religious and political leaders together with environmental activists in pakistan's largest city karachi as religion often plays a huge role in people's lives using religious narratives that support an eco friendly agenda could help raise awareness about climate change. some of the charms was of the gathering let's listen to his introduction and to the voices he heard there. daughter will host a 2nd eco slum conference here in karachi pakistan the 1st meeting was held in jakarta indonesia last month and a 3rd meeting is planned in dhaka bangladesh sometime soon the aim of this conference is to highlight the global climate change problem buying gaging with local communities and in this case the muslim community and religious scholars and the aim is to highlight islam's eco friendly messages government offer shows religious scholars and civil society activists gather here to discuss a very serious problem yeah i think it's a very useful initiative because. we actually have bringing they're bringing together people using religion and many asking them to late participate in such a huge movem

in karachi and as well in delhi thank you both. this saturday marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall when democracy prevailed over authoritarianism but $989.00 was a historic year for beijing's crackdown of student protesters on t.m. and square as well a moment when the opposite happened when authoritarianism trumped democratic forces joining us is christine as for author of post wall posts where she's thought about both events and how they've determined where we are today christine i want to start by thinking about 10 men square in 1909 no one would have imagined china being as strong as it is today no. i think it was perhaps already visible at the time because then shopping who was behind this crackdown had also the view that the political liberalization should not go hand in hand with the economic opening to the world and china's opening to the market economy and she also said that if the chinese model namely holding onto the communist party as the regime that holds the country together that that would be if t

the train was travelling from karachi to rawalpindi.some of farhat javed's report distressing. the flames ripped through three crowded carriages, trapping dozens of passengers who were on their way to a religious gathering. many of the injured were brought to this hospital in bahawalpur. some on the train were sleeping when it caught fire. rubina's husband pushed her out of the window to save her life, but she is critically injured. translation: smoke filled up everywhere, and it was hard to breathe. i pushed my wife out of the train and then tried to jump, but people fell on me. dozens have suffered burn injuries, and dozens were killed. these are some of the passengers whojumped off the running train when it was on fire. they are traumatised for horrific scenes they have witnessed, but they are more worried about their loved ones who are still missing. train accidents are common in pakistan, but this one is said to be one of the worst in the last two decades. the cause of the fire is unclear. officials blamed a group of passengers who

converged on the council islamabad as part of a large anti government caravan which set off from karachi last week the conservative. islam party has been rallying supporters across the country to take part in what they're calling the freedom march. they want prime minister in iran contra stepped down over the state of the economy security has been tight around is all about fears of unrest a final rally as jews take place in the capital on friday. well at least 70 people meanwhile have been killed after a large fire tore through 3 carriages of a moving train and pakistan still ablaze was caused by a gas stove on poles train was making its way from karachi to raul pindi just outside of. some i was a saying it took 20 minutes for the trying to stop. reports now from raul pindi. water he says someone give me water because this man is among the dozens of people who had been a passenger train caught fire in pakistan witnesses say in addition to those who were burned alive many people died if they tried to jump from the high speed burning train most of them were pogroms heading to a religious g

the train was travelling from karachi to rawalpindi. 0ur correspondent farhat javed reports from southernyou may find some of her report distressing. the flames ripped through three crowded carriages, trapping dozens of passengers who were on their way to a religious gathering. many of the injured were brought to this hospital in bahawalpur. some on the train were sleeping when it caught fire. rubina's husband pushed her out of the window to save her life. but she is critically injured. translation: smoke filled up everywhere and it was hard hard to breathe. i pushed my wife out of the train and then tried to jump but people fell on me. dozens have suffered burn injuries and dozens were killed. these are some of the passengers whojumped off the burning train when it was on fire. they are traumatised for horrific scenes they have witnessed, but they are more worried about their loved ones who are still missing. train accidents are common in pakistan, but this one is said to be one of the worst in the last two decades. the cause of the fire is unclear. officials blamed a group of passengers

