our guest is gerry grauman, pakistani ambassador to the united states. -- shary rahman, pakistani ambassador to the united states. we are grateful for your being here. our guest is a daughter of a prominent parent, and is a phi beta kappa graduate of smith college. she spent 20 years as a journalist in both print and broadcasting and rose to become the editor of the herald news magazine. she was first elected to parliament in 2002. to assert her -- assume her current post she stepped down from pakistani parliament and as chair person as -- of the red crescent society. now on two matters of process. as always, we're oe