statistics about karachi are quite disturbing. it is one of the most densely populated areas in the planet. an estimated 21 million people call it home. there are even more startling facts about karachi. heroine is cheaper than food. it is a city of addicts. we have this report. >> in this sprawling port city, there is an estimated half a million heroin addicts. that is one in 40. this state has very little public health provisions, so it is up to charities to close the gap. this foundation it was once thought to be the world's largest drug rehabilitation center. without the resources to offer conventional treatment like methadone, 4000 patients are given only paris see small -- paracetemol to help with the pain. every day, the foundation is called by the families of the addicts so desperate for help they are willing to have their loved ones locked up. >> what are you doing? >> [speaking foreign language] [siren] >> [unintelligible] >> they have factions. >> [unintelligible] >> [speaking foreign language] >> because he was forced

this is in karachi, and the reason that the interviewing is so dark is because the power goes off herenothing fancy, but for the many people who come here, and the man who started this place is nothing short of a hero. >> i'm a lawyer by profession. >> reporter: few in pakistan have done more to fight honor murder murders than this man. >> honor killing is the worst form of violence against women, because they are being killed. >> reporter: killed, because they are accused of bringing dishonor upon their families or their communities. in 1999, he started the first help line for victims of abuse, and those who lost loved ones in honor murder. >> we listen on the them, and we help them, whatever we can do. >> reporter: 13 years later, he has helped centers in four cities and every year giving thousands of victims and the families shelter and legal advice and medical care and most of it at no cost. >> the anger that i have, and the cry which i have in my heart so we convert into our movement. >> reporter: everyday the call center gets scores of calls or people walking in. this is a woman

last year there was an attack at a naval base in karachi. at the time it was reported that there were nuclear weapons, but the pakistanis deny that categorically. 10 soldiers were killed during that attack. that was only a year ago. a year before that there was an army property penetrated. the question is are the nuclear weapons in pakistan say? pakistan insists they are. yet this will raise more questions about the legitimacy of that claim. >> kara dioguardi saying they have rounded up all those involved in this latest attack -- are the authorities setting they have rounded up all those involved in this latest attack? >> bay say all nine of the attackers have been killed. the pakistani military also say that nine have been killed. that accounts for all of them. they were still searching the area and local villages to find out if there were still anymore on the run. both sides have now said all the militants have been accounted for. it does look like this has come to an end for now. but plenty more questions will be asked in the aftermath. >

two days of violence in pakistan's largest city of karachi have claimed the lives of at least twenty four people and according to local media most of the victims said to be connected to political and religious groups have been shot dead by gunmen riding motorcycles pakistan's branch of taliban issued a warning to the country's government in response to an offensive in the militant stronghold north waziristan. french prosecutors have opened a murder investigation into the death of former palestinian leader yasser arafat's his family filed a complaint last month after swiss scientist hired for a documentary found traces of radioactive polonium on some of his belongings he was reported to have died of a stroke near paris in two thousand and four but rumors about poisoning have endured since his death. renji bunky moon is derives in iran to attend the sixteenth summit of the nonaligned movement despite strong objections from the u.s. and israel the secretary general says he is planning to use the visit to address concerns about iran's nuclear program as well as the crisis in syria offici

militants eight soldiers reportedly killed it comes amid unrest that's gripped the country's largest city karachi for a second straight day and so far has killed twenty four people and the violence is linked to the pakistani branch of the taliban threats in response to a government offensive in the militant stronghold of north waziristan. thousands of students have clashed with police in chile's capital santiago after a demonstration demanding better public education turned violent protesters set up fire barricades and threw rocks at police who responded with tear gas and water cannons activists say the state education system is low quality expensive and unfair. hurricane isaac has hit new orleans pushing flood waters over a protective wall south of the city it comes on the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina which killed nearly two thousand people in louisiana meantime are over one hundred thousand have been left without power it's one of four u.s. states at risk with president obama warning residents to heed evacuation warnings as a storm turned into a full blown hurricane when it hit the

