going to boycott those calls under the ventry military dictator general pervez musharraf and benazir bhutto prevailed upon him not to boycott the elections because her stand was if you boycott then what you have to have that engagement with the political process and so he understood that he say with it so the show is i think all the great political death to benazir bhutto who was once his great political rival and i think is coming back to pakistan is in a way kind of to make its own don't mean for his boss mr misdeed towards her when he was in power and she was out of power there was that history is that the six year old migrants recorded begging for her family at a u.s. detention center has been reunited with her mother. for your to. the police got it right the cries of allison the dritte pleading with border agents in the macallan detention center drew worldwide attention to donald trump's administration zero tolerance policy when it came to illegal immigration the reunification follows a u.s. court order for the authorities to reunite old forcibly separated micron's families the family

long way since then and i think part of that was he was schooled by been received by the late benazir bhutto in the last election before she died he was going to boycott those polls under the then military dictator general pervez musharraf and benazir bhutto prevailed upon him not to boycott the elections because her stand was a few boycott then what you have to have it gave me the political process and so he understood that he failed with it so naturally i think it was a great political death to benazir bhutto who was once was a great political rival and i think his coming back to pakistan is in a way kind of to make atones own man for his fost. misdeeds towards her when he was in power and she was out of. there was that history as well . as really soldiers are shocked that a fifteen year old palestinian boy on the border with gaza thirty others were injured in the latest friday protests one hundred thirty seven palestinians are being killed in the past three months along the fence with israel but in its midst is on the gaza israel border. so the friday protests continue despite israel's de

party and he's been holding a rally in the southern city of karachi is the son of former leader benazir bhutto who was assassinated in two thousand and seven but the vote is widely seen as a two way race between the parties a former cricket star in khan and former prime minister nawaz sharif who is now in jail but his brother is a candidate more than three thousand three hundred seventy one thousand soldiers have been deployed to god polling stations. among cons promising to stamp out corruption if he wins the leader of the week in south party addressed or rally in islamabad which is seen as a stronghold for his party it 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 a national accountability bureau will catch a prime minister and ministers as it happens in europe come all. districts near the border with afghanistan where he spoke to rural voters. awash majority of the bug astonied population lived in rural areas where time has. although it did take part in the election rigorous

pakistan people's party has held a rally in the southern city of karachi is the son of former leader benazir bhutto who was killed in two thousand and seven but the vote is seen as a two way race between the parties of former cricket star imran khan and the now jailed former prime minister nawaz sharif whose brother is a candidate. india is scrapping taxes and 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 cost became a problem for girls and women is especially in poor and rural areas those are the headlines now in al-jazeera it's rewinds by fire. the question is will fifteen thousand people posing an imminent threat to israel use money for this they were. told each lead to a must people motel or immediately get a one million or they're saying to get it into the bay are sending them to die it's it comes to elections are you when they come and attack us it's a little he was attacking his son goes head to hate with. what israel's doing is deliberately choosing to slaughter hous

a while bhutto zardari the head of the pakistan people's party and some of the former leader benazir bhutto has been holding rallies in the southern city of karachi but the vote is widely seen as a two way race between the parties of the former cricket star imran khan and the jailed former prime minister nawaz sharif yes. we can form a government in pakistan where a minister will be afraid of corruption but our national accountability bureau will catch a prime minister and minister as it happens in europe well here's a closer look at some of the candidates in pakistan's election shahbaz sharif is running with the. no as faction of the pakistan muslim league the sixty six year old is the brother of the former prime minister nawaz sharif who was recently found guilty of corruption imran khan is leader of the terry in stuff party which is popular among young voters he's a former cricketer who became a vocal critic of the ruling party and of corruption but he too has faced corruption allegations running for pakistan's people's party has been a while bhutto zardari the eldest son of the former p

