kamal hyder joins me on the line now. you hearing kamal from the government of why they want save the children no leave the country? >> reporter: the government is not issuing any statements. all we know is that the police were instruct today place a lock after working hours on thursday and that even the police were not aware of the reasons behind this. however, it is interesting to note as you mentioned back in 2011 after the operation against binbin laden in 20 twelve-pack stan at odds, asked many of their foreign stave to leave because of the linkin between the fake immunization program. so although the organization is saying that they have been working in close coordination with the government agencies for over 35 years they do not know why they are being sent out of the country and why the charity is now being shutdown, however the pakistan-y intelligence sources do not want to be quote odd this say that this organization was working against the interest of pakistan. that many nongovernmental organizations and charit

as you mentioned because of the power outages the situation became worse. >> kamal hyder there for usm bat. thanks very much, kamal. >>> now, controversy is brewing in the u.s. over the con federal flag following a shooting that killed nine people in charleston. the alleged gunman dylan roof posted with the flag in picture on his line, it's seen my many as the emblem of slavery now it's calling to be removed from the government. >> it's time to move the flag from the capital ground. [cheering and applause] >> reporter: surrounded by a bipartisan group of state and federal officials, south carolina governor nicky hayley joined the growing chorus of calls to move the confederate flag. >> for good and for bad whether it is on the state house ground or in a museum, the flag will always be a part of the soil of south carolina. but this is a moment in which he can say that that flag, while an integral tart part of our past does not represent the future of our great state. >> reporter: the governors comments came hours after religious and political lead nurse charleston called for action. >>

. >>> kamal hyder join us on the line, outside islamabad the capital. tell us more about the provision. >> well, as you mentioned, these were air strikes, and the air strikes have continued over the past few months but this particular air strike transpired after intelligent support. after the military last june which is almost 11 months ago, most of the population of north waziristan was forced out. and many of the fighters who were involved in attacks across pakistan also into other areas, tribal areas, village, across the border into afghanistan. but these pockets along the border and difficult terrain and the military using their cars to target the hideouts. >> the military seemed to be certain as to the number of fighters killed in the operation. do we know anything about civilian casualties in this? >> most of the civilians, as i mentioned, almost a million people, fled the military provision. they, too, have gone. it's difficult to confirm the exact numbers of casualties, because the figures are coming from the military. however, the civilian popu

kamal hyder reports. >> reporter: most of these kids were living hot on the streets of karachi.t was the efforts of the foundation to allow them to participate in the tournament in brazil. they are hopeful that the team will do well in the upcoming cup. during example that street children can be rehabilitate, if society at lrnal is br to help. >> if the government helps the boys, it can change their lives through brass ill. >> the government officials promised them money. nothing is to be seen. nothing by the government at large. many were not. we have received only a part of the money. these children have not wanted football, but for the street children of pakistan. >> reporter: it's the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, a time of celebrations. thousands of people gathered at stonehenge, the ancient stone circle in wiltshire. fuelled by britain's fourth annual, the standing stones and the sun during the summer solstice >>> you can get the latest news and analysis on the website. go to aljazeera.com. >> i had an american sitting here and he said to me are you a

. >> and this update from kamal hyder, our correspondent in the capital islamabad. >> the death toll from the heatwave crossed the 700 mark. most of those casualties in karachi, home to 20 million people. there's criticism that the government should have been informing the people about the heatwave in that area giving advisories on how to prevent heat stroke. there's an attempt to do damage control. within parliament the opposition and government are accusing each other over what happened in karachi, over the last few days not a single politician turned up at a hospital to so far support. the government has to take some of the blame for the high casualties. however, the provincial government declared a holiday. that of course itself entails problems. a lot of people rely on daily wages. there's no compensation and most of the people are at the mercy of the radar >>> hundreds of protesters spent a night on the armenian capital. the country's power grid is owned by a russian firm. rob matheson with this report. >> reporter: the water canon knocks him off his feet. he comes back for mor

the pakistan cap hall kamal hyder is there. it's the worst heatwave in terms of the number of people that have died in pakistan's history. why have so many people succumbed to the heat? >> well that's a very good question, as you correctly said. it's not the first case. there has been worse heat waves in the past. the heatwave this time claimed so many knives. partly because the government was not ready. they don't know what sort of consequences this heat we've will have. most of pakistan's television stations are normally concentrating on the ramadan programme and entertainment. this is little attention about given to trying to inform the people that they should avoid going out into the sun and advisories. some good news but because of mother nature no superperformance by the government. because yesterday some of those parliamentarians from the provincial government decided to shout slogans against the electricity company for about 15 minutes and dispersed. in this case the only good news for the people of karachi is the fact

kamal hyder is in pakistan. he said much of the suspicion around save the children was a doctor who was once employed in the cia to capture osama bin laden. >> they have tried to do seal the save the children building. this started after the attack on bin-laden and the fact that one of the doctors was recruited by the cia to run a fake immunization program. they are under arrest by the pakistani authorities. but it was not enough to raise the activities of the save of children. they say they have no doubt as to why they decided to seal the offices of this charity. >> there was no accountability, and they found many suspicious. they were found working in tribal areas of the country. but enough is enough. we will not tolerate any organizations working against the integrity of pakistan. >> however, the organization's representatives in pakistan said that their work was absolutely critical, that they had done a lot of work in the field of the anti-polio immunization program and they were working in conjunction with