after the train's departure from karachi in the south headed for the city of rawalpindi investigators say the fire broke out after a gas cylinder exploded initial reports suggest passages were using gas to cook breakfast witnesses say in addition to those who were burned alive many people died as they tried to jump from the high speed burning train. will reach home i heard about the accident or rushed home immediately consoled my father my mother and sisters were crying. it's pakistan's worst rail disaster removed in a decade pakistanis have long complained about a lack of investment safety standards mismanagement and corruption prime minister imran khan has launched an investigation and these relatives are demanding justice victoria. the israeli military says 7 rockets have been fired from the gaza strip into its southern territories. the army says the rockets were intercepted by the country's missile defense system local media reported a raid sirens being heard across southern israel no reports of injuries or deaths. u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi says that she expects public heari

and cleric who leads hundreds of religious seminaries he began the march from the southern city of karachi and made many stops in the way gaining people and momentum for a man has encouraged people to reject the results of last year's election and what he calls a selected government opposition party say because of the ineptitude of the government the economy's weak and there is more unemployment especially among the youth they have only told me that was not change this is the real change change will come it will bury the politics of magic and superstition the politics of lies and u. turns. the participants have been told the conversion of the main gate the numbers kept increasing as we drove through the parked vehicles security officials have been telling us for about 18 kilometers this crowd stretches on both and this is by far the largest crowd that we've seen in the front and arrangements are being made to stop them from entering the red zone the red zone is an area of exam of art that includes government buildings and the supreme court continues have been building together in front of

do it in karachi from die of a home from karachi. to give it all stones or it may not aid in yemen or devoted and petroleum name was a branched off in diesel fuel oil or didn't involve. target before v 18 and i become bia from my getting. industry. could kind but i'm going to defend his old vida fonda. descend in dished. as kind bogart. would you know to be on a cause of god to shrug it off good boat one of your most off you and sponsor vatican and. before via bunch of become of you become bunch of judeans and on to if you found fun you know what's worse to it and its was cannot find. this a bit as. in djibouti muslims are not merely conscious position if. out to. my name is sean dring i was an able seaman on the m.v. . which was a british cargo ship which predominantly sailed to australia new zealand from the u.k. . taken general congo there i'm bringing back vegetables fruit meat back to the u.k. has basically run. on this particular journey. to australia and. back for the united kingdom. we left fremantle. to cross the. indian oce

converged on the capital islamabad as part of a large anti government caravan which set off from karachi last week the conservative chinmaya to islam party has been rallying supporters across the country to take part in what they calling for the freedom march they want prime minister imran khan to step down over the struggling economy security has been tight around islamabad for fears of unrest a final rally is due to take place in the capital on friday. at least 70 people have been killed after a large fire tore through 3 carriages of a moving train in pakistan so a blaze is caused by a gas stove on board a train was making its way from karachi to raul pindi just outside of islamabad survivors say it took nearly 20 minutes for the train to stop some in germany reports now from andy. water he says someone give me water because this man is among the dozens of people wounded when a passenger train caught fire in pakistan witnesses say in addition to those who were burned alive many people died in the trying to jump from the high speed burning train most of them were programs heading to a r

the fans call and let girls dream and it's director sharmeen obaid chinoy joins me now from a karachi mr knight good to have you with us on the program what are you hoping to achieve with this film. it's a direct cause t.v. wanted to start a global conversation about investing in the dreams of young girls today more than $12000000.00 girls around the unmarried off as child brides and this story of sadar revolves around a younger but i would dreams of becoming a buying it and she's robbed of it the idea by using animation was that we could create something that could going to schools and community center and spark discussions between parents and children about why young girls to date in 2001000 stand i'm able to achieve that they. had the film is a 2nd part is thought isn't it which i bought a just and continue to happen is the government is taking adequate action to prevent this. you know child marriage is a very complicated issue because it happens in so many countries around the world it's not too rapidly found just pakistan africa has you know the continent has one of the highest n

