you know, karachi -- karachi -- the city of karachi has the population of the entire country of the netherlands. and it's very chaotic. there are people pouring in to the city. no one knows who is there. there's a lot of hostage-taking just for money that goes on. the taliban is very active in the city. one of the -- one of the interviews that i did was with the family of khalid sheikh mohammed and -- even though it was at a lawyer's office and it was absolutely perfectly civilized i couldn't help but sort of wonder especially since it was on the same day as the marriott bombing -- >> host: in karachi -- >> guest: well, the marriott was being bombed islamabad but i was meeting them at their office but it reminded me that they were associated with some very, very dangerous people. >> host: and where were you staying in karachi? >> guest: i stayed at different places in karachi, different hotels. i used to stay at the sheraton, but the last couple of years i've tried to stay in smaller pakistani hotels that wouldn't be so much of a target, just, you know, very small sort of guest house type of ho

>> this is the second time to karachi and sixth time to pakistan. some muslims believe jesus heals the sick. the first night we had 75,000, second night 130,000, last night shocked us, over 210,000 people. i would say 30 percent of our crowd was christian. so 70 percent were islamic. i can only say jesus did this. here i am 80 having the biggest meeting in our life. we have a big god and jesus is so wonderful. >> as a woman, how are you received in islamic societies and a woman who is also a christian? >> i don't think it is a negative. now for one thing in islamic countries, they think a woman is not very bright. what can they do? another thing, an old woman, what can she do? >> marilyn hicky, you are such an inspiration. we thank god for you. >> thank you, wendy. love doing it. >>> this woman has turned her personal nightmare into a blessing lucille talusan reports from the southern philippines. >> more than 50 armed muslim rebels, shirlyn mascasarte survived 29 gunshots. the attack cost temporary paralysis. shirlyn mascasarte was a victim of mist

>> guest: i stayed at different places in karachi. a different hotels. i used to stay at the sheraton. the last couple of years i tried to stay in smaller tech steny hotels that wouldn't be so much guitar get. just, you know, very small guesthouse. >> host: these big hotels have been attacked in karachi and islamabad. another aspect of this war on terror that you have been discussing in false the rather murky dealings with some of the leaders in the muslim world. you mentioned president general musharraf then president of pakistan, and his involvement with the case. could you comment on that? >> guest: what happened is she was listed as wanting for questioning in march of 2003, and at that point she disappeared from her mother's house and now she later told the fbi that what she did is went to the family of of a dual ollie was khalid sheikh mohammed's nephew. and she says that she married him while she was at their house and they were briefly married up until he was captured, he was arrested in april of 2003 and says after that time she was on the run. n

he's in karachi. it was a gas explosion, we understand. >> well, that's what they're saying. there is an investigation going on. police officers are saying it appears to have been a gas explosion, but they will have to obviously dig through the debris and find out exactly what happened, and that may take time. >> how could there be a factory like this in the middle of a residential area? >> well, it's not uncommon, unfortunately. it happens not just in lahore, but in all major cities n. karachi, there are incidents when factories have caught fire in residential areas, and then they have basically caused a lot of damage to the nearby area. it is illegal, but as we know, such things are allowed by the government illegally to go across pakistan. >> thank you very much indeed for bringing us the latest on that situation in lahore. ok, change of subject matter. when a great finish to the super bowl. >> well, indeed. >> as a neutral observer. >> indeed. for the armchair spectator, it was terrific enter tainlt. new york giants, an amazing performance again. it was a battle of the qu

blows all other fish tales out of the water because look at what they pulled out of the water in karachistan. this is a oot long whale shark. six feet wide. this weighs between six and seven tons and almost looks fake. >> yeah. >> i thought it was fake. when you brought it up, i was like is that at universal studios. >> pakistani fishermen pulled this thing out of the water using five cranes, ten days after they saw the thing in the water laying unconscious. it was dead when they pulled it out of the water. >> according to national geographic the whale shark is the world's largest fish. this is a perfect example. look at this thing. >> also according to national geographic although these things can be kind of imposing and scary, they're rather docile. they feed on plannington and not scary fish and they'll let like a swimmer go for a ride. >> that's the kind of shark i like. >> according to pakistani newspaper, "the express tribune" this thing was sold for 1.7 million rupees which comes out to between 18 and $19,000. the fish is often sold for its meat and oil. imagine if you were one of

