nawaz sharif has earned some support. imran khan, been the leader of a new party, the kind of enthusiasm he has traded -- created it. ats.as won 45-50 se >> he was hoping to capitalize on the sense of disillusionment in pakistan with the two main parties including nawaz sharif. continuesring if he to emerge with a strong showing, imran khan. thel that nawaz sharif majority needs to rule? >> maybe in some elections. people have voted for the economy and experience. electricity shut downs. nawaz sharif, despite his failures in governance, he is known for giving some boost to the economy. the early assessment is that people have given him a chance again, especially in punch up -- punjab, . nawaz sharif was the one that opened up relationships with a peace process with india. people are linking these things. better relations with india means a better economy. very important fact is that nawaz sharif has taken a clear stand against the military's interference in politics. forz sharif had stood judicial independence. it was bec

the top stories, poised to return to office, resounding elections return now was sharif -- nawaz sharif to office. the victims of two car bombings in turkey, syria denies any involvement in the attacks. a new virus has killed 18 people. health experts say it could be passing from human to human. demolition debacle. the building that refuse to fall even after dynamite was used. he was ousted in a military coup, thrown in jail, and then sent into exile, but now he is back. now was sharif is preparing to become the prime minister of pakistan for a record third time grid he has been invited to india for talks with the prime minister there. the two countries fought four wars over the past 60 years, and sharif has promised to improve ties with new delhi. u.s. president barack obama said he will work with the new pakistani government as an equal partner. official results do not come out until later on monday, and sharif is too hard head -- too far ahead of his rival. we report from the capital islamabad. the chief election commissioner has the air of a man whose job was well done. it is the la

but sharif is critical of the u.s. use of drones against islamic militants in northwestern pakistan. he says such attacks are a violation of his country's sovereignty. instead, sharif has been stressing the importance of die hog with the militants rather than coercion through military might. the u.s. is worried that a sharif administration might not be cooperative in operations against terrorists. sharif's campaign contains no negative rhetoric against the united states. people say it will change once he takes power. the elections may have an impact on u.s. terror operations regi. >>> turkish authorities have detained nine turkish citizens in connection with car bombings. they occurred at a border town leaving 46 people and over 150 people injured. it is an important hub for rel negotiated mediations. the philippine government is considering withdrawing op of his p 300 peacekeepers in the region. >>> meanwhile, u.n. secretary-general issued a statement welcoming the release of the peacekeepers. he called on all parties

sharif hangs his hat. this is a city that has experienced phenomenal growth and development, relatively speaking. it has a mass transit system, flyovers and byways, things that other parts of the country do not have. the reason they have all this is because the pakistan muslim league policy, they control the assembly. seen as theamily is family that can spread that kind of wealth around the country, spread development around the country. that is why he really has this groundswell of support. >> thank you. the turkish government says it won't be drawn into the conflict destroying syria. twin blasts kill at least 46 people near the country's shared border. turkey is blaming syria for the attack, but the syrian regime says it won't get involved. the turkish prime minister says it is time for the international community to act. >> we regret that the united nations security council has not done its job. we can see how i tiny spark has turn into a serious fire. the two years of security council has shown it does

then-prime minister nawaz sharif what was seen as a national success. and 15 years on he's set to return to office. nazar ul islam reports from islamabad. >> reporter: lahore is currently hosting a conference to mark the anniversary. prime minister in waiting sharif used the occasion to highlight his role in pakistan becoming the first islamic nation to develop its own nuclear weapons program. >> translator: pakistan's achievement made us the seventh nation to become a nuclear power in its own right. >> reporter: pakistani scientists began developing the country's nuclear program in the 1970s. it culminated in the first successful test in may 1998. india had previously beaten its neighbor to become a nuclear power almost a quarter century earlier, provoking an intense rivalry between the two nations. sharif emphasized pakistan's nuclear development repeatedly during the recent general election campaign, emphasizing that it had been achieved despite strong pressure from the united states to abandon the program. voters reacted positively to his message, w