and german chums is in karachi to explain why sherman embryonic kahn is facing criticism for the offer of allowing sharif to leave the country why because. it is political not on the fact that certain corrupt politicians in buxton's economy. nosediving because of these corrupt politicians they should be cried and cried when he comes to and they will not be allowed to leave the country so his voters expect. sharif the former prime minister who was jailed on corruption charges should not be allowed to leave the country but now we see that the government is making concessions if this is such a political headache why was this all for to leave the country made in the 1st place. well it is a fact that health condition is. a huge problem and also the government has not been really functional in the boss one year since conk into the economy is not doing very well. and on top of it there's a headache that sure eve who has a potent caucus on one of the biggest parties in eads so there's a problem that sharif is in jail health is deteriorating so the all me the most powerful august on out so once

don't you will host a 2nd eco slum conference here in karachi pakistan the 1st meeting was held in jakarta indonesia last month and a 3rd meeting is planned in dhaka bangladesh sometime soon the aim of this conferenced is to highlight the global climate change problem buying gaging with local communities and in this case the muslim community and religious scholars aim is to highlight islam's eco friendly messages government offer shows religious scholars and civil society activists gather here to discuss a very serious problem yeah i think it's a very useful initiative because we actually have bringing they're bringing together people using religion and many are asking them to lake participate in such a huge movement so i think this baby is but i think it is quite important to bring religions together with the issue of climate change and environmental protection because religious leaders reach people on a certain way which maybe media and governments call on truly reach them so i think it's important to have this discussion and also to remind religions all sorts of religions that in their

the blaze was caused by an exploding gas cylinder being used by passengers cooking breakfast on the karachirawalpindi train. and this is on bbc.com. two studies show measles has a devastating impact on the body's immune system, that could make it harder to fight infections for years. the virus can cause the body to forget how to fight bugs, it once knew how to beat. more on our web site bbc.co.uk/news and the news app. now on bbc news live to singapore for asia business report. carmaker merger plans. how fear cries chrysler's earnings welfare in relation to a deal with peugeot. china rules outed superfast mobile network from today. —— rolls out it. we start with carmakers because fear chrysler has announced better than expected third—quarter results as it heads towards its merger with peugeot owner psa and despite a strong performance in north america, the company swung to a net loss of $200 million, due to the cost of shaking up its european operations. that highlights the thinking behind a plan to create the world's fourth—largest carmaker. i asked auto analyst han scrambled whether that

uniform as well as the seized personal belongings are on show at the pakistan air force museum in karachi. it's an unashamed tribute to what curators and visitors see as priefer of pakistani military might and it's leaving school children and students with their eyes the glow. that everybody aristide's if we all of his belongings were confiscated and they're now on display here at the museum it felt very good today to see all these articles on display we are proud of the pakistan after. the exhibition also features debris of the downed indian fighter jet a reminder that the incident at the heart of it was serious following a suicide attack an indian coach mia india and pakistan conducted tit for tat airstrikes in each other's territory in february and analysts raise the alarm that the skirmish could turn into an all out war but i doubt tensions come to when pakistan freed about a man from captivity and handed him back to india. but the hype around the pilot didn't die down. neither did the nationalist further that his capture had fueled on both sides of the border. at the exhibition many

against sri lanka with the ist test in rawalpindi, starting on the 11th of december, and the 2nd in karachiafter an attack by militants on sri lanka's team bus in lahore. eight people died — six policemen and two civilians. since then, pakistan have played the majority of their ‘home' internationals in the united arab emirates, but test cricket is now returning after sri lanka agreed to the series. in a statement, the pcb's director of international cricket, zakir khan, said: "this is fabulous news for pakistan and it's reputation of being as safe and secure as any other country in the world." india's cricketers are well on top ahead of the second day's play in the first test against bangladesh in indore. the tourists chose to bat first after winning the toss, and were skittled out forjust 150. mohammed shami was the pick of the indian bowlers with 3 for 27. the home side lost rohit sharma for just six at the start of their innings but they'll resume on day two on 86 for i, with cheteshwar pujara 43 not out, and mayank agarwal unbeaten on 37. thursday was the penultimate day of competition

