when i started myjournalism, general zia—ul—haq was ruling pakistan.z musharraf. so my life and myjournalism is very much affected by the military dictators in pakistan. and that's why you see, i think that the rule of law is the solution of all other problems. that's why we want a genuine democracy in pakistan, because the founder of pakistan, muhammad ali jinnah, he was a democrat and i am his follower. and i think that all those people who are trying to snatch media freedom from us are enemies of pakistan, are enemies of muhammad ali jinnah. hamid mir, we must end there. but i thank you very much indeed forjoining me on hardtalk. thank you. well, many of us have had to endure days of torrential showers, the grass is sodden. what has happened to august, we wonder? i've got some good news — tuesday is looking sunnier and warmer than of late across most of the uk, not absolutely everywhere. we still have a few showers in the forecast in the short term. here's the unsettled weather recently. you can see the clouds spiralling across the uk, but we've got

when i started myjournalism, general zia—ul—haq was ruling pakistan.sharraf. so my life and myjournalism is very much affected by the military dictators in pakistan. and that's why you see, i think that the rule of law is the solution of all other problems. that's why we want a genuine democracy in pakistan, because the founder of pakistan, muhammad ali jinnah, he was a democrat and i am his follower. and i think that all those people who are trying to snatch media freedom from us are enemies of pakistan, are enemies of muhammad ali jinnah. hamid mir, we must end there. but i thank you very much indeed forjoining me on hardtalk. thank you. hello. while some of you have been able to stay dry over the last couple for others dark quads have brought a months worth of rainfall. if there has been with of view, there will been with of view, there will be few sharers around free and should be temperatures warmer, closer to the time of year. together need to get rid of this low pressure which is been with us for days and still with us today. we have outbreaks o

thank you very much- _ staying with cricket, afghanistan bowler naveen—ul—haq says he's struggling touation in his country. the bowler has been playing for leicestershire in the t20 blast, and says he still hopes he and his fellow countrymen can make it to the 2020 world cup in october. to go up ina to go up in a country, you see places— to go up in a country, you see places you — to go up in a country, you see places you have walked through and played _ places you have walked through and played cricket, and you have been with your— played cricket, and you have been with your family. all of a sudden, this happens. it's tough and i haveu't— this happens. it's tough and i haven't slept for four days now. i only sleep — haven't slept for four days now. i only sleep three to four hours a day~ _ only sleep three to four hours a day. my— only sleep three to four hours a day. my team—mates have started preparation to come back again in kabuh _ preparation to come back again in kabul. yesterday they started. they have started, but i think the fear is that— have started, but i think the fear i

another update to bring you — one of osama bin laden�*s closest aides, amin al—haq, is reported to have decades. he fled shortly after the september 11th attacks, but a video appears to show him back in nangahar province. here's our security correspondent, frank gardner. he isa he is a glibly designated terrorist according to the united states. there has been no official confirmation from the us government about this very but it appears to show him arriving in a car, to a rapturous welcome, escorted by a number of cars flying taliban flags, that doesn't mean to say they are taliban, they could be al-qaeda flying taliban flex because the organisations were close in the past and some would say still r. he was also the arms procurement chief for osama bin laden. he fled afghanistan soon after the 9/11 attacks along with many other members of al-qaeda, he fled across the border into pakistan, and he was arrested there, he spent some years in prison but was released. and the fact he has returned, eight feet is confirmed it is him, is worrying for the region and for the world for two reasons,

he mentioned that amin al—haq had beenin he mentioned that amin al—haq had been in and pakistan at somey western intelligence is so worried about afghanistan, a country whose government has quite a lot of problems of its own, and apparently not so worried about pakistan which seems to have a slightly ambiguous relationship with some of these groups and is supposed to be an ally of countries like the uk and the united states.— of countries like the uk and the united states. this boils down to somethin: united states. this boils down to something called _ united states. this boils down to something called the _ united states. this boils down to something called the isi, - united states. this boils down to something called the 151, the - something called the isi, the interservice intelligence, which is incredibly powerful, almost a force within the country itself. it is unlike in western countries where intelligence agencies have to answer to political leaders who are democratically elected. the isi is immensely powerful, some would say they run the country's foreign policy. the isi has be