but sharif has this enormous majority.e comes in the largest province that also gives him the political confidence to be able to take some of these have positions about the economy economy and security front. his earlier statements after his election victory have been along the lines that when asked what are your priorities? he said the economy, the economy and the economy. he also said counterterrorism and dealing with militancy also is very important. it's the foundation. if the necessary condition to achieve the economic revival and on foreign policy, which have been reciprocated by india, for example, when he talked about wanting to continue the process that if anyone started, he was the architect of mobilization with india in 1999. in fact, in the mid-1990s. plus i think he's also sent a strong signal to the united states he wants to work with the united states, that is worked in the past and he knew bill clinton very well. he's made out the statements, which indicate we may be seeing novaya sharif moved from the past

nawaz sharif has this enormous majority.e assurance of stable governments and it comes from the largest problem of focus and the political confidence to be able to take some of these positions. on both the economy and security front. and statements after his sick jury has been very much on the lines that when asked what are your priorities, he said the economy, the economy and the economy and also said counterterrorism dealing with militancy but also obviously be very important. it's the foundation, the necessary condition to achieve the economic world pakistan clearly needs. foreign policy has been reset aided by india, for example when he talked about wanting him to continue the process he said he once started, which is true. he was the architect of normalization with india in 1999. in the mid-90s. plus i think he's also sent a strong signal to the united states that he wants to work with the united states, that is worked with the u.s. in the past. so he's made all the statements that indicate we may be seeing nawaz sharif

sharif campaigned very heavily on those issues. he blamed the previous government for failing to reverse course in terms of th economy. anhe sys that he's got a strong record to turn the country around. of course, the other issue that pakistan faces almost equally pressingly is the taliban insurgency. all the way through the election, the taliban attacked the candidates from the secular parties. that is something that mr. sharif has less vocal about and critics say will be an equally pressing challenge for him when he comes to power. >> warner: so what will this mean for the u.s.-pakistan relationship? both in terms of cooperating against militants, the taliban, and other groups and also in terms o the u. a to withaw most of its troops, our troops, from afghanistan next year? >> well, mr. sharif is a conservative poll tisch yafn. he's had dealings with the u.s. in the past in 1999 president bill clinton negotiated with mr. sharif to deescalate a nuclear conflict with india. on the campaign trail, he had some tough rhetoric for the

my curiosity here is where you think nawar sharif is right now on these questions, nuclear stability and what really anticipate the pakistan military might take in that kind of effort. thanks. >> stability in the region. >> the site and is an issue, which nawar sharif himself is not going to address. there have been, as you know, a set of confidence building measures. a couple of those before that, like for example, exchange of coalitions between the two countries, et cetera. like expeditious exchange of information or risk. so these are things which basically the two sides keep on talking. they are hoping for some additional confidence building measures, which they can agree that pakistan would be very interested if there could be cooperation between the two countries. so, these are things which partly i related to detail and there are between the technocrats of the two sides, ther than a political level that is something possible. i don't think there would be any issue of the political leadership. [inaudible] >> army had put them at the craddock levels. >> last question. >> during

nawaz sharif is the favorite to form the next government. he has campaigned for sweeping reform. >> the muslim league brought change to this country. there is only one party that can bring it about again. the high voter turnout proves that change is coming. >> the run up to the election was wrought with violence. taliban attacks killed 20 people nationwide. the pakistani is turned up in record numbers despite threats. voter turnout was around 60%, the highest since 1977. as we heard there, early indications do seem to be pointing to a good day for nawaz sharif. what are you hearing? >> this is the emerging trend so far. most of the seats have gone to the muslim league. that is very much in line with the earlier expectations. they're already doing a brief speech. sharif. will secure a simple majority and urged his supporters to be grateful to god. the party seems to be heading for a simple majority. star of khan has been a the campaign. he has long been trying to make a political breakthrough. why has he seemed to be doing better this time? o