he began the march from karachi and made stops on the way, gaining people and momentum.hey encourage people to reject the results of last year's election and what he called a selective government. opposition parties say because of the ineptitude of the government the economy is weak. and there is more unemployment among the youth. >> change will come. it will bury the politics of magic, superstition, lies. reporter: participants have been told to converge from the main gate. security officials have been telling us this crowd stretches on both ends, the largest crowd we have seen and arrangements are made to stop them from entering the red zone. the red zone is an area of his llama bad near the capital building and supreme court. the government says it provided the venue and expects protesters to stay where they are. it deployed more than 20,000 security personnel to ensure safety. saysrime minister's team his resignation is out of the question and called the opposition gathering away to avoid addressing corruption. -- a dedemand. >> the people have the right to rule paki

and i do it in touchy form duyvil home from karachi. to give it all stuns me not aden yemen or. petroleum name was a branched off in diesel fuel oil or didn't involve. target before v 18 and i become bia from my get in. good kind will go to the front of his old vida fonda. or descend in dish drama does this kind of god. would you know today i know who was about to shrug off the boat one of your most off u.n. sponsored. before via bunch of pacom. become bunch of judeans and on to if you found fun do you know what's worse too in his words cannot find. this a bit as. in djibouti muslims are not merely conscious position if. vies i'm outta missed. my name is shawn dring i was an able seaman on the and the. which was a british cargo ship which predominantly sailed to australia new zealand from the u.k. . taken general caldwell there i'm bringing back vegetables fruit meat back to the u.k. album is basically wrong. on this particular journey we had been out. to australia and. back for the united kingdom. we left fremantle. to cross the. indian ocean on comin through aden. they cannot.

after the train's departure from karachi in the south headed for the city of rawalpindi investigators say the fire broke out after a gas cylinder exploded initial reports suggest passages were using gas to cook breakfast witnesses say in addition to those who were burned alive many people died as they tried to jump from the high speed burning train. heard about the accident or rushed home immediately consoled my father my mother and sisters were crying. it's pakistan's worst rail disaster removed in a decade pakistanis have long complained about a lack of investment safety standards mismanagement and corruption prime minister imran khan has launched an investigation and these relatives are demanding justice victoria. cummock hyder has the latest on that story now from islamabad. pakistan had a very high rate of train accident had an average goal with 100. over the past 2 years hundreds of people have been killed in train accidents by just on the railway system is obsolete needs modernization and also next to city. take security measures have to be put in place at all departments on a

the train was traveling from karachi to rawalpindi. you may find secunder rmani's report distrsing. secunder: flames engulfed three of the busy carriages. many of the passengers were heading for a religious gathering. >> it was diffult for us to get out of the train and save our lives. some membe of the group managed to pull the emergency chain. it was very chaotic. everyone thought they were going to die. secunder: the injured were rushed to hospital, including by helicopter.ed most injy the blaze, some as they leaplefrom the train. amongst the wreckage, rescue workers found these gas cylinders. railway officials believe the fire was caused when one seploded whilst passengers >> it was an overshat it managed to take the cylinders on board which caused the explosion. at small stations there e no scanners, only larger ones. we regret this terriblt has happened. may god grant the victims p place adise. secunder: on twitter, prime minister imran khan expressed his condolences and ordered an inquy. there is ang about the lack of security checks that could have detected the cylinders, an

in pakistan thought the blaze was caused by a gas stove on board a train was making its way from karachi to just outside of islamabad survivors say it took nearly 20 minutes for the train to stop. the headlines on al-jazeera the stream is coming up next and then more news after that about 5 minutes time. welcome to the stream politicians around the u.k. say they are facing constant abuse both online and face to face as the atmosphere around proxy grows more toxic for me ok. as the u.k. prepares for a general election we'll look at the impact of intimidation on elected representatives and what it means for u.k. democracy join the conversation through twitter and you tube. members of the u.k. parliament say they are subject to daily abuse threats and intimidation from opponents and even some of their constituents as people remain at odds over brock's said alice future direction of the country reports of abuse suffered by m.p.'s and other elected officials particularly women have risen dramatically since the 2016 breck's at referendum a parliamentary report says the problem is now commonpla

