and calls fresh elections campaigning has begun in pakistan for weapons days general election bilawal bhuttozardari the head of the pakistan people's party and some of the assassinated former leader benazir bhutto has been running in karate the vote is widely seen as a two way race between the parties a former cricket star in run current and jailed former prime minister nawaz sharif his brother is in contestant more than three hundred seventy one thousand soldiers have been deployed to guard polling stations in india scrapping taxis on sanitary pads in what's being hailed as a major boost for girls' education they were previously taxed at twelve percent sparking protests when it was imposed last year the additional cost became a problem for girls and women especially in poor and rural areas. dozens of wildfires are raging across sweden which is experiencing its worst drought for seventy four years comes after months of high temperatures and it's prompted an appeal for help to other european countries those are your headlines up next inside story i will be back in the seat in about thirty min

that's pakistan people's party led by bilawal bhutto he of course is a twenty nine year old son of the assassinated former prime minister benazir bhutto . we have two of our correspondents in pakistan for these elections a sum of binge of aid is in the hole that's pakistan's second most populous city and a major political battleground first let's get a correspondent who is in the capital islamabad and now the polls have closed how would you say the voting went despite there being that dreadful attack in the provincial capital of the police. overall. have gone smoothly despite that deadly attack which claimed at least. many mall in islamabad in the constituency where i am and a polling station behind me as you can see is known as constituent the national assembly five three. two heavy fighting heavyweight. bochy the former prime minister the outgoing prime minister of iraq and mr cameron kahn as you mentioned earlier. hundreds of thousands of security forces personnel have been able to do security. operation which means that people will feel comfortable to come out. and despite their cr

minister nawaz who rules the pm and policy and then there's also the pakistan people's party that by bilawal bhutto zardari the twenty nine year old son of assassinated former prime minister benazir attash are going to a has mall. eisel claimed responsibility for this suicide bomb attack outside a polling station in quite a tough dozens were killed another suicide bombing in the same province earlier this month at a campaign event killed one hundred forty nine people including a candidate pakistan has deployed eight hundred thousand security personnel across the country below while bhutto's adare one of three main candidates for prime minister said voters would not be deterred the diaries mother former prime minister benazir bhutto was assassinated in two thousand and seven. in baluchistan is an attempt to disrupt the political process the people will not be affected by this they will come out and vote in full force. the story could help form a coalition government if no party wins a decisive victory opposition leader imraan khan has campaigned on an anti-corruption platform and is popular with you

there's also the pakistan people's party led by bilawal bhutto is the twenty nine year old son of the assassinated former prime minister benazir bhutto. at least fifty people have been killed and dozens more been injured after a suicide bombers targeted a city in southern syria several attackers struck. near the border with jordan the area is government held but eisel controls a pocket of territory to the north seventy decker's in the occupied golan heights close to where the fighting is taking place according to syrian state media one suicide bomber they say belonging to ice will bloom in the market in the city of swayed us weight has been under the control of the syrian government for a very long time it's majority dru's area they say that two other suicide bombers were killed by security forces before they could detonate their vest so it is a concern of course it's the first time in a very long time an attack of this nature has happened also i sill the campaign against eisel continues particularly where we are behind us a very active assault by the syrians and the russians has been

assassinated in a terrorist attack, his grandfather was executed by a military dictator, but now bilawal bhutto in pakistan at the end of the month. but, as secunder kermani has been finding out, levels of support for the party have dropped over the past decade. bilawal — the third generation of pakistan's most famous polticcal dynasty, takes to the streets in a rally. his mother and grandfather both served as prime minister, and he is now emphasising their party's focus on delivering socialjustice. this is bilawal‘s first election campaign. many have praised his energy. but, ever since his mother's death, his party have faced serious challenges. having once dominated the political scene, polls predict they will now finish in third place. bilawal is fighting to keep his family's political legacy alive. my vision for pakistan is a peaceful, prosperous, progressive, democratic pakistan. it's a pakistan my mother fought for 30 years of her life, struggled for, and ultimately lost her life in this struggle. it's what motivates me, it's what drives me to continue to push for this message. bilawal‘s

assassinated in a terrorist attack, his grandfather was executed by a military dictator, but now bilawal bhuttocampaign ahead of elections in pakistan at the end of the month. but, as secunder kermani has been finding out, levels of support for the party have dropped over the past decade. bilawal — the third generation of pakistan's most famous polticcal dynasty takes to the streets in a rally. his mother and grandfather both served as prime minister and he is now emphasising on his party's focus on delivering socialjustice. this is bilawal‘s first election campaign, many have praised his energy, but ever since his mother's death, the party have faced serious challenges. having once dominated the political scene, polls predict they will now finish in third place. bilawal is fighting to keep his family's political legacy alive. my vision for pakistan is a peaceful, prosperous, progressive and democratic pakistan. it's a pakistan my mother fought for 30 years of her life, struggled for and ultimately lost her life in this struggle. it is what motivates me, it drives me to continue to push for thi

assassinated in a terrorist attack, his grandfather was executed by a military dictator, but now bilawal bhuttoign ahead of elections in pakistan at the end of the month. it's not an easyjob. critics say support for the party has dropped over the past decade — as secunder kermani reports. bilawal, the third generation of pakistan's most famous dynasty takes to the streets of. his mother and grandfather both seemed as —— served as good grandfather and he is now emphasising on his party ‘s focus on delivering socialjustice. this is bilawal‘s first election campaign, many have praised his energy, but ever since his mother's death, the party has faced serious challenges. having once dominated the political scene, holes predict they will now finish in third place. bilawal is fighting to keep his family ‘s political legacy live. my vision for pakistan is a peaceful, and prosperous pakistan. my mother fought for 30 years of her life, struggled for and ultimately lost her life in this struggle. it is what motivates me, it drives me to continue to push this message. his father, former president, leads t