sharif says he will assist in the nato withdrawal there next year.ere is our report from islamabad. >> a glimpse into the private world of nawaz sharif. peacocks strutting around his manicured estate. stuffed animals keeping watch on the lawn. and big game in the hallway of the leader who took the lion's share of this weekend's vote. >> we were invited in for a chat with pakistan's new leader . but professional cameras and microphones were kept out. the former two-time prime minister, ousted twice, has returned preaching consensus. he reached out to india, pakistan's old enemy, saying the mistrust between the nuclear neighbors must be tackled. he told the bbc that he would help western troops demart from afghanistan. >> american troops will be withdrawn, and be in 2014 we will extend full support. we will see that everything goes well and smoothly. >> pursued by questions, he invited us to lunch and ended the grilling. he didn't want to be drawn on some issues like fighting mill -- militants. >> he has now spoken here at his home. his message to the

sharif's party has secured many seats. former cricket star turned politician ran at the ad of the pakistan movement for justice. his party won 23 seats. pakistanis passed a democratic landmark just by voting. this is the first time one elected government will make way for another. sharif has begun discussions with his aides to form a new government. now people are waiting to see how the outcome will affect pakistan's rule in u.s. led anti-terror operations. president obama released a statement praising the efforts to successfully mplete the election process. he said his administration looks forward as working with the new government in creating a more stable, secure and prosperous future for the people of pakistan. sharif has voiced opposition to drone attacks. he says the attacks are offensive to his government's sovereignty. >>> the former prime minister of bulgaria is making plans of his own. he's looking for coalition partners afteris ruling center right party came out narrowly ahead. they have almost finished counting

sharif's policy could create friction there and with the united states. nhk world, islamabad. >>> chinese premier li hu chu >>> another deadly attack has triggers more concern about what happens when international combat forces pull out next year. >>> a powerful bomb killed at least sixth policeman in afghanistan. it occurred when the men ran over explosives buried in the road. the truck was completely destroyed in the incident in herat providence. there were no survivors. it's the latest in a string of suspected attacks by the taliban aimed at overthrowing the afghan government. insurgents have stepped up ahead of the withdraw scheduled for 2014. >>> u.s. internet firm yahoo announced a deal to by tumblr for $1.1 billion. yahoo officials say the plan to complete the deal by the end of this year, the move comes as yahoo trying to turn itself around under marisa mayer who used to work at google. new york based tumblr helps people make personal webpages or blogs. users post their own images in writing as if cutting and pasting to a scrapbook. david carp is

678 let's talk about sharif for a second.says he's pro business. the business community seems to have it running really well. the stock exchange has rocketed up and reached the 20,000 mark barrier. the indians on the business side. he's found the architect of the core business approach from india. hahn has developed a reputation from aunt-american even promised to shoot down american drones if he became prime minister. it didn't translate in the old school ways. >> okay. thanks so much for joining us from lahore. >>> still to come, we speak to a guest who says nawaz sharif has won a poison challenge. we'll find out why. ♪ [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ♪ [ agent smith ] ge software connects patients to nurses to the right machines while dramatically reducing waiting time. [ telephone ringing ] now a waiting room is just a room. [ static warbles ] "worldwide exchange." "worldwide exchange." >>> investors are out and it says the majority of the european investors believe

also not critical inserted another faction to nawaz sharif. they saw the world crumble in 2008 to 3% in this election. clearly where mr. sharif succeeded within the campaign and also most important and consolidating them that islam elections had disintegrated and away among several factions. whether it is surprising and the answer to that is yes and no. they were not surprising because the general expectation are showing few people expected to do better, but nobody expected the party to rant. the surprise. receive for his party. even they did not expect such a clean sweep and he is now close to getting not just a majority, but the independence and the help of many people who have the option within three days of joining the other party. he could end up a two thirds majority in pakistan's national parliament. so this is based and predicated on a landslide in the punjab, where he won 116 out of 148 days. in the provincial legislature, erd has a two thirds majority in the legislature. so the question is, why was this is is so strong? it is clearly