let's get more now by talking to kamal hyder, our correspondent. joining us from outside the capital islamabad. what more can you tell us? >> according to the military, they were air strikes close to the border. the military movement into the area in june. it was an operation which led to the displacement of 1 million people from north waziristan. this bombardment has taken place close to the border because many of the fighters escaped that area, but some of them remaining in a very difficult mountainous area, and therefore the military still pounding them months after they launched the offensive. >> it sounds like a significant victory, if as many as 20 fighters have been killed. does this represent a renewed commitment by the military to flush out the taliban as well as other armed groups. the military is determined and they have put the taliban on the back foot. this is a difficult process, because it has taken almost 10 months, 11 months since it went in, and it is proving to be difficult in some of the more inactionable areas, it's an operatio

promises from the government are yet to be honoured as kamal hyder reports from karachi. >> reporter: after scoring a third position in the street world cup, the pakistani team won admiration not just from here but across the world. most of the children came from broken homes, some with drug addiction problems abandonment, and living rough on the streets of karachi. a city riddled by violence. but it was the efforts of the foundation and a college with three months to train the team to participate in the tournament in brazil. they say they are hopeful that the team will do well in the upcoming july-norway cup well. interestingly, this is an example that street children can be rehabilitate if the government and society at large are willing to help them out. >> translation: if the government supports the boys i think they can prove to the world that they can change their lives through sports, like the footballers that went to brazil. >> there has been claims by the government officials, including the government which promised them money. months have passed. nothing is to be seen. none o

hyde kamal hyder is our correspondent and has the latest from outside the capital islamabad. >> according to the military they moved into the area since june, leading to the displacement of nearly a million people, this bombardment took place near the border. many fighters escaped that area. some are remaining in a difficult mountainous area and, therefore, the military pounding them months after launching the offensive >>> i have been speaking to a retired general in pakistan and said they are changing the focus of their operation. >> i think most of northern waziristan is cleared. there's 10-15% of the area under the control of or partial control of militants, and there are other militants which ri side there -- reside there. pakistan has been trying to sustain and clear the area. the toughest area is the one they are operating at the moment. this is the valley the toughest nut to crack at the moment. but they have been successful and we hope that in a month or two they would be able to completely clear that area that pakistan has been categorical that it will not tolerate other groups,

. >> kamal, thank you for that, kamal hyder in pakistan. >>> cam bowden says it's on target to eliminate most horrible formsal child labor an theft the 120 million children go to work. rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: the arrival of the truck at this field in northwest cambodia marks the start of the working day. and no one is too young to work. with children only able to earn a dollar for a day wielding a chopper, the smallest of fingers are needed for families to mike enoughmakeenough to live on. you can see the family groups working together. we have come here with world vision, one of the organizations helping cambodia realize its goal of hutting children like -- putting children like this in school full time. it's also his dream. i prefer being in school he tells us, but we need the money. across cambodia, child lake or is still a problem. it is most blatant in the countryside. recent efforts to clamp down in the cities have largely moved the problem from view. but in the brick factories outside pa pa no ma'am pen you just have to look harder. in this slum area half of the children

down of organized crime in the city of karachi they are now considering expanding the operation, kamal hyder the details. >> reporter: the southern port city of karachi is the economic hub of the country. if karachi comes a standstill, the effects can be felt across the country. however, for the last few decades, karachi has been reeling under violence with target kills that have cost thousands of lives, there are case of his extortion kidnappings as well. last september the military launched a major operation to try and clean up the streets of karachi. the result of that is that there is a 50% decrease in violence and acts of kidnapping and also extortion. we were able to talk to the provinces' information minister to tell us how that operation is going. >> not only karachi but improved much, muff bet that were before. lots of target killing is reduced and kidnapping for random is reduced. almost we eliminate all the kidnapping of ransom. >> reporter: the country's military chief says that would he wants to take this operation to a logical conclusion. because the stability of karachi will m

. >>> well our correspondent hyde kamal hyder sen this update from islamabad. >> within parliament the opposition and government are accusing each other about what happened to karachi, in the last few days not a single politician turned up at a hospital in karachi to offer moral support. the government has to take the blame for the high casualties. however, the provincial government declared a holiday. that, of course, itself entails problems. a lot of people rely on daily wages. there's no compensation for those people. . >> everton is here with the weather. >> we are looking at high 20s, rather than the 30 a slight respite. the reason why we are going to - shall we say see the heat abating - huge massive cloud around the far north-west of india. that increasing cloud takes those temperatures back a touch. we have rain underneath the cloud. mooum bay, 142mm of rain in 24 hours. over a meter or two of rain in the last 10 days or so. heavy rain towards pakistan through the next day or two, at least for a time. we have seen 188 inches of rain in 24 hours. streams of cloud coming in acros

kamal hyder is our correspondent and has the latest from outside the capital islamabad. tell us what more you are hearing about this operation, kamal. >> indeed. as you mentioned, it's an attack that involved aircraft from the pakistan air force. it was a year ago when the military launched an offensive in north waziristan. involving tens of thousands of troops. the objective was to dislodge gang from the sanctuary. however, even though it's been a year, and there has been pockets of resistance, in a mountainous area every time the pakistani military gets credible intelligence the strike goes close to the afghan border. >> how difficult is it for journalists to independently verify information that comes out of the pakistani military. >> it is very difficult. primarily because most of the civilian population were forced to flee the area there's hardly anyone in the area. whatever information there is, comes from the military. it's difficult to get independent verification because of the situation in that particular tribal area of pakistan. thank you for that update. a ret