problems but in into terrorism and pakistan has always maintained that it is important to have collaborative joint efforts to be able to rid the streets and rather than for law sort of unitary approaches. in how we want to rid the streets and you mentioned. the price of your involvement in afghanistan has been pretty high many thousand of your citizens lost their lives millions people have been replaced there are estimates that it cost your country around seventy billion us dollars but we often hear criticism about pakistan's role. involvement in afghanistan from the american side do you think the united states treats you fairly. i would like to answer that question by saying that what is crucial to is solid robust partnership is that each able to live or operate within the bounds of what is. believed to be you know what has been

agreed as far as treating fairly is concerned i think pakistan has in this particular case not been treated fairly by anybody for that matter because pakistan continues to lose lives pakistan continues to lose in terms of economic cost in terms of the social cost i think sometimes that is not emphasized on enough so we continue to lose in many many ways but some times the rule that is that is put on pakistan is rule which is understandable which defies logic so to speak because if the first country to benefit from is stable understands pakistan and the first country to lose from in you know unstable understand is also pakistan so pakistan stick a very high and that is what is commonly believed that yes pakistan stakes are very high but pakistan sticks are very high in having stability in that one is to not.

instability in the understand so we have maintained and we stated very clearly that it is really for the one people to determine what course of action they want to take in any way possible whether they want to have strategic alliance with country a country b. it's a sovereign country we must respect them as that but pakistan's rule in any way can only be there to support of i think seeing that pakistan is cause of the problem and is creating trouble is an imaginary solution it is an imaginary blame it is an imaginary looking for an answer but the real solutions to real problems have to be faced you know on the ground now as we all know that the united states has been taking on a lead role in this military operation. why do you think with all its military power and the resources that are invested into this campaign why anything. results are not that impressive as a few there could be i think i'm not the right person to answer that question it should be somebody from the us administration i want to question to be right i

don't think it is important with the us is succeeding or is winning in the understand or not what is important is that of one the stand is winning or not because the goal of the u.s. and pakistan and the region and all the forty eight countries which operate in the understand is to make of understand when if i may come back to the issue of american criticism for just one question president obama said in a number of occasions that one of the reasons why the united states is using drones to file for your territory and to hit targets on your territory is because the pakistani authorities allegedly. are not in control of that own land and my question is. why pakistan tolerating the use of military technology that are hitting targets on pakistani land that ultimately oftentimes lead to the. loss of life among the pakistani

citizens this is one of the major problems that keeps us from achieving our successes in our view. not only completely illegal and under full and have north resolution to be used within the domains of international law but even more importantly they are counterproductive to your objective of getting this region rid of militancy and extremism because if one strike leads to getting a new target number one or target number three to be you're creating five more targets or ten more targets in the militancy that it breeds in the in the for doing that it gives to the militants to attract more people to join the ranks we are today in pakistan suffering from the consequences. of what you know many other powers of the world decided to do in that region to rid itself of. a challenge that appeared in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine which was the soviet invasion of

one star now in trying to deal with that we have created certain groups which are to be. a challenge to everybody. so again do we want to repeat the same mistakes again clearly pakistan doesn't think so and pakistan has categorically said that it is illegal under full counterproductive other any then your senior view reasonable vanny is that pakistan could take in case of drone attacks beyond forcing its concern or distraction my question to you is it just an issue of some countries allowing greater freedom and greater perth or off foreign policy tools than others that would be a very unfair world and i hope that's not the world that we are moving towards and therefore the questions of illegality an unlawful. is an extremely important one and there is absolutely currently no compromise in pakistan about that if you look

as i've said i think this is partially one of the major reasons which is responsible for where we are today pakistan as a country which. considers itself to be a sovereign country to do is to be an independent country has therefore decided to reassess the whole terms of engagement because for to us it is very clear that this is not part of the terms of engagement now if that clarity is required elsewhere i guess the parliament will be in its right to be able to define it but please mr approach that we've taken the approach that we do you can use not doubt if you can confrontation the prudes that we're taking is that of forging the partnership which is which is based on mutual respect and based on mutual interest that just last week. and her reports was like to the media that pakistani security forces and maintaining contacts with. terrorism and extremist organizations that are operating

in afghanistan as far as i understand there was. an allegation that they're supporting them financially. is this true first of all this is not a new to report we were told by need to at least that this is a. single person not in the report but it's in the country and a single person and pretty much. all the bottle because this is not an accusation or allegation that to be made and part of the specific context a dimension where with the taliban of all to intelligence agencies i think every intelligence agency in the world particularly the ones which are working in advance i mean. with one group or the other and all of them at some level and these guys are now pretty much out in the open because people are openly talking about talking to these. i think just creating you know this is this is something which is not even worth a comment quite frankly the united states is expected to withdraw its troops from

afghanistan and a matter of a few years is pakistan looking forward to. that that pakistan you see again they came here with some goals and objectives we would hope that most of those goals and objectives are met at least partially met and we would hope that when the. understand of one son is a better place than when they first came but the long term presence of foreign troops in the region is always always counterproductive. yes but we would also be very very mindful of what is the situation on the ground when they leave because instability more instability is clearly something that this region cannot cannot afford i'd like to switch gears a little bit and ask you about iran you know the west is now piling its pressure on that country which is your neighbor and longtime partner. how pakistan of us