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with the idea of finding a cure for cancer and everyone my parents were alive i would go back to karachi once or twice a year and every time i went back my mother would have a whole long list of patients i had to see who she knew but impoverished and wouldn't be able to afford an on call in just other ways. one time when i when she said this 35 year old woman who was lost her husband has 3 kids and has been diagnosed with a bone marrow disease can you please go see her immediately the day i landed she had me go to the shantytown to see her and even before i entered this poor woman's little shanty outside was sitting 3 little girls ranging from the age of 5 to 9 they looked so pale that i was even scared to ask my sister who had asked the question before. is everything ok and the girls just shook their head and my sister asked the question well. have you had breakfast and unser this little girl gave was it wasn't my turn to have breakfast really so now how do you go in and talk to a 35 year old woman for whom having ends dance is only her 2nd biggest problem this is what we are talking ab

set to meet government officials this shews day of the demonstrations began in the southern city of karachi around 10 days ago and progress towards the capital islamabad those protesting are pushing for another election to be held on for the. price of the process initially the prime minister was given till sunday it quits on an additional 24 hour extension and also reportedly expired meantime protest leaders say the movement will continue until their demands are met i. 6 6 continue this protest until one throw these legal rulers. they must realize there is over your money and it's in government hands and. now. well we heard from a pakistan based geo political expert who thinks it's a lie. the protest movement will reach its cool. when it comes to the de waart of the opposition party forcing crimes to resign that is unlikely awfully it is because of the fact that the army is a sporting tribe step mom and also because of the 5 of the opposition parties they're going to enjoy dread going to public school or driven by they can force promise to resign there is a possibility that it will force so

a solution to global climate change we get the latest from the eco is long summit taking place in karachi. here's foundered he has all sorts coming right up on the date of you know his asia. if they're attacked they fight back. it seems a rather unfair fight clamps against damage the other day. was. the soul remarkably well. i'll get a good. to go to egypt in 60 minutes. it's all happening. pretty. sure linked to news from africa and the world. your link to exception stories and discussions continue and look some student news after coming from grammy night from funny jimmy from the news of easy to ally with safety debbie that comes much africa joined us on facebook at g.w. africa. and now kentucky affectionately but as affectionately as you can. hear from tim in the middle of his election campaign in the year 2000 the documentary was filmed for russian television. to turn the camera back on of course the film secretly chronicled a power grab actually everything was precisely planned introduction. featuring top supporting roles to the freedom of russia. and featuring a lead role like you'v

is set to meet government officials this tuesday the demonstrations began in the southern city of karachi around 10 days ago and progress towards the capital islamabad those protesting are pushing for another election to be held and for the army to remain out of the process and initially the prime minister was given until sunday to quit and of additional 24 hour extension has also now reportedly expired meantime protest leaders say the movement will continue until their demands are met. and you continue this protest until you throw these illegal rulers out of power they must realize their lives over your mandate and government has a mandate now. we heard from a pakistan based your political expert who thinks it's unlikely the protest movement will reach its goals. when it comes to the war don't you or do you foresee grown stories on dogs on like if you recall the godfather of the army it's a sporting 1 promised about home and also go before the bodies of their daughter enjoy going to publix or grilled by a big can force one has to resign there is a possibility mirrorball force some. sort

is set to meet government officials this tuesday the demonstrations began in the southern city of karachi there on 10 days ago progress towards the capital a slum about those protesting or pushing for another election to be done for the army tremaine of the process initially the prime minister was given until sunday to quit an additional 24 hour extension of. reportedly expired meantime protest leaders say about the movement will continue until their demands are met. continue this protest and to throw these illegal rulers out of power they must realize their rule is over your mandate and government has no more mandate now. but for some insight into the events unfolding in pakistan we're joined by geo political expert java gorani who is in islamabad good to see you. what triggered this protest movement from religious leaders what was the main aspect of it. or. what triggered what we're seeing the protests what was the main aspect of it job it. what i can or gather from your question is it seems they do just bark do you bitch is. or from the big dog protest. or. that's what they want and th