reporting for nhk world, karachi. >>> in other news south korean diplomats are trying to help out north koreans stranded in china. chinese authorities recently arrested 30 defectors from the north. they plan to send them back. activists say the people will be punished if they return. a south korean foreign ministry spokesperson said diplomats will raise the issue next week in geneva at a meeting of the u.n. human rights council. meantime, they're asking china to treat defectors from the north humanely. many south koreans are concerned about the plight of defectors. 23,000 people who have fled the north now call the south the home. about 50 north korean defectors and supporters held a rally tuesday outside the chinese embassy in seoul. they demanded that china stop the deportations. the protesters said if they are sent back, they will be killed along with their families. chinese authorities maintained that defectors are illegal immigrants and not refugees. >>> japan and australia have held their first meeting about whether japan should join talks on the transpacific partnership free trad

our correspondent is following developments from karachi. the last i looked, there were dozens of people still unaccounted for. what is the latest? >> they have been able to get 11 people out so far. two of those people died. a woman and child died due to being trapped under all the debris. 30 people are still inside. initially, the figures were inflated a bid. they said up to 100 people could be inside. officials now say up to 30 -- at least 30 people could be under the building. the rescue effort is still going on. it will take a little while to get those people out. >> thank you very much. thank you. police in egypt has fired tear gas at protesters. seven people have been killed in cairo and five more since last week. the prime minister of romania, emil boc, has resigned after weeks of protests against his government's austerity measures. his unpopular moves included cutting public wages and a freeze on pensions. an earthquake with a magnitude of 617 has shaken the central philippines, killing at least 13 people. instruct of the coast of

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and a stampede we're showing you live pictures at the moment all those protests now taking place in karachi and foreign affairs analyst richard j. had our infix it's an indication of post revolution instability. the violence and so there's a lot of questions also for it's there overall it's been sort of the first victim of that puts the sparkle out on the lawsuit through the forces on the loose in this manner for their written messages so far as sort of the bar. for the police is not good enough in order to avoid the violence from festering on the flop or their agreements with knives we still want since a larger body satirical lot sells more than the articles just a song for both of them is that overall the support of this week for the. war resume in some ways the violence with the number of lives that the limits are justified. in the emergence of laws or the conclusiveness. security mode of the current. iran's nuclear ambitions and the euro zone's debt struggles the german chancellor's agenda on her trip to china to merkel is calling on beijing the biggest buyer of iranian oil not to buy m

1985 a new air carrier is born, with just two aircraft, emirates launching the mid den flight to karachiit's a bold plan to rival the region's main carrier gulf air. today 'em rilts is making its mark in international aviation. it's one of the fastest growing airlines in the world with a fleet of 169 planes serving more than 10 destinations. at the heart of its success is its strategy looking east. actively targeting emerging markets often unserved by the world's western carriers. tim clark, the airline's president has been instrumental in mapping out those routes from the start. >> if you roll the clock back 26 years, i don't think we contemplated then in the late 80s what we are doing today with regard to the emerging markets which, as these economies started to energize and you saw the rise of the middle classes in those areas. and with that came demand for travel, not just for business, but for travel to see the rest of the world. >> reporter: thriving in the untapped markets of southeast asia, africa and latin america, emirates quickly took off, now the largest operator of the a-380

and nato, major rallies took place in lahore and karachi.rst time pakistan appealed to the afghan taliban today to hold peace talks with the afghan government. pakistani prime minister yusuf raza gilani said his country was prepared to do whatever it takes to help the talks take place. afghanistan welcomed the move. the afghan government has long accused pakistan of using militant groups as proxies in afghanistan, something the pakistanies deny. the u.n. nuclear agency has concluded that iran has tripled its production of higher grade enriched uranium in recent months. that word came today in a confidential report obtained by several news organizations. it also noted that an amount of uranium sufficient for missile experiments is unaccounted for. the findings added to growing concerns about iran's nuclear weapons capabilities. iran maintains its program is not directed towards weapon but it has refused access to key nuclear sites. tensions with iran kept pushing the price of oil higher today. in new york trading it gained another $2 to close

on the same day that she landed in new york to accept the reward, back home in karachi, her ailing father he passed away, i spoke to him and he said, i saw you, you won the emmy. and i said, no, it's tomorrow. i haven't gone yet. and he said, no, i know you won it. >> now, four years later, she is poised to make history with her latest work. an oscar-nominated documentary chronicling the journey of acid attack victims in pakistan and the doctor working to help them. speaking foreign language ] >> co-directed with a film maker, the film will debut on hbo on march 8 and a win at this year's academy award would bring pakistan its first-ever oscar. a milestone that hasn't gone unnoticed by the nation's press and population. >> the oscar is the award. not just another award. i think for me, it's become even bigger now. that i see the hope in the eyes of so many different pakistanis. >> and it's that hope, she says, that keeps her going. focus on the trend she wants to see for the next generation, including her daughter, amelia. >> i think about the issues that i need to bring forward. so that