for pakistan's people's party is below bhutto zardari the eldest son of former prime minister benazir bhutto who was assassinated in two thousand and seven the twenty nine year old is also being investigated for corruption. correspondent. in the hole for also house campaigning shaping up now. i mean this is the heartland of the. problem. most of the people that you see. and this is the place. in a very. big we just came from one of the. rally. holding rallies. you mentioned. from his brother. similarly. none will be. more different to get back to that thing on the campaign trail going from one city to the other trying to get as many places as possible on the end of the campaign trail and if people have been telling him that they are very confident that they are going to win this race because the people out on this by the opposition. he would think that given the fundies that you mentioned above. and the pakistani people think that iran is being favored by the minute establishment and it kind of is that being taken out but iran is adamant that you take out corruption from the country. we can

the party of the slain former prime minister benazir bhutto and the p.l.o. and the party of the jailed former prime minister nawaz sharif both those parties have a significant mandate regionally and they have an interest in continuing to go along with the democratic project despite all the warts and irregularities in this election and indeed in the run up to the election all right good to get your analysis on that thanks so much mashallah for the navy. for my catalan leader carlos pushed him or has returned to belgium vowing to defend what he called the just cause of the catalan people he's back in brussels after a failed bid by spain to extradite him on rebellion charges from germany but he met the current president of catalonia kim torah who travel to meet his predecessor pushed him on fled spain last year after catalonia as a referendum on independence. is a political scientist and contributor to vocal european joins us by skype from barcelona good to have you with us so what direction do you expect the catalonian independent movement to take now we've go

bhutto zardari the head of the pakistan people's party and son of the assassinated former leader benazir bhutto has been rallying in the southern city of karachi but 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 and i was sharif whose brother is contesting more than three hundred seventy one thousand soldiers have been deployed to guard the polling stations imran khan's promising to stamp out corruption if he wins the leader of the. party has addressed a rally in islamabad which is seen as a stronghold for his party he told the crowd he would hold ministers accountable for any wrongdoing ya got my vote so we can form a government in pakistan where a minister will be afraid of corruption but our national accountability bureau will catch a prime minister and ministers as it happens in europe. is in charge or destroyed close to the border with afghanistan there he spoke to rural voters. i watched majority of the budgets gone the population lived in the rural areas where dime had . although it did take part in the

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. behind me is the metro the much talked about proof of performance of the pakistan within the law of the pan which was in power i

by the late benazir bhutto in the last elections before she died he was going to boycott those calls under the ventry military dictator general pervez musharraf and benazir bhutto prevailed upon him not to boycott the elections because her stand was if you boycott then what you have to have that engagement with the political process and so he understood that he said with it so the show you but i think all the great political death to benazir bhutto who was once his great political rival and i think is coming back to pakistan is in a way kind of to make a stolen adornment for his boss mr misdeed towards her when he was in power and she was out of power there was that history is that let's talk about the attacks on these election rallies what does that say about the the level of security that or that the people that the police are rather able to provide for people that want to be part of the process so i don't think it's the ones about the police right now i mean if you look at the kind of violence that pakistan has been facing particularly since nine eleven for the last almost two dec

why but it's a diary of the left leaning pakistan people's party a son of slain prime minister benazir bhuttohe is looking to revive the fortune of his party. some observers have called this election the dirtiest in recent memory but for ordinary people on the street their hopes are far more grounded. in the country is economically weak at the moment it is standing at the verge of bankruptcy one thing is sure that whichever government comes it will be faced with challenges but we hope whatever government comes it will recover pakistan from a fall. joining me now is the chorus one and only conrad from the pakistani capital islamabad not only we've seen that despite the huge military presence this will already be a suicide bomb attack at a polling station what more can you tell us about it. yes i've been talking to difficult journalists on the ground journalists who were actually at the polling station right after the attack happened it seems that this was attacked trying to target a very high ranking security official who was in the police station next door a lot of people have been killed the