born in the case of military strike against iran we would strongly. countries to desist from any option which is military. because this region has already seen too much and we do not want any further destabilization. we feel very strongly that these things can be done you know that london will see if you think that there should be flexibility shown and that dialogue should be considered to be the only via forward and it would have disastrous let me go to pakistan feels it would have disastrous results for the region what about syria do support the military intervention against assad's regime we support no military intervention against in the region because we feel that the independent sovereign the integrity of the country are important aspects and there in trying to many many places now what we need to ensure the international community is is that violence from any side is not given lunch is not allowed to. move forward thank you very much for

a time minister thank you.

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top stories this hour are to the you were and is considering a joint mission with the arab league to end the bloodshed in syria but with conflicting reports of the number of casualties it's proving hard to get a true picture of events. as europe plans its all embargo on iran there are concerns the move could hit countries most dependent on iranian crude exploring. and several high profile car to militants have been killed in pakistan in a recent series of u.s. drone attacks but an independent report is for the pundits and civilians died in similar strikes a fact that america seems to ignore. those stories for less than fifteen minutes from now in the meantime joins us with the sport.

hello welcome to the thursday night as well as round up and here are the headlines back home stuart pearce's appointed interim england manager is the football association preferred to choose a british or english coach following the exit of fabio capello harry redknapp is the favorite so far. while staying put on a split he agrees to stay at russian champions league for another three years. so the cold rush are breaking subzero temperatures as they play finland in their first ever open air match in helsinki. football first though and england under twenty one coach stuart pearce has been named as the interim manager of the national side following fabio capello's sensational resignation on wednesday night pearce will be in charge for england's friendly at home to holland on february the twenty ninth sixty five year old capello quit his post after four years in charge the italian was due to leave the three lions at the european championships in june but stepped

down after a meeting with the football association his decision came after the f.a. informed him of their decision to take the on by. away from his captain john terry his trial for the alleged racist abuse of q.p.r. defend the anton ferdinand has been postponed until july if a chairman david bernstein says capello's exit will not affect in the twenty twelve preparations properties prime minister david cameron says the italian will be missed. would rise ational masses for the eurozone in place based kind of training camp and all else so everything is in place and i think there's plenty of time. time you this means that the squad will get together till next may so there is always time for a new man to get in place and do what he needs to do building up towards the competition so no i think we're actually in a much better place than what appeared to be what i'm sorry to see go i think he was a good coach and a good but i liked him i don't think he was right about the john terry issue you

called me captain with that question that needs to be answered but england needs a new coach and a new captain and i hope we can get on with that and make sure we make the best of the opportunities this summer well meanwhile the f.a. say a british manager would be preferable and harry redknapp as a mouse is the favorite down to this after the top the manager was found not guilty of tax evasion by a london court just hours before capello quit the sixty four year old had been accused of conceding nearly three hundred thousand dollars of transfer bonuses while in charge of portsmouth however i've read that says he is now focusing on spurs while newcastle manager alan pardew has already ruled himself out as his side prepares to go to white hart lane on saturday. tottenham he's. been fantastic to move forward in the. us we were going to be credible the reception they gave me so i wouldn't be right today and to even focus only feels the top and that's my only interest is talking about it's not for me you know might not quite

clear or even in the running as far as i'm concerned i'm very very happy here at newcastle. we're on a little project it's going really well and we want on i want to see it for the passion and everything about this place is why i want to study you. know meanwhile here in russia isn't it john as for that he has signed a deal to stay at the st petersburg side until twenty fifteen the news is a boost for the russian champions who are preparing to face benfica in the last sixteen of the champions league next week this is the furthest the club have ever reached in the competition and continues the successful at least not since joining from roma back in two thousand and nine winning the domestic title in his second year in charge and it's a county six points clear at the top of the table with the league is set to resume on march the. then staying with football and the africa cup of nations final will be between favorites ivory coast and surprise package zambia also will strike at any other school of the ivory coast where on the stroke of half time as the elephants beat mali one nil while asked about

a guy who missed the eight minute penalty for gone out and samir than the one nil emmanuel my yuko with the striker behind his teammates the training final. this is the best thing you know as it popped into play and if i don't think for the players i think this is that this movement to play off and on top of vision for you know this is for dusty we are happy everybody is happy we proved that people go we used to be a good team we win today so i think we we read that this today despite whatever they want to see. one of the main saw it was a cup match in germany too where the country's most decorated side by in munich beach got two mil to move into the semifinals and stay in the hunt for red trouble toni kroos twice went agonizingly close to breaking the deadlock in the twentieth minute but it was francois franco riverine who opened for buying at the home found mark thomas mueller feeding in the cross me that was once again the provider as mario gomez added another right after the restart the prolific strike keeping his cool and using his left foot somewhere in the rebound and condemned his former side

