what the mqm are saying is that this is an attack on them specifically. more specifically, it is a tax on the pakistani elections. they are voting -- attacking searching -- they are attacking certain parties. the pakistani taliban on have left alone the religious parties who are allowed to campaign. the pakistani taliban have achieved their goal of disrupting this election. >> that must be -- there must be fears about the fear and violence you describe. >> absolutely. what people are saying to me, they said this throughout the week, it is all very votive. they were scared to go out to the ballot box. we are not sure if there are going to be a tax on the day. -- attacks on the day. what they say is these elections will take place, will go ahead on may 11. if people are too scared to go out, that is a completely different question. however, when these attacks take place, what they do do is are designed to kill people, they affect business. to give you indications, karachi is 80% of the revenue for the hold -- whole country. .hey declare a day of mourning th

the urban-based mqm is predominant in karachi, and they are being targeted. this is creating an unfair advantage to the parties that have either not denounced terrorism or militancy in a strong, clear voice, or may have made some backdoor deals allowing them to run in certain areas. >> do you think the result of the election could change the relationship with the u.s. potentially? >> i don't think so. the u.s. pakistan relationship is still guided by strategic and paradigms on the part of the onted states -- imperatives the part of the united states. neither side can afford to ditch each other. in the next two or three years, once the coalition departs from afghanistan, the idea of extricating all its material and manpower to pakistan will remain strong in american minds. that is really why recently you may have seen this interesting 's,tograph of the three kay' kerry, karzai, and general kaon h. thank you very much for joining us. , investigators say for generators inside the bangladesh factory building collapsed last month may have caused the disaster. the

mqm, part of the ruling coalition and its leader having lived in exile for two decades. it also includes an islamic party. the pakistan muslim league led by the former prime minister, and it is a key front runner, winning the second largest number of seats in the 2008 elections. as mentioned, many times, was recently by our young voters there in lahore, the much talked pti with the leader, the ,orld cup winning cricketer who claims he will sweep the polls and become extremely influential. let's bring in a former pakistani foreign affairs advisor joining us from islamabad. in terms of the attack in karachi, we covered that at the top of the program, but give us more details about what you are learning about the polling stations in that city. ,> well, karachi seems to be you know, hot and bothered. there are many reports of polling stations that still have not opened -- polling stations where members of the political parties among particularly the mqm are allegedly taking over polling stations, disallowing people from voting. inre is one polling station a hotly contested s

pti as i said may be amenable to cooperation to ensure some success, but ppp and mqm will have no suchonventions in karachi. one negative factor for this election as these two major parties that is ppp and the nawar sharif have become provincial eyes. ppp reduced to support across the country. it now has the ruling and is limited to its own province. as far as pmln is concerned, again, if transferring from job job -- [inaudible] baluchistan is a mixed situation. as for institutional dust settles, there is to be no image crisis unless one is precipitated by no was to himself. the circumspect type of politics and also we have to -- we know that those in the army and judiciary will be by the end of the year. the third problem is of course the economy and of course mr. motson is going to focus on that. there are no quick fixes, but the important thing is a serious weakening has to be made. and energy, systemic outcomes to dwell on. but it can be better managed than we have to come up with a credible projects like the schemes launched by the ppp, which was a waste of time and resources. naw

mqm party held morning after three people were killed and dozens other of of injured in an explosion. shops and markets across karachi were closed on monday -- sunday. in the demonstrations bangladesh capital, hundreds of thousands called for a new anti- blasphemy law. of theing at least six main highways, huge numbers of protesters poured into daka. they were answering the call from a fledgling group of hardliners to lay siege to the capital. that is exactly what they did, from the resthaka of the company and drawing attention to their demand for a new blasphemy law. >> this is for the list of demands -- according to the koran, we demand punishment for atheist bloggers. these are those who use the new media to advocate for a secular society and the muslim- majority nation -- they are government with secular laws, but they said the way of life in bangladesh is under attack. and they are prepared to fight for it. the areas -- areas around the largest mosque turned into a battleground. thece sought to control protests with teargas and rubber bullets, a massive show of support for the no

>> the biggest political party here is called the mqm.. this did you cannot form a political government without their support. the election commission has said that certain parts were not free and fair. all over facebook and social media many were complaining about of vote rigging scandals. it is impossible to identify those individually. as the results are coming through, they are not likely -- they're likely to get between 19 and 25 seats, making them the king makers of pakistan. with such a strong showing in kpk and elsewhere in the country, they might find themselves in a kingmaker position. for the first time they may find themselves not being as powerful as they perceive themselves, their for the election commission may be able to say that there are allegations of vote rigging and intimidation and that they might be able to follow those and investigate those, because in previous governments that have been so strong that no one has said anything and stem. the mood like there? there was violence during the vote. word, somber. there are