the important thing is nawaz sharif will imbue some confidence in the private sector itself. that will start giving impetus to the economy. >> you have a question here? i know there are a lot of hands. i am trying to keep track of all of you. please identify yourself. >> i am at the national endowment for democracy. my comment, and a question, is about balochistan. , think it is very important the most troubled province now. looking at past election results, you are right. one person left in the opposition. this time it is very interesting that they have one most of the seats. i think this is the first time baluchistanallyak and people have shifted votes toward them. the second party, with nawaz and the national party, with six and maybe one more seats. this is the only party that does not represent the tribal leadership, the tribal lords. it comes from a middle class and risen from the south very quietly, and has a lot of .isionaries, like dr. malik they have gradually gained grounds, and have for really grown in terms of education and understanding. being considered for the

who was ousted in a military coup fourteen years ago by former pakistan army major i mean he says sharif faces a tough task to try and unite the nation. election results all miss because. largely punjab the party has won in the punjab in sindh in the party in baluchistan there are seventy shady and murky and in a. very good sign for this one this is the step towards pakistan's become edition you see there is no national party no in the lead and all four provinces are led by horses who want to go in different directions the military is in deep trouble because of the military was instrumental in starting the misuse of religion. in foreign policy and strategy in the afghan war starting from ninety to ninety nine and now the whole game is turned against the blue to be taliban i think. are not going to talk because the. language is violence and i don't think a dialogue was possible is some part of taliban the afghan taliban ninety percent of the taliban fighting in afghanistan or pakistan sponsored maybe the peace is pakistani state but in the long run when the americans would do all the tali

sharif will feel the pressure as soon as he comes into office. nhk world, islamabad. >>> operations at heath row airport in london are back to normal after a scare in the sky shut things down. the crew of a british airways plane made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff because of what's being called a technical fault. some passengers shot video of the left engine cover open. one of the engines may have sucked in a bird. a full investigation is under way. the air bus left for oslo. 75 passengers were on board, no injuries were reported. >>> the tokyo stock market has another day of highly volatile trading, but it managed to post a gain after thursday's sharp decline. it ended up 0.89%. they lost more than 1,000 points between the interday high and low. it opened above 15,000 at one stage after u.s. markets didn't fall overnight but they faced strong selling pressure as the yen regained strength. sources say investors remain cautious following trading. they said that trading may be unstable for awhile. >>> wildly swinging stocks are keeping

pakistan's two time former prime minister nawaz sharif claims victory the country's a story general election marred by a wave of violent taliban attacks but more balanced than bullets in saturday's historic vote r t brings you the latest from outside of the parliamentary right here in islamabad. and from first to flop francois lon's first anniversary of becoming a french president sees his popularity slump and drives tens of thousands of his disappoint of voters to rally over his failure to meet their expectations. of. what you are see coming to you live from the russian capital on marina joshing welcome to the program i was syrian crisis has taken a deadly new twist as twin car bombs ripped through a turkish town just across the border killing forty six and injuring more than one hundred others the site has been and three point two refugees and radical rebels but turkey has been quick to blame syrian intelligence for the attack while stopping short of saying damascus is directly responsible a syrian official insists the accusations groundless or middle east correspondent policy or has more

not as sharif himself has shipped -- has said, guns and bullets.he will have to deal with his political adversities who hold .way in karachi karachi is in the grip of --lence and also as regards the second basket of problems as i look at it is provincial disaffection and mistrust, and institutional frictions. here again the acid test will , becauseng relations in punjab they will be having their own government. pti may be amenable to cooperation to a sure -- but ppp and mqm will have no such compunctions incorrect she. thenegative effect from elections is that i find that , theytwo major parties have become provincial lies in a manner of speaking. ppp reduced support across the country. it now is ruling -- it will be to its-- and is limited home province. as for -- is concerned, its main support draws from putting job, and it has no strong showing in -- or in --. baluchistan is a next situation. as for the institutional hostels, there should be no immediate crisis unless one is precipitated by sharif himself. the army remains circumspect the politi