to the two no defeat by a second in the. our face basel in the champions league round of sixteen. now to ice hockey and russia are without forward maksim would even as they take on finland in their first ever open air match in house thinking that they face each other in the opening game of the swedish leg of the euro hockey tour or the home nation is up against the czech republic in the light match of russia are both defending champions and overall leaders in this four nation competition. cycling now just days after alberto contador was stripped of his twenty ten total france title another former champion alric has also been handed a two year ban for doping offense the court of arbitration for sport has ruled that the retired german was linked to a doping probe in spain in two thousand and six the verdict means the thirty eight year old will also have his third place finish at the two thousand and five tour de france taken from him all right was the first german to triumph at the world's most

famous cycling race back in one nine hundred ninety seven he also won the spanish welter two years later. to winter sport now and the russian city of sochi will host the winter olympics in exactly two years time and it's nearly built by athlone course has been described as one of the toughest in the world the course of is set to host its first serious test event this weekend and the president of the russian biathlon union believes the athletes will find it tough billionaire be called block off inspecting the venue ahead of the russian car while the height difference is of up to sixty metres between peaks and troughs will make it exhausting while the climate will also take its toll. at the start but it's the most difficult course in the world the temperature differential between the snow in the air is only four degrees celsius we don't have this anywhere else in the world for the ski lubricator for the people who prepare the students this is a huge problem with this because the competition in the more unpredictable. cities and finally to boxing where unbeaten russian welterweight they have sealed with

number sixteen by defeating colombian ignacio mendoza on a successful night for a russian fight. his hearing loss and the lack of change is ringside. many here are saying that the fight between allen and windows is going to be a big case in the first round simply because both have a lot at stake i like the idea has been undefeated until now and those that could lose his license belt will see indeed that was the case in the first couple of rounds mendoza a sprightly books and matched everything our little d.s. had to offer he even seemed to be edging the fight through the judge's eyes but after seeing his fellow compaction it's when all of the doubts prior to the night's main event the russian light welterweight turned up the heat in the fourth increasingly mendoza was put on the back foot by some nifty flurries of jabs and punches from our d. of but it was the twenty nine year old russian who was carrying the open wounds and splashing the ring with blood at the end of the fifth round and then in the sixth

the animal came out seeing an opportunity alice unleashed a vicious number of punches to put mendoza against the rope. the russian fighter thought it was all over at one point raising his arms in the am only to be brought down to earth by the bell mendoza now looks half the man that had entered the ring and with another savage onslaught by his opponent had to be protected by the referee bringing an end to the bout in a technical knockout. like ready if gladly received the w b a federal latin belt but seemed more pleased in retaining his unbeaten status and the manner of his victory that i didn't really know where they're selling blow came from shells that came on its own back of course a famous time off after them beaten opponents ignacio mendoza was of course disappointed with the defeat even though it was only his seventh loss in forty two bouts but the twenty eight year old colombian did offer reasons behind his downfall

i couldn't when you saw the fight he was strong. had a great garden i really could lift who. there were three other ballots on the night that also managed to bring the crowd alive ukraine's mccool occurred in your spot up with russia's oleg lisi of but after a full eight rounds the bout had to be decided by the judges who were unanimously in favor of lucy if. in the second fight professional débutantes gave us no made light of things showing no signs of jitters as he dispatched to make his former two time heavyweight title challenger zero in back after four rounds and the third bout involves russia's grigori draws to challenge form a w b a light heavyweight champion richard hole but after a rounds the jamaican could no longer answer ended in his corner plenty of celebrities were also on hand to enjoy the thrills of the evening including russian boxing legend dennis limited i came down here to support my friends my fighting

colleagues i think this event is well organized and it'll only get better also in the ranks with deputy prime minister alexander sukkot and renowned director nikita . who seemed to really appreciate the efforts of the russian boxes so one could see alex verdi of emphatic when coupled with a clean sweep by the remaining russian boxes must be a sign that boxing is alive and well in russia mark of change of party moscow. the same thing i had. led mission free credit patient free transport charges free.

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un arab league want to work together to stop the bloodshed in syria but the conflicting numbers of deaths coming from the country make it hard to get a true picture on the ground live analysis on the syrian crisis a little later on r.t. . if. greece agrees on a new series of a watering cuts to secure yet another e.u. bailout amid public fury we get live reaction from athens very shortly. and as the e.u. plans to bring iran to its knees with an approaching all embargo their affairs the move could backfire and hit european countries the hardest. russia second largest and the t.v. has decided to fight back it says from minority shareholders to double the market

price so i may end about twenty minutes with more details on the business but at that. international news and comment live from moscow this is r.t. with the twenty four hours a day the u.n. says it plans to team up with the arab league and restart a monitoring mission in conflict torn syria president assad's forces say they are conducting anti terror operations shelling several areas including the flashpoint city of homs but activists are accusing the government of a massacre saying hundreds of civilians have been killed over the past week something hard to verify and with conflicting opposition reports of casualties there are those who believe the figures are being manipulated to push a regime change agenda bodies are the bennett report from the syrian observatory for human rights syrian observatory for you.