league leader, the brother of the former prime minister, and bhutto zardari, the son of the late benazir bhutto. you can see the pakistani daily dawn says it's shaping up to be a tight race. a lot of undecided as the voters mold their options. by the by, imran khan is hoping to avoid his 20-year-old election losing streak. annette: and it's notable for its representation of minorities? >> we found think news, lgbt news, and lgbt news site, homosexuality is illegal but it has guaranteed basic rights for transgender citizens, recognizing a third gender. now, one of those candidates has a pretty harrowing or a. she talks about being the survivor of an acid attack, being forced to leave home at 13 and assaulted by relatives, she now says the candidates are hoping to get local or national withsentation and deal thorny issues like honor killings. n now, aand the u.k. debate is raging over the possible extradition to the united states of two and british men. >> these two men were captured in syria last january by u.s. backed troops and are part of a so-called isis beadles group, a name given for their

while both it's a diary of the left leaning pakistan people's party son of slain prime minister benazir bhutto he is looking to revive the fortune of his party. ah. some observers have called this election the dirtiest in recent memory but for ordinary people on the street their hopes are far more grounded. the country is economically weak at the moment it is standing at the verge of bankruptcy one thing is sure that whichever government comes it will be faced with challenges but we hope whatever government comes it will recover pakistan from a fall. right to do conrad shoes in the pakistani capital islamabad following the story for us good to see you know there were reports of a deadly bomb blast outside a polling station today in the city of quetta what can you tell us. yes i actually just talked to a local correspondent who's at the site is right outside the polling station where it happened he said people have been evacuated the death toll has risen to at least thirty people schools killed apparently and it was targeting a local very high ranking security chief so this was the local corres

by bilawal bhutto who's a twenty nine year old son of the assassinated former prime minister benazir bhutto . at least fifty people have been killed dozens more have been injured after a suicide bombers targeted a city in southern syria several attackers struck in alsa wader is close to the border with jordan the area is government held but i still controls a pocket of territory to the north. the u.n. refugee agency for palestine is cutting twenty two hundred fifty jobs provides critical aid to palestinian refugees and also employees many of them some them some of them were visibly upset after learning of their job loss the decision comes after the u.s. suspended more than half of its annual funding to the agency. saved media in laos are reporting at least nineteen people died when a dam collapsed on monday more than three thousand people still trapped by flooding and waiting to be rescued one of the south korean companies building the site in at a prayer you say cracks are spotted in one of the supporting dams the night before it collapsed it says the government was notified and ordered an

sharif has managed 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 turnin

benazir bhutto's party which is now after she was assassinated couple of years ago being run by her son and there's also some islamist parties which may or may not play an important role depending on how many votes they become they'll be a lot of haggling in the next coming days maybe even weeks in might be quite a while until we see a government being formed so we'll watch with interest and i know in islamabad thank you. and of course we have a lot more in-depth coverage and analysis of pakistan's elections on our website that's at d w dot com. now greece has begun three days of national mourning for the victims of the country's worst fire disaster in a decade at least eighty people are confirmed dead and that number is expected to increase fires broke out on monday evening one near the town of kinetic around fifty kilometers west of athens and another to the east of the city near the coastal village of matty place he swept through the areas in just minutes taking a grim toll. only a few days ago will carry a celebrated her son's wedding here now she finds herself standing amidst devas

bhutto zardari son of the former prime minister benazir bhutto and a former cricketer iran karl who is popular with young voters well security across pakistan has been stepped up ahead of wednesday's vote kimo hyder has more now from islamabad. eight hundred thousand security forty four thousand men being they're going to run the country according to the election coverage you know don instructed bridge avoiding a fair and free.