pti government may be amenable to cooperation for its own success, but ppp and mqm will have no suchion and karachi and sindh. when negative six are from election since i find these two major parties, ppp and pml-n as nawaz sharif have become provincial sides. ppp is supposed to support across the country. it now has -- will be sindh and is limited to his home province. as far as pml-n is concerned, its main support comes from punjab and has no strong showing baluchistan is a very mixed situation. as for the institutional tassels, there ought to be no image unless one is precipitated by nawaz himself. the main circumspect of politics and also we have -- we know that those in the army and judiciary would be a change of oligarch at the end of the year. the third of album is of course economy and of course mr. motson is going to focus on not. and energy there are problems you will tell on, but she will not have that better managed and then we have to come up with a credible products, not make the rental project that disclaims launched by the ppp, which was a waste of time and waste of r

i think they've taken aback now for separate karachi is the thinking of the mqm in this. so we just have to say, waste his chief minister to come from? who is going to be the chief minister? what kind of government is he going to put together and so on? will it be a coalition? will it be only -- we just have to wait and see. >> on that note, if you enjoyed me in banking ambassador -- [applause] i'm grateful that she shyness and i'm grateful that all of you stayed beyond the appointed hour of 11:30. it's been very profitable and we've made it. thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> so the question is why do we do with? why take the risk? sfr font? for adventure? is it for the money? there were certainly easier ways of making a living in doing this. we do it to understand the world and how it changes. the world tends to move at the earth place here attention knows that suddenly they snap with violent political change to make a terrific cracks are to see how the plates fit together. we do to show tv pundits the studio jockeys they are usually wrong. we do it because he deci

thehe mqm denies accusation.she was shot dead outside her home on saturday and the police are not ruling anything out. >> in light of the evidence, we cannot rule out the possibility of murder and robbery. only when we investigate further will we be able to say something more accurate about it erie it -- about it. pakistanis went to the polls for a second time after claims of vote rigging. >> the u.s. embassy employee accused of spying in moscow has been flown out of russia five days after he was ordered to leave the country. he had been branded a persona non grata. he was accused of trying to recruit a russian counterterrorism officer. russia says he was caught while wearing a blond wig and carrying large sums of money. businesses and homeowners in the central united states are being warned to stay alert in the face of a severe storm. these pictures show a tornado measuring almost a kilometer in with -- width. kansas, missouri, and nebraska are all in the path of the storm. emergency teams in mexico preparing to

wave of campaign- related violence data on sunday, imran khan accused the leader of the rival party mqmresponsibility of zahra shahid hussain's murder. them responsible for this murder. whatever happens, i am firmly standing against this murder because it is not the first time it has happened. it has happened several times before. a wait outside the house that they target, just like what happened to zahra shahid hussain. i hold them responsible. they have issued two threats, wanted a journalist and the other to our workers and supporters supporters when they staged a protest. people have been killed in the violence surrounding pakistan's election. former argentine dictator general jorge rafael videla has died at the age of 87. he was serving a life sentence for murder, torture, and connecting. couplped lead the military that unseated the president in 1976 and later served five years in prison before presidential pardon that humphrey in 1990. two etc., he was retried and sentenced to life behind bars. estela de carlotto of the human rights group grandmothers of the plaza de mayo criticiz

politics, against exacerbating sectarian tensions in the country, religious sentiments, alienating ppp and mqm and the sentiment. manipulating provincial politics where there is the potential to do so. as in the past, such politics will be. one can hope that instead of allowing this kind of manipulation, which in pakistan recall the political alliances, if better, this current time power prime minister said six will be disposed to acting with prudence, awfulness and will focus on a practical agent to refocus credentials as a problem solver, the man in the economy. the problems can be divided in four categories in my view. first, security, law and order, extremists, virtual rebellion by taliban and thought and insurgencies in baluchistan and sectarian officials. the evidently soft attitude and his willingness to negotiate with extremists given a chance to restrain. as i said earlier, he must remain firm on there except dean the government, except in the presence of the army and fought. they must be on these elements, even in the as for the -- [inaudible] certain aspect of politics and also you

pti may be amenable to cooperation to a sure -- but ppp and mqm will have no such compunctions incorrectshe. thenegative effect from elections is that i find that , theytwo major parties have become provincial lies in a manner of speaking. ppp reduced support across the country. it now is ruling -- it will be to its-- and is limited home province. as for -- is concerned, its main support draws from putting job, and it has no strong showing in -- or in --. baluchistan is a next situation. as for the institutional hostels, there should be no immediate crisis unless one is precipitated by sharif himself. the army remains circumspect the politics, and also he have to -- we know that both in the army and in the judiciary there will be a change of heart by the end of the year. the third problem is the there will be a focus on that. fixes as farquick as the economy is concerned, but the important ring is a serious attempt has to be made. in energy, there are systemic problems which you might dwell on, but that can be better managed. then we have to come up with the credible projects, not the sh