uniform as well as others say his personal belongings are on show at the pakistan air force museum in karachi. it's an unashamed tribute to what curators and visitors serious proof of pakistani military might and it's leaving school children and students with their eyes the glow. that everybody aristide's if we all of his belongings were confiscated and they're now on display here at the museum it felt very good today to see all these articles on display we are proud of the pakistan af course that is. the exhibition also features debris of the downed indian fighter jet a reminder that the incident at the heart of it was serious following a suicide attack in indian kashmir india and pakistan conducted tit for tat as strikes in each other's territory in february and analysts raise the alarm that the skirmish could turn into an all out war but i doubt tensions come to when pakistan freed about a man from captivity and handed him back to india. but the hype around the pilot didn't die down. neither did the nationalists that his capture had fueled by sights of the. i. was at the exhibition many of

karachi around 10 days ago in progress towards the capital islamabad those protesting are pushing for another election to be held and for the army to remain of the process and the prime minister was given until sunday to quit. 24 hour extension has also no reportedly expired meantime protest leaders say the movement will continue until their demands are met. yet you continue this protest and to throw these illegal rulers out of power they must realize their rule is over your monday time government has no more monday now. or we heard from a pakistan political expert who thinks it's unlikely the protest movement will reach its gold when it comes to the model of the party forcing berms to resign that is unlikely lockley it is because of the fact that the army is the sporting 1 mr brown calm and also because of the 5 of the opposition parties they're going to enjoy that going to public school or where by they can force by mr resigned there is a possibility that the opposition it will force some sort of christlike all over pakistani army base but that these are likely to attract any public

train in pakistan still a blaze was caused by a gas stove on board the train was making its way from karachi to raul pindi just outside of islamabad survivors say it took nearly 20 minutes for the train to grind to a halt erupted it was all about top stories this hour that's it for myself and the team here in london there will be more news later on but coming up next on al-jazeera it's one i want to east. today the prime minister. should be true to the british on the 31st of october and making this country the greatest place on earth britain's departure is delayed but for home follow the drama of bricks it on al-jazeera. with sandy white beaches and palm trees the moldings is a magnet for tourists from all over the world. but behind these picturesque landscape looks a darker reality. that equalization in the us is go to a different level where people would not hesitate to queue in the capital mala with buildings battle for space in a sea she divided by street gangs the future appears bleak for many multi view. before and i think more of this is a paradise but we don't get the white sandy bea

asia coming up the man and the mustache now in wax and pakistan we'll tell you why an exhibit and karachi featuring an indian hero is raising eyebrows on both sides of the border also coming up costs one can get ready to vote for a new president on saturday we take you to the streets of cologne where the memories of the easter sunday bombing still cast a long shot.

movement has said to me government officials that the demonstrations began in the southern city of karachi around 10 days ago and progress towards the capital islam about those protesting are pushing for another election to be held on for the army to remain ellett so in places initially the prime minister was given until sunday to quit the additional 24 hour extension reportedly expired. meantime protest leaders say the movement will continue until their demands on the. new continue this protest until one throw these legal rulers. they must realize there is over your mandate and government has. now. got to thoughts a little earlier from a pakistan based geo political expert who thinks it's unlikely the protester movement will reach its goal. oh pollutions dubon aside it brought me into the reading of john just that is a likely to happen that is the starting point the theme to forty's for the good when it comes to the moment of the office in $44.00 she comes to resign doesn't like barkley it is because of the fact that the army is a sporting 1 travesty of outcome and also because of the fac

worst disaster in more than a decade the accident happened in right after the trains departure from karachi osama bin reports. water he says someone give me water because this man is among the dozens of people wounded when a passenger train caught fire in pakistan witnesses say in addition to those who were burned alive many people died in the trying to jump from the high speed burning train most of them were programs heading to a religious gathering that routinely carry all essential items including gas cylinders and beddings with their religious meeting which lasts for days initial reports suggest that someone tried to make breakfast on an open gas flame one investigator told al-jazeera that the speed of the train fanned the flames small mattresses and belongings of the pilgrims acted as fuel and the fire quickly spread to other witnesses say it was caused by a short circuit the prime minister has ordered an investigation and the minister in charge admits there was a failure. here this is a security lapse and these people were successful in carrying the cylinder and the coaches we don't h