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 young voters. this is the first time we've had the chance to defeat the two parties who have been in control here and those who have been taking turns at power in this country for the past thirty years. the other main candidate is shahbaz sharif the brother of former prime minister no wash who is in jail charged with corruption. and i appealed to the nation to come out to polling stations cost the votes and change the destiny of pakistan and make a great prosperous and progressive country make it great in its real meaning. election observers from the european union are monitoring polling stations there have been widesprea

bhutto zardari the head of the pakistan people's party and son of the assassinated former leader benazir bhutto has been running in the southern city. but the vote is widely seen as a two way race between the parties a former cricket star imran khan and the jailed former prime minister now a shareef more than three hundred seventy one thousand soldiers have been deployed to guard polling stations. imran khan's promising to stamp out corruption if he wins the election the leader of the. party has addressed a rally in islamabad which is seen as a stronghold for the party he told the crowd he would hold ministers accountable for any wrongdoing young come on board so we can form a government in pakistan where a minister will be afraid of corruption but our national accountability bureau will catch a prime minister and ministers as it happens in europe come hider is in charge district near the border with afghanistan there he spoke to rural voters a wife rejoinder dear of the population level and.

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 first time we've had the chance to defeat the two parties who have been in control here and

bhutto zardari the head of the pakistan people's party and son of the assassinated former leader benazir bhutto has been holding rallies in karachi india is scrapping taxes on senator pads in what is 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 it comes after months of high temperatures and has prompted an appeal for help to other european nations those are your headlines let's return to head to head off season but i. thank you but i have. joined this week by danny aiello on former israeli deputy foreign minister founder of the group the truth about israel at danny you have lobbied extensively against the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal the g. c.p.o. a you think it's a bad deal and like prime minister netanyahu you welcomed president trump's decision to pull the united states out of that deal to vio

election that all bhutto zardari the head of the pakistan people's party and so on the former leader benazir bhutto has been holding rallies in the southern city of karachi a vote is widely seen though as a two way race between the parties a form of cricket saw him on calm and jailed former prime minister nawaz sharif. government in pakistan where a minister will be afraid of corruption but a national accountability bureau will catch a prime minister and minister is as it happens in europe. space x. has successfully launched its final and most powerful version of the falcon nine rocket. it will supply broadband services to customers throughout the americas and northern atlantic ocean region. back at the top of the hour with more updates stay with us here on al-jazeera. in the egyptian capital cairo a chinese community has established itself reflecting the growing business relationship between egypt and china. the two countries have developed a robust relationship in recent years overall trade between egypt and china has exceeded eleven billion u.s. dollars. egypt has awarded lucrative construction

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 ongoing to push the groups affiliated with out of

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 young voters. this is the first time we've had the chance to defeat the two parties who have been in control here and those who have been taking turns at power in this country for the past thirty years. the other main candidate is shahbaz sharif the brother of former prime minister no wash who is in jail charged with corruption. and i appeal to the nation to come out to polling stations cost the votes and change the destiny of pakistan and make a great prosperous and progressive country make it great in its real meaning. election observers from the european union are monitoring polling stations there have been widespread

for prime minister said voters would not be deterred the diaries mother former prime minister benazir bhuttowas assassinated in two thousand and seven. 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 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 first time we've had the chance to defeat the two parties who have been in control here and those who have been taking turns at power in this country for the past thirty years. the other main candidate is shahbaz sharif the brother of former prime minister no wash who is in jail charged with corruption. and i appeal to the nation to come out to polling stations cost the votes and change the destiny of pakistan and make a great prosperous and progressive country make it great in its real meaning. election observers from the european union are monitoring polling stations there have been widespread allegations of ri

the pakistan people's party ticket the twenty nine year old is the son of former prime minister benazir bhutto who is assassinated in two thousand and seven and he too has faced allegations of corruption and former cricketer emraan khan is the leader of the terek insaaf party which is particularly popular among young voters khan has been vocal in his opposition to government corruption let's hand out from what two of the candidates had to say. we can form a government in pakistan where a minister will be afraid of corruption but a national count will catch a prime minister and ministers as it happens in europe or. the i decide i want our story for you i want to authority to solve your problems i want to power sort of the laborers could get to work for their hard work i want to sort of do so that the youth can get into creation unemployment i want power so that the farmers can get the price for their crops i want us already for the woman to get their rights i want power to protect the rights of minorities i want are so ready to empower democracy and i will god willing to succeed in the struggle