sharif says he will place an emphasis on dialogue. afghanistan citizens are skeptical about the pakistani election results. >> translator: i'm not optimistic regarding the new government. in our experience, any new government in pakistan has the same policy on afghanistan. they think that creating misery in afghanistan works to their advantage. >> political analysts point out that pakistan may have to be dependent on u.s. support. they say that the new government will have to give priority to the country's sluggish economy, and hand over security to the military. >>> japanese retailers in vietnam expressed hope. many places have opened outlets in the thriving company. their impact on the local economy should first be assessed. japan is seeking and toend such regulations. vietnam's trade and industry ministry say it's will allow new stores under 500 square meter ifs they have completed infrastructure. the change will take effect on june 7th. japanese stores want deregulation to help them expand, but some firms are cautious. they think

will return to lead pakistan's prime minister for an unprecedented third time his name is now was sharif is a former exile representing the pakistan muslim league. of the country's largest political parties and as he settles into his new position the world is watching and waiting to see whole handle the multitude of challenges facing the country everything from an economy on the brink of collapse to the safety threat stemming from a recent spike in terrorism and that's not to mention the mounting tensions with neighboring afghanistan and india the rocky relationship pakistan now has with the u.s. so is the switch up in power expected to you all significant change talk about all the more i'm joined by nor mere drone campaign coordinator for code pink thank you so much for so much for having me so this was a pretty significant change in leadership this will be his third time leading the country which is really interesting what exactly does this say about what the pakistani people want right now and has he changed his tune from what do you love lust well i think that his positions are simil

pakistan's elections took place last week resulting in the water sharif of the pakistan muslim league returning to leave the country as prime minister for a third time after being exiled so now that the elections are over the world's watching to see it sharif leadership will work to cut us his puppet strings in the deadly drone wars in the country here to give us some more insight on the ground in pakistan of the vote protests and u.s. pakistani relations moving forward as our teams on the. things that largely calmed down since the elections with the majority of the people here really excited about the vote turnout was at a record sixty percent and we did see people really enthusiastic about it in the streets but there was violence although in a country of one hundred eighty to one hundred ninety million roughly twenty nine people were killed on voting day now in this city qur'an cheap more voting problems than elsewhere in pakistan different parties have rejected the results and have been protesting although it's not a large scale sort of thing and has more to do with internal politi

will return to lead pakistan's prime minister for an unprecedented third time his name is now was sharif is a former exile representing the pakistan muslim league. of the country's largest political parties and as he settles into his new position the world is watching and waiting to see whole handle the multitude of challenges facing the country everything from an economy on the brink of collapse to the safety threat stemming from a recent spike in terrorism and that's not to mention the mounting tensions with neighboring afghanistan and india along with a rocky relationship pakistan and now has with the u.s. so is this which open power expected to you all significant change talk about all the more i'm joined by nor meir drone campaign coordinator for code pink thank you so much for so much for having me so this was a pretty significant change in leadership this will be his third time leading the country which is really interesting what exactly does this say about what the pakistani people want right now and has he changed his tune from what he love lust well i think that his positions a

they are expected to be over by the pakistan and headed by a two term former prime minister now as sharif he is looking to score points by turning his back on washington and its war on terror in the region and the darkhorse to also paying the anti us cards that is cricket legend turned politician an anti drone activist in run come with his movement for justice or the p.t.i. supported by pakistan's military of course policy caffein off went to pakistan to see how the country's been approaching this landmark election. week after week these are the images the world has seen coming out of pakistan victims of a brutal wave of violence bomb blasts rippling across the country this is supposed to be a time of triumph for a country that's gearing up for its first ever democratic transition from one elected government to another but recent bomb and gun attacks by militants against religious minorities and secular politicians have called the country's stability into question and sown fear among pakistani voters. everyone is scared of bombs and nobody feels safe so very few people go and vote because