the center right backus on the reeky and saf there's also the pakistan people's party led by bilawal bhutto the twenty nine year old son of the assassinated former prime minister benazir bhutto. at least fifty people have been killed and dozens more injured after a suicide bombers targeted a city in southern syria several attackers struck at other through either near the border with jordan the area is government held but i still controls of pocket of territory to the north of the un refugee agency for palestine is cutting two hundred fifty jobs and rower provides critical aid to palestinian refugees and also employs many of them because he has visibly upset they are after losing their livelihoods the decision comes after the u.s. suspended more than half of its annual funding to the agency. state media in law is reporting that at least nineteen people have died when a dam collapsed on monday more than three thousand people who are still trapped by the flooding and are waiting to be rescued one of the south korean companies building at the site at a poll says cracks were spotted in one of th

campaigning has begun in pakistan for wednesday's general election bilawal bhutto zardari the head of the pakistan people's party has been holding a rally in the southern city of karachi he's the son of former leader benazir bhutto who was killed in two thousand and seven but the vote is widely seen as a two way race between the parties of former cricket star imran khan and now the jailed former prime minister nawaz sharif whose brother is also a candidate more than three hundred seventy one thousand soldiers have been deployed to guard polling stations. imran khan is promising to stamp out corruption if he wins the election the leader of the in soft has addressed a rally in islamabad which is seen as a stronghold for his party he told the crowds he would hold ministers accountable for any wrongdoing yes. we can form a government in pakistan where a minister will be afraid of corruption but our national council will catch a prime minister and ministers as it happens in europe and run cons corruption messages ahead with voters in the city of lahore from there some a bunch of it reports

and that's led by bilawal bhutto he's the twenty nine year old son of the assassinated former prime minister benazir bhutto we've got two correspondents to talk to now we've got a summer binge of aids he's our correspondent in the hole that's pakistan second most populous city and we've also got kemal haidar he's live outside a polling station in the capital islamabad let's go to you first kemal and talk about what's going on in cueto in baluchistan an attack on people trying to cast their votes clearly deliberate deliberately trying to dissuade people from taking part in the democratic process. out. something which happened even during the election nearing. one leader of the awami national party in the. province was killed by the taliban pocket down there to great point two billion people and then there was another attack in baluchistan but today that i'd also been claimed by i should be remembered. and that they've. done. where did. they. claimed responsibility for the. taking place on the outskirts of the city where the police. a polling station or a number of people. over thirty were wou

and its claims of meddling by the military and then there's the pakistan people's party led by bilawal bhutto zardari son of assassinated former leader benazir bhutto they could be in a strong position if the close contest produces a hung parliament in a move that's why human rights groups though the election commission has gone to pakistan's military the power to punish people for electoral violations at polling stations welcome all hyder is in charge of the district near the border with afghanistan where he's been meeting voters from outside the country's main cities. awash majority of the budgets county population lived in rural areas where dime has . although did take part in the election rigorously they have not seen the kind of results by their leadership in a country where corruption runs high in political political leader direct. typing all the billions of dollars from their country ended rural areas people do not have clean drinking water they do not have education they do not have medical care and all those things are necessary for the nation. and for political leadership change wil

sharif's brother shahbaz who rules the pm and party there's also the pakistan people's party led by bilawal bhutto zardari the twenty nine year old son of assassinated former prime minister benazir bhutto going to aim has more. eisel claimed responsibility for this suicide bomb attack outside a polling station in quite a dozens were killed another suicide bombing in the same province earlier this month at a campaign event killed one hundred forty nine people including a candidate pakistan has deployed eight hundred thousand security personnel across the country below while bhutto's adare one of three main candidates for prime minister said voters would not be deterred the diaries mother former prime minister benazir bhutto was assassinated in two thousand and seven. as an attempt to disrupt the political process the people will not be affected by this they will come out and vote in full force. the dory could help form a coalition government if no party wins a decisive victory opposition leader imraan khan has campaigned on an anti-corruption platform and is popular with young voters. this is the f

pakistan campaigning in full swing for wednesday's election to choose a new government there bilawal bhutto zardari is among those running for prime minister the leader of the pakistan people's party the well remember oxford educated some of the first female prime minister and how he's done benazir bhutto who was assassinated whilst on the campaign trail nearly eleven years ago towards the end of two thousand and seven as he campaigns we're also going to focus in though on one of the other front runners there in that has him run com we're going to be in for a graphic from al jazeera dot com here which is a good start you see the three faces there of those most likely to become prime minister bill allows on the left on the right but it is this man in the middle we want to talk about imran khan from the p.t.i. pakistan three in self party we all know cricketer turned politician twenty six years ago he left cricket to start his political career and has as he's seen there led protests in the past and demonstrations against the p.l.o. and alleging corruption in their parties so we're going to ta

to get sixty three seats the posse of the assassinated former prime minister benazir bhutto headed by his son bilawal has got forty three on the smaller parties combined or on forty five to form a government though khan needs a needs coalition partners to get a majority of one hundred thirty seven seats overall commodified it brings us the latest now from islamabad. although imran khan is gone for a day and that he will form the negs government the operation is now threatening to launch nationwide protests once the declared election considered an island war and one third relation and pockets on. protest on the street saying that david border all the political parties must their support however that is. one of the major political parties the baathist on people's party to. go the. one time prime minister of. i think that he will try to convince the opposition that they must follow the parliamentary process and that of course means divisions within the opposition. bring street ball and put pressure on the government it would mean more political instability but there's no turning back on emraan kong. and