finished with sixty four seats the pakistan people's party of this isolated former prime minister benazir bhutto has forty three of the smaller parties finished with a combined total of forty eight let's go live now to islam about al-jazeera has come out hyder is there so as you are saying a couple of hours ago imran khan will be the next prime minister of pakistan but there are those who are disputing the result. well yes absolutely and they did allude to our disputing that it did the politicians who have had complete grip on the budget sonny pollard gig they've been dead a tradition of bargees some of them all old hands out political parties or what didn't happen days the leader of the right wing religious party that in the months ahead there might they say i'm i'm all enough i live here man he's come out very strongly think that this election should be null and void and there should be reelection however them ron kahn had already said i need religion to open any constituency for a recount one of various ministers all the elected representatives and even said that he's willing to lead them all

led by beloved bhutto the twenty nine year old son of the assassinated former prime minister benazir bhutto. been corresponding his life for us in the hole and of course it's the stronghold of the. party where the former prime minister sharif is strong his brother is fighting that position now certainly trying to come the prime minister but it's also the home city of imran khan too so what's the impression you get of the certainly the voting on this very important. to me a while but this is the stronghold this is the heartland of politics in pakistan and province and especially the city of lahore which is being hotly contested between the two sides sides as you mentioned the bikes on the family in the p.t.i. the five percent that you can stop being led by. a polling station where you can see a lot of people who are supporters of the pakistan tehreek e insaf they've been gathering here since this morning you can see behind me there's a camp that has been set up and their supporters have been in high spirits they think that this is the chance that their party is going to get their candidate w

but it's a diary of the left leaning pakistan people's party the son of slain prime minister benazir bhuttohe is looking to revive the fortune of his party. some observers have called this election the dirtiest in recent memory but for ordinary people on the street their hopes are far more grounded. the country is economically weak at the moment it is standing at the verge of bankruptcy one thing is sure that whichever government comes it will be faced with challenges but we hope whatever government comes it will recover pakistan from a fall. apart let's bring in conrad she is on the line for us from the pakistani capital islamabad hi niamey a polling stations have opened in pakistan what are you seeing where you are. yes facing off open for a couple of hours we've been to a couple of polling stations both you know trickling in we thought of quite a few voters and they seem to be divided supporters or as we heard in the piece p.m.i. lead and also from a quick imraan khan. yes but we are seeing is going underway in turning up at the polls now i mean we mentioned the lead up to this vote has

the former prime minister benazir bhutto was assassinated in two thousand and seven the p.p.p. was the largest opposition party in the two thousand and thirteen parliament well security has been stepped up across pakistan ahead of the vote there is more now from islamabad. eight hundred thousand security forces pushed in and have been deployed across the country according to the election commission of pakistan instructed to boarding a fair and free election the ballot bowl failed have already been defeated butane fall flung station fanning across the country forward broke and candidates really be trying their luck full for the national and provincial family for the election day voter turnout is expected to be high but the figure to going to drop a very bad amount the election coverage you know for get stranded in their responsibility of conducting a fair and free elections in a country where the electorate always become controversial and it could go to the forehead of god that all go out in large numbers because of the return deadly attack by elements who have vault. election m

you know, the former pakistani prime minister, slain prime minsiter, benazir bhutto made it her mandateomen into politics. even from that socio—economic strata, wasn't too successful. but you've got to continue making this happen. and quite frankly sometimes i feel women who are in elite positions who are in politics need to champion his cause, because their voice, i think, carries much more weight in this than many of the men in politics. so are you hopeful that this will be successful in the long run? i think there's no question. i think the trend is absolutely in the right direction. the frustration is it's much slower than it should be. and as you know, the other problem in pakistani elections last time, and unfortunately this time, is security. and whenever you've got security problems, it's an easier argument to make for women not to go to the polling stations, because of safety reasons. and so it's complicated, but i do think the trend lines are moving in the right directions. what's life really like inside north korea? it's a question few outside the country can answer. well, in