sharif will feel the pressure as soon as he comes into office. nhk world, islamabad. >>> police in britain have arrested two more people in connection with the killing of a soldier in london. a man and a woman are suspected of conspiracy to murder. investigators believe they may have helped the two men carrying out the attack. british media say those suspects were known to security services. two men approached the soldier on wednesday near a military barracks in southeast london. they were armed with weapons including a meat cleaver. then they hacked him to death. the british ministry of defense identified the victim as lee rigby, a veteran of the war in afghanistan. he was 25 years old and had a 2-year-old son. police arrested the two men soon after the attack but have yet to name them. they say one is 22 years old. the other, 28. media in britain have identified the 28-year-old as a british-born man of nigerian descent. they say he's a convert to islam. reports say the men were known to the internal security service mi-5 but were not considered

the win would be a remarkable comeback for sharif who was ousted in a military coup that happened now of fourteen years ago. in other news here on the r.t. world update at least five people have been killed in a series of shootings across iraq the deadliest took place in the city of mashad the gunman opened fire on a vegetable market and the attacks followed a police crackdown on a sunni protest camp in the country's north which sparked renewed sectarian violence. and fresh protests and a low turnout welcomed gary as parliamentary election which looks unlikely to provide a clear winner and there were allegations of fraud wiretapping and hundreds of thousands of illegally printed ballots they were seized just hours before the polls open the former prime minister was forced to step down in february and the protests over the state of the country about garia being the poorest in the e.u. . well it's been a pleasure having you here today up next peter bell his guests in cross talk are discussing the ins and outs of washington's foreign policy this is live from moscow . the illusion of safe

time former prime minister nawaz sharif in the country's new story general election. attacks. but more balanced on bullets in saturday's a storage vote r t brings you the latest from outside of the parliament right here in islamabad. turkey blames a syrian intelligence for the deadly cross border bombing of a scene as an entry point syrian refugees and. while russia the u.s. and britain officially conversion a common approach to peace in syria by the ongoing western backing of the insurgency. and from of first it to flop francois log a first anniversary of becoming the french president sees his popularity slump and drives tens of thousands of his just pointed voters. his failure to meet the expectations. if you just joined us a very warm welcome to you just joined us here on our all the week here with me to say. rightly he's been pakistan's prime minister twice and was ousted fourteen years ago in a military coup but to know was as a river has claimed an early victory in the country's general election it's also the country's for is the democratic transition between civilian go

world update now it's where the two time pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif has celebrated an early victory in an historic general election the poll dubbed the bloodiest in the country's history also marked its first ever democratic transition between civilian and government the preliminary results announced on sunday placed a sharif on top and close to gaining a clear majority in the national assembly however a revote is due in over thirty polling stations around karate the winner would be a remarkable comeback for sharif who was ousted in a military coup fourteen years ago. at least five have been killed in a series of shootings all across iraq at least took place in the city of the shah the after gunman opened fire on a vegetable market and the attacks followed a police crackdown on a sunni protest camp in the country's north which sparked renewed sectarian violence. fresh protests and a low turnout welcome to paul gary is parliamentary election which looks unlikely to provide a clear winner and there were allegations of fraud wiretapping and hundreds of thousands of illegally pr

here if you ask a correspondent there now he was toppled he was jailed exiled but now now is sharif looks said to return to power after claiming an early victory in pakistan's general election the vote was a first indeed in which a civilian government after serving its full term will hand power over to another democratically elected government threats by the taliban to disrupt the poll were borne out by attacks across the land that killed twenty four people caffein off reports. despite the threat of violence pakistanis came out in record numbers to vote in the election which will determine the fate of the country for the next five years and as the votes are counted the man poised to come out of the very top is not was sharif and his party fourteen years after being ousted in a military coup he is on the road to a third term as pakistan's prime minister will have numerous problems to deal with from chronic power cuts to a taliban insurgency will be pushing for create free market economic policies and further strain ties with the united states but the vote has also crushed the hopes of mill

