they remember the previous government prime minister nawaz sharif's the former prime minister. during his tenure or pakistan g.d.p. was close to six percent and now a un report predicts that good fall behind that of the mild leaves in the polls in twenty twenty so it's a very grim and very difficult situation for pakistan for the dismal picture that you're painting there what are you hearing from pakistan how are the prices affecting everyday life. it's very difficult for the common person to make good both ends meet you have to understand that the buggiest on is a poor country most people don't much a lot of the country's population live in the. even the middle classes are suffering no report mentioned about the hike so it's becoming increasingly difficult increasingly difficult for even the business people to run businesses inflation is a spiking and it could be very difficult for a prime minister funds government when the government is all also going to the i.m.f. to seek a financial loan in the coming months and years things will get more difficult for pakistan and more gri

our amna nawaz spoke to al-sharif before her protest today, and about the state of women's rights in i arabia. ( speaking arabic ) >> nawaz: in 2011, when manal al-sharif posted this video of herself bend the wheel of a car, she sparked a revolution in saudi arabia-- where women were forbidden to drive. al-sharif inspired other women to buck the saudi ban and post videos of themselves driving, too. but her protest landed her in jail for nine days, and she was only released after her father appealed directly to the king. >> at 2:00 a.m., the secret police came to my house, and seey arrested me from my h and i was sent to jail with one line in my paper: it was "driving while female." >> nawaz: the powerful saudi crown prince mohammad bin salm lifted the ban in 2018, part of an effort to paint himself as a reformer, after he started running most of saudi's affairs of state. last year, he toured the united states, receiving warm welcos from the white house. >> it's a great honor to have the crown prince with us. >> nawaz: and silicon valley, meeting the c.e.o.s of google and apple. but th