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 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 first time we've had the chance to defeat the two parties who have been in control here and those who have been taking turns at power in this country for the past thirty years. the other main candidate is shahbaz sharif the brother of former prime minister no wash who is in jail charged with corruption. and i appealed to the nation to come out to polling stations cost the votes and change the destiny of pakistan and make a great prosperous and progressive country make it great in its real meaning. election observers from the european union are monitoring polling stations there have been widespread

he's managed to get sixty four seats now the party of the assassinated former prime minister benazir bhutto there you see it that's managed to get forty three seats in the small. all the parties combined there are forty three now in order to form a government in iran can these coalition partners to get that majority of one hundred thirty seven seats will be going live to lahore in a bit but first let's listen to the assessment of the election and. it is our assessment that despite positive changes to the legal framework with the new elections act and a stronger and more transparent election commission the electoral process of twenty eighteen was negatively affected by the political environment the number of violent attacks targeting political parties party leaders candidates and election officials severely affected the campaign environment. many of our interlocutors acknowledge the systematic efforts to undermine the former ruling party through cases of corruption contempt of court and terrorist charges against its leaders and candidates are let's go live to our correspondent some avenge of

sharif has managed to get sixty three seats the policy of the assassinated former prime minister benazir bhutto the p.p.p. has got forty three of the smaller parties combined forty five seats but to form a government khan needs coalition partners to get a majority of one hundred and thirty seven seats. in a slum for us hi there kemal so all those opposition figures of just been speaking what have they been saying. what did happen days the opposition meeting was called by that. all of that it. should be remembered that he had been defeated along with many of the big. stranglehold on pakistani soil or day to day of course are angry and they warned. that day going to appeal to all of the parties go join their agitation where there should be a reelection rejecting the. war that the people of pakistan have cost and. mean that they have serious implications. so far i have also been able to speak to. p.p.p. needed that in the progress on people's party a party which they believe in parliamentary politic they do believe in democracy and although they have been allegations against them they are saying t

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 the supporting dams the night before it collapsed it says the government was notified an

early the head of the pakistan people's party and son of former leader benazir bhutto has been holding rallies in the southern city of karachi but the vote is widely seen as a two way race between the parties of former cricket star iran and the jailed former prime minister nawaz sharif el-gamal cause promising to stamp out corruption if he wins the election he's addressed a rally in islamabad a stronghold for his party he told the crowd that he would hold ministers accountable for any wrongdoing. so we can form a government in pakistan where a minister will be afraid of corruption but a national accountability bureau will catch a prime minister and ministers as it happens in europe. districts near the border with afghanistan has been has been speaking to rural voters. awash majority of the budget gunny population lived in rural areas where dime had. although it 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 not accused of typing all the billions of dollars from the

there's the pakistan people's party led by put has a diary the son of assassinated formally to benazir bhutto they could be in a strong position if the close contest produces a hung parliament and a move that's why a human rights groups the election commission has granted pakistan's military the power to punish people for electoral violations at polling stations that is it dark cloud over this election if you were to believe and sort of the public reporting this isn't necessarily as fair as it gets there been allegations of free fall rigging the military. has big favorites and iran is the one that they're banking banking on and backing or one of us should leave so it's a lot of a lot of dark gone most issue and quite frankly that's given iran the space and the edge and his body to become a real contender a year to go before the former prime minister nawaz sharif was and problem started with the supreme court he seemed to be in a very city and sitting sort of pretty to win this election and since then it's been done in for him and uphill for him run well out there is come on hyder has been mis

