed. the law has been broken and we will do everything within our power to find those responsible and chaos as the u.k. shuts down gatwick airport and a major security scare off the drones are detected flying nearby. u.s. secretary of defense james mattis has resigned citing differences with president trump he said he's stepping down so the president can have a defense chief with views closer to his own comes a day off the trump announced u.s. troops would withdraw from syria michael reports from washington d.c.

. like it says here is the real deal is the real deal think the president trump initially surrounded himself with generals james mattis the secretary of defense michael flynn as national security adviser followed by another general h.r. mcmaster and of course john kelly who was moved from homeland security to take over as chief of staff all are now gone or going to matter some particular seen as a central figure in keeping a largely dysfunctional white house party functional secretary mabus was one of the few symbols the few items of strength and stability in this administration everything that indicates debility everything that indicates strength everything that indicates knowledge is leaving this administration when president trump criticize nato and threaten to leave it matters was the one reassuring allies behind the scenes he helped push the president to moderate his position on the

g.c.c. crisis. and he was able to get the president to make an open ended commitment in afghanistan while loosening restrictions on u.s. troops fighting there. and when trump tweeted out that he was banning transgender service members matters slow rolled the order until courts put it on hold the president's disenchantment was inevitably made public i think is sort of a democrat if you want to know the truth it would appear the final straw for james mattis was what many believe was a unilateral executive decision to withdraw u.s. forces from syria the secretary's resignation letter coming less than twenty four hours later making clear the core difference in his belief in multilateralism and respect for allies and the president's lack of either the letter continues because you have the right to have a secretary of defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects i believe it's right for me to step down from my position. this departures

different from the many that have gone before highlighting like no other the maverick nature of a president that critics insist increasingly spurned said vice even on the eve of a possible partial shutdown of government one that announces the resignation of a respected if not revered man who served his nation for decades in a tweet. mike hanna al-jazeera washington where the former u.s. assistant secretary of state p.j. crowley says the trumpet ministration has lost one of its last strategic thinkers. we were setting record after record in terms of turmoil within the trump administration turnover for a variety of reasons whether in this case intellectual difference you know or or accusations of corruption. i do think that what we have lost here is the last genuine conventional you know thinker in terms of national security policy someone

who understands the importance of alliances and the importance of predictability in terms of policy you know now you know president trump seems to surround himself now more increasingly you know with with you know more political thinkers there has been a trend here are rooted primarily in policy differences you know whether it's about the composition of the united states works you know the movement of american forces to the us mexico border and now pulling out of two very significant operations you know without a strategic understanding of what happens next you know all of this is contrary to how you know general mattis or secretary mabus how he has looked at the world how he's done business and i think this was simply a last straw i think we all understood that at some point in time it was inevitable that either you no matter. would step down or are you know donald trump which tire

of of his service i think it's what's shocking here is how quickly it has occurred . or don't trump has been defending his decision to withdraw all u.s. troops from syria and an ad campaign against eisel it's alarmed washington's allies and kurdish fighters in syria who fear it will allow leisel to regroup trump says it's time for other countries to step in ellen fisher has more from washington d.c. . u.s. president has declared the war against eisel has been won in syria we've beaten them and we've beaten a badly and he's taken to twitter to reject the idea the decision was unexpected writing getting out of syria was no surprise i've been campaigning on it for years and six months ago when i very publicly want to do it i agreed to steal longer the white house is pushing back hard against two stories which have been circulating in washington since the decision was made first of all the president at the one of

turkey told donald trump he was about to launch an attack against the kurds in syria a key u.s. ally and the u.s. had to get out of the way not true the say and that no one in the washington establishment knew this decision was coming not true they say key military officials were briefed. donald trump called for the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria and april but was convinced to delay by military and security officials this time he wouldn't be dissuaded from fulfilling a campaign promise it's good for him there's no doubt about it i think he could have done it in a better way don't forget the anti isis coalition is composed of some sixty nations that even consult with their one key ally israel insisted it would step up operations in syria when america withdraws and will continue. to act in syria to prevent iran from to military entrance it's over against us and russian

president vladimir putin welcomed the decision but still isn't convinced the americans will go. the united states have been present in afghanistan for how long seventeen years every year they say that they are withdrawing troops from there and so far they remain there so far we see no signs of or draw of troops from there on capitol hill there's an effort from members of both main parties to have the president reconsider it is in our national security interest not to withdraw at this time in my view because if you do so now the kurdish fighters the kurdish forces will be decimated by turkey assad or maybe isis it is clear to me that if you withdraw now based on the going to dishes on the ground iran is a big winner inside syria donald trump insists the u.s. gains nothing by continued presence in syria his big decision is about to be put to the test alan fischer al-jazeera washington. meanwhile thousands of kurds in northern syria have been protesting against the u.s.

pullout forces there. i took threats by turkish president was a type one to attack kurdish fighters in the region wasn't in support of an alliance of rebels or in defense forces and despite as explained to us from nations . well turkey in iran are promised to work closely in syria after the us president . threatened to hit targets in northern syria this report. when iran's president began his visit to turkey there was an unexpected announcement from the white house donald trump ordered u.s. troops stationed in north east syria to leave. neither haasan rouhani or turkey's president. commented on the u.s. president's tweet instead they stressed their cooperation in the so-called astronaut negotiating track talks led by russia. so.

there are many steps that turkey and iran can take together to stop the fighting in the region and to establish peace will deepen our cooperation and consultations with iran on regional issues in this direction. syria is very important to us and its destiny is in the hands of the syrian people and syria's territorial integrity should be respected by everyone and we two countries fully agree in that regard we will continue cooperation for regional peace and stability. in iran and turkey don't stand on the same side in syria's war but have been working together in recent days the u.s. and turkey have worked on improving their strained relationship which some believe was the reason why rouhani made the surprise visit here an isolated iran has always been concerned about keeping turkey close and knowing where its leaders stand. whenever turkey approaches the united states or the units as it approaches to. we know that one of the losers. of this report

will be the iranian state besides turkey there is no contradiction in the region which may corporate with iran so for them it's quite one the u.s. decision to leave syria was seen as a concession to turkey which has been angered by washington's alliance with the syrian kurdish armed group known as the white peachey turkey's president has threatened to cross a border offensive to target why peachey fighters inside syria. we know of none of it in the east of the euphrates in front of us they can do if they want they can go on the ground if they want when the time and place calm they will be buried in the ditches they dug no one should do this any turkish military move into syria will likely have to be cordon ated with russia they will also have to discuss and decide if the syrian government or the turkish bacteria and rebels will fill

the vacuum the u.s. presence in syria was militarily insignificant but it was a deterrent now will the white peachy fight to maintain territory or reengage with damascus to reach some sort of an arrangement to avert military action either by the turkish russian iranian and or syrian army's who controls thirty five percent of syria's territory which is rich in oil and agriculture is in question but the message from serious power brokers iran russia and turkey is that they will hope to find common ground jennifer there also is iraq and. now sunday's presidential and parliamentary elections in the democratic republic of congo have been delayed for a week voting on now take place on december thirtieth the president of the electoral commission said violence on the distal issues meant his staff could not be ready on time reports in the capital kinshasa. it's been a long and difficulty. for the democratic republic of congo's independent national

electoral commission semi election officials have been preparing for a march and dissipated presidential and parliamentary poor all that has been delayed for two years now on sunday voters want to cast their ballots using new but controversial electronic voting machines for the first time in the country we have . election for seven days. and the election is going to take place on the tenth year of december this year. this postponement is due. to. technical. related to him in just. it's a logistical nightmare millions of ballot papers are yet to arrive in the country the last batch only gets to kinshasa.