there were suicide and armed attacks in karachi as well as in the tribal areas. how does the government and the people classify this threat? how was the government worked on the internal threat these terror groups represent? can you distinguish between our efforts to support these efforts to combat terrorist threats and the regional threats from the safe havens that is our primary concern? >> i agree entirely with your assessment about the nature of the challenge that pakistan faces internally. we have seen a great shift in the government of pakistan's approach over the past few years in dealing with the internal threat. there was a time when the pakistan army was primarily deployed along the frontier with india. it is deployed internally and especially in the area near the province to deal with the insurgent threat. we're familiar with the counter insurgency operation a few years ago. i think that we have recognized and supported this change and thanks to the generosity of the congress, we have a variety of funding mechanisms funding security assistance to build

i am 60 miles south of karachi. i just saw the program where dr. atul says the shortage of doctors in the u.s. i am asking about what is your policy to import doctors from foreign countries and give them incentives to serve in e under-served areas? is there any policy about that? i have half of family living in the u.s. i have my older brother. i want to ask if there is any policy to import doctors from foreign countries. guest: there are opportunities for foreign-trained physicians to come to the united states. they have to the residency training here. about 1/4 of the physicians in the united states have gotten their medical diploma's abroad, have come here and trained. in many cases, they are required to go back to their country of origin. there are programs if they come in on a j-1 visa to have that waived if they will serve in an under-served areas. with expanded enrollment, we expect in four years we will have more people enrolled domestically in medical school than we have first year of residency training for. our recommendation would be to

while we have very nice studios everything around us -- you walk out our front door and it looks like karachistruction. it looks like a bombed out war zone so naureen comes in, your first time here and you come in and you get -- a lot of our building is on lockdown because of all of this. >> i felt like romney must have felt during the entire time he was in europe. i got over here, was excited to start the day and then i was locked in a room and couldn't get out and had to have one of your producers rescue me. thank you. >> peter: we found naureen yelling at one of the people kiss my ass, this is a holy site. we knew we had completely lost her. it is nice to you have here. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> peter: the olympics continue. last night, i was glued to the television yet again. i, for one have discovered my new favorite sport. synchronized diving. if they can put synchronized diving on every sunday instead of football, i would still watch it. >> wow. >> that's a lot of judging coming from you dan. >> no, i think it is great. you watching the men in speedos that's great. >>

there were suicide and armed attacks in karachi as well as in the tribal areas. how does the government and the people classify this threat? how was the government worked on the internal threat these terror groups represent? can you distinguish between our efforts to support these efforts to combat terrorist threats and the regional threats from the safe havens that is our primary concern? >> i agree entirely with your assessment about the nature of the challenge that pakistan faces internally. we have seen a great shift in the government of pakistan's approach over the past few years in dealing with the internal threat. there was a time when the pakistan army was primarily deployed along the frontier with india. it is deployed internally and especially in the area near the province to deal with the insurgent threat. we're familiar with the counter insurgency operation a few years ago. i think that we have recognized and supported this change and thanks to the generosity of the congress, we have a variety of funding mechanisms funding security assistance to build

there were suicide and armed attacks in karachi as well as in the tribal areas. how does the government and the people classify this threat? how was the government worked on the internal threat these terror groups represent? can you distinguish between our efforts to support these efforts to combat terrorist threats and the regional threats from the safe havens that is our primary concern? >> i agree entirely with your assessment about the nature of the challenge that pakistan faces internally. we have seen a great shift in the government of pakistan's approach over the past few years in dealing with the internal threat. there was a time when the pakistan army was primarily deployed along the frontier with india. it is deployed internally and especially in the area near the province to deal with the insurgent threat. we're familiar with the counter insurgency operation a few years ago. i think that we have recognized and supported this change and thanks to the generosity of the congress, we have a variety of funding mechanisms funding security assistance to build