party has been holding a rally in the southern city of karachi was also the son of former leader benazir bhutto who was assassinated in two thousand and seven. but the vote is widely seen as a two way race between the parties a former cricket star in the long con and former prime minister nawaz sharif who is now in jail but his brother is a candidate or the three hundred seventy one thousand soldiers have been deployed to guard polling stations imran khan's promising to stamp out corruption if he wins the leader of the party 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 young models are we can form a government in pakistan where a minister will be afraid of corruption but a national accountability bureau will catch a prime minister and ministers as it happens in europe. well among cons corruption message is a hits with voters in the city of lahore from there are some a binge of aids reports. behind me is the back to the much talked about group of performance of the by the standards of the law

is managed to gone to sixty three seats the policy of the assassinated former prime minister benazir bhutto has forty three. and the smaller parties combined are on forty five but to form a government con coalition partners to get the majority of one hundred thirty seven seats the opposition group though will not accept that saying the vote was not free or fair for. all parties conference unanimously rejected twenty fifth july twenty eighth you know elections we don't accept it as a people's mandate but consider it as a stolen mandate those who are thinking that they want a majority we even don't accept their majority nor will we give them a chance to rule who demand free and fair reelections and we all agreed that all members elected from all parties will not take over in the parliament. is in islamabad and joins us live now. we know that this grouping of rivals to iran can are rejecting the results that are coming in so far how will they challenge the vote. well that's a very interesting question because what they are saying that this election is not and ward and david in order kept it aw

sharif has managed to get sixty four seats on the party of the assassinated former prime minister benazir bhutto p.p.p. has got forces story and the smaller parties combined are also at forty three but to form a government canid coalition partners to get that majority of one hundred and thirty seven seats will come all hyder is in islamabad for a side there kemal so will these claims of electoral fraud make any difference to that official result. none whatsoever i mean every election in this country is gone and if you look at the history of this country the elections the looting. of manipulating the polls and all loaded in criticism that something was. manipulated and the fact of the magic that it did the people of pakistan were mostly the young. women who have large numbers and they're surprised everybody that. the president of course has grown gradually did the election commission the election commission. free and fair election under the circumstances given the security detail so as far as the government is concerned it does believe that. time and so that's the situation on the ground so far a

adare the head of the pakistan people's party and son of the former leader at benazir bhutto has been rallying in the southern city of karachi by the july twenty fifth vote is widely seen as a two way race between the parties a former cricket star imran khan and the now jailed former prime minister nawaz sharif whose brother is running in the poll riot police in the philippines a five water cannon and demonstrators protesting against the u.s. and china under its gathered outside the u.s. and chinese embassies in the capital manila they accuse president of terror of failing to up hold the country's sovereignty over you more on that story and everything else a bit later on in about twenty five minutes time i'll have war news for you then off to al-jazeera world which starts now. in the egyptian capital cairo a chinese community has established itself reflecting the growing business relationship between egypt and china. the two countries have developed a robust relationship in recent years overall trade between egypt and china has exceeded eleven billion u.s. dollars. egypt has awarded l

election little while bhutto zardari the head of the august on people's policy of sana former leader benazir bhutto has been holding rallies in the southern city of karachi for the vote is widely seen as a two way race between the policies of former cricket star. and jailed former prime minister nawaz sharif more than three hundred seventy one thousand soldiers being deployed across the country to god polling stations. those are your headlines the news continues after al-jazeera world. history is so often told through the eyes of leaders but in amritsar india just thirty kilometers from the border with pakistan this old building is being transformed into a new museum malika. is the driving force behind sars partition musial it's really shocking because if you think about the fact that within a few years of nine eleven happening nine eleven museum was there and there are now numerous called a museum this is not beautiful a museum so countries around the world have walked to memorialize these events that have shaped them by dition is not about the political events that led up to partition it's about

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 but 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 young voters. this is the first time we've had the chance to defeat the two parties who have been in control here and those who have been taking turns at power in this country for the past thirty years. the other main candidate is shahbaz sharif the brother of former prime minister no wash who is in jail charged with corruption. i appeal to the nation to come out to polling stations cost the votes and change the destiny of pakistan and make a great prosperous and progressive country make it great in its real meaning. election observers from the european union are monitoring polling stations there have been widespread allegations of riggin