president of pakistan was in berlin for talks with chancellor merkel on monday president chavez caught mitzi oil wants to boost ties with germany the country once known for its repressive regime is now opening its doors to the rest of the world and introducing liberal reforms a construction boom has even hit the city of some a con but not everybody is happy about it. dition progress past or future. holds look like the backdrop of a beautiful fairy tale this question is more topical than ever. like almost no other city in the past soviet space samarkand is known for its ancient architecture and to the survival of tradition but could as these fairy tale of a thousand and one nights be over if more skyscrapers builds here. authorities have been building in some a cunt for the past year. modern apartments are desperately needed as well as luxury shops and large hotels he spent his son's third largest city is preparing itself for large numbers of tourists from around the world but they are building for locals as well an entire district made up of sixty story buildings modern living made in a spec

visited germany such chancellor in the lead the first such visit in eighteen years presenter shafqat mitzi your half says he wants to deepen ties with angela merkel and germany his visit comes at a time of change for the central asian country president assume power two years ago after the death of those pakistan's long term autocratic leader has a merkel commander of the new president on recent political reforms and mentioned increased military cooperation was backing start shares a border with afghanistan. hundreds has really been changed in the country in a moment we'll hear from a human rights campaign a first of your english shatter records from the course back capital tashkent but he spoke with a journalist who spent nearly two decades in prison. so it really goes on after nineteen years behind bars yusuf who seem around of is enjoying every moment of his newfound freedom there are happening in the fifty five year old journalist was jailed in the late ninety's for supporting a new position petition regime a rod of is one of hundreds of who had to pay for their political views with the