so time pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif hostile the break to an alley victory in a historic general election the hold up of the largest in the country's history also marked its first ever democratic transition between civilian governments have been in a result and i was found sunday placed sharif on top and close to gave me a clear majority of the national assembly however a revote is do you know about thirty polling stations around the rashid the win would be a remarkable comeback for sharif who was ousted in a military coup fourteen years ago. fresh protests and low turnout welcomed bug areas by the ministry of actual preliminary results suggest the main center right party has one failed to win and on a white majority the lections been marred by allegations of fraud and wiretapping as hundreds of thousands of legally printed ballots were seen as just hours before polls opened before the prime minister was forced to step down in february i made parsers over the state of a country which is the poorest in. a bomb attack in southern afghanistan has left at least ten people dead and ma

latest news on the week's top stories here on our songs a two time former prime minister nawaz sharif claims victory in the country's historic general election. attacks but more balanced on bullets in saturday's historic vote r.t. brings you the latest from outside of the parliamentary right here in islamabad. turkey blame syrian intelligence for the deadly cross border bombing of a town that's seen as an entry point for syrian refugees and rebels. while russia other u.s. and britain officially converge on a common approach to peace in syria despite the ongoing western backing of the insurgency. and from first to flop along for a sudden burst of becoming french president sees his popularity slump and drives tens of thousands of his a disappointed voters to rally over his failure to meet their expectations. you're watching r t a live from moscow with me to say this is the weekly. he's been buddies sons of prime minister twice and was ousted fourteen years ago in a military coup but that was sharif is claiming an early victory in the country's general election it's also the country's fi

but i also think that there's going to be a new level of trading between the two countries because sharif has been put on notice that people really really don't want these drone strikes and he has sort of a new beginning with the military because having put mosharraf into prison or at least under house arrest and i think that you know there's a lot of things in play that will put more pressure on the united states i don't know that i think our government to stop our government is going to require our people ok marvin you want to jump in there and react to that oh i just just want to mention here that let's let's keep in mind whether it was in the washer really for him or it can it come to power if this is one area of foreign policy in which the military is still going to be first and foremost the military has got to be comfortable with whatever paul see the rule is and right now i don't again i don't see the military is ceding this to sabean's yes it's unpopular. partly unpopular because of the way it's been put trade in pakistan it's been trying to trade in the military is partly respons

and party which is led by former prime minister nawaz sharif is in significant leave it does put mr sharif on the road to being prime minister for a third time in his career and in fact just. to the stage before his jubilant supporters in lahore to announce an electoral victory for his party saying that the party thanks all of for it for the opportunity to serve pakistan again now quite significant here is the turnout that we're seeing the at least according to preliminary results for imran khan the cricket star turned politician has seen a large turnout largely among young voters and is poised to become papa stones second largest party which is quite significant also for the pops on people's party which has formed the outgoing government it shows a mandate for change that shows that pakistanis do want differences in their electoral outcome and it certainly shows that the large problems that the outgoing government has had to deal with unemployment economic problems the rising threat of violence they have not been addressed significantly so pakistanis with their ballots are saying that the

sharif's pakistan muslim league won the general election with the promise of solving severe shortages of electricity. pakistan cannot seek cooperation from western countries because it hasn't signed the nucar nonproliferation treaty. it's also been criticized for having transferred nuclear technology to north korea and other countries. after becoming prime minister for the third time, sharif says he wants to visit china at an early date to ensure increased assistance. >>> islamist suicide bombers have attacked two countries in niger. militants broke through defenses in a northern city of then they detonated a car packed with explosiv explosives. at least 19 people were killed. at the same time another group drove into a mine some 250 kilometers away. they said the militants killed one of their employees and wounded 14 others. an islamist group claimed responsibility for both attacks. the insurgents have retaliated with cross border attacks. >>> japanese personnel have been busy fixing up roads and helping out others far from home. now those with the self-defense forces will move furth