p.p.p. benazir bhutto's party which is now after she was assassinated couple of years ago being run by her son and there's also some islamist parties which may or may not play an important role depending on how many votes they become they'll be a lot of haggling in the next coming days maybe even weeks in might be quite a while until we see a government being formed so we'll watch with interest and i know in islamabad thank you. and of course we have a lot more in-depth coverage and analysis of pakistan's elections on our website that's at d w dot com. now greece has begun three days of national mourning for the victims of the country's worst fire disaster in a decade at least eighty people are confirmed dead and that number is expected to increase fires broke out on monday evening one near the town of kinetic around fifty kilometers west of athens and another to the east of the city near the coastal village of matty place he swept through the areas in just minutes taking a grim toll. only a few days ago will carry a celebrated her son's wedding here now she finds herself standing amidst devas

has managed to get sixty four seats on the party of the assassinated former prime minister benazir bhutto p.p.p. has got forces story and the smaller parties combined are also at forty three but to form a government canid coalition partners to get that majority of one hundred and thirty seven seats will come all hyder is in islamabad for a side there kemal so will these claims of electoral fraud make any difference to that official result. none whatsoever i mean every election in this country is gone and if you look at the history of this country the elections the looting. of manipulating the polls and all loaded in criticism that something was. manipulated and the fact of the magic that it did the people of pakistan were mostly the young. women who have large numbers and they're surprised everybody that. the president of course has grown gradually did the election commission the election commission. free and fair election under the circumstances given the security detail so as far as the government is concerned it does believe that. time and so that's the situation on the ground so far and i s

has managed to get sixty three seats the policy of the assassinated former prime minister benazir bhutto the p.p.p. has got forty three of the smaller parties combined forty five seats but to form a government khan needs coalition partners to get a majority of one hundred and thirty seven seats. in a slum for us hi there kemal so all those opposition figures of just been speaking what have they been saying. what did happen days the opposition meeting was called by that. all of that it. should be remembered that he had been defeated along with many of the big. stranglehold on pakistani soil or day to day of course are angry and they warned. that day going to appeal to all of the parties go join their agitation where there should be a reelection rejecting the. war that the people of pakistan have cost and. mean that they have serious implications. so far i have also been able to speak to. p.p.p. needed that in the progress on people's party a party which they believe in parliamentary politic they do believe in democracy and although they have been allegations against them they are saying that they a

former leader has managed to get sixty four seats the party of assassinated prime minister benazir bhutto p.p.p. has forty three and the smaller parties rather have all combined for forty three seats as well on the its coalition partners to get a majority of the one hundred thirty seven seats so here's the assessment of election observers it is our assessment that despite positive changes to the legal framework with the new elections act and a stronger and more transparent election commission the electoral process of twenty eighteen was negatively affected by the political environment the number of violent attacks targeting political parties leaders candidates and election officials severely affected the compay environment. many of our and to look at to acknowledge the systematic efforts to undermine the former ruling parties through cases of corruption contempt of court and terrorist charges against its leaders and candidates as on the vinge of it is and will who are for us and in the capital islamabad we have come all higher so we're going to go to call first so. assessment from those observe

p.p.p. which is form of benazir bhutto's party and the of ami workers sponte have reported being have used bylaw enforcement and security personnel during their campaigns it is one of your own pakistani organizations making these claims given that what kind of free and fair election can you have now when i was quoting fifteen like i said this is just one for you from is a conglomerate of four hundred. forty thousand observers the last elections in two thousand and thirteen and you know what fifteen cities for france is ninety percent of the politicians believe more than ninety percent actually that there's a level playing field for everyone you know so it's r.c.p. . unfortunately some of these organizations in pakistan. partial sometimes but every day why would they let me take another look which i would say passion the military the role of the military there's a huge perception within independent press in pakistan as well as outside that the army is playing a critical role in this election and some even say it is actually making sure that its favorite candidate in the run can a stock cricket

managed to get sixty three seats in the party of the assassinated former prime minister benazir bhutto the p.p.p. has got forty three with the smaller parties combined at forty five bob to form a government condit's coalition partners to get a majority of one hundred and thirty seven seats with hyder is in islamabad for us hi there kemal so officer figures have been speaking what are they saying. where. headed by. on the head of the right wing religious party the line known as the m.m.a. now the m.m.a. got together before the elections to form the lines for the second time hoping that they would be able to get many seats within the pakistani parliament a wave of deaf suffered a humiliating defeat. today called for an order party gone friends and. his party along with other opposition party they need to be going to all the opposition parties who have complained complaints about election to start a agitation. to make the election not lend war and even ted in their day we're. taking that many of parliament however within the opposition we have been able to be some divisions the progress on people's

p.p.p. the party of the slain former prime minister benazir bhutto and the p.l.o. and the party of the jailed former prime minister nawaz sharif both those parties have a significant mandate regionally and they have an interest in continuing to go along with the democratic project despite all the warts and irregularities in this election and indeed in the run up to the election all right good to get your analysis on that thanks so much mashallah for the navy. for my catalan leader carlos pushed him or has returned to belgium vowing to defend what he called the just cause of the catalan people he's back in brussels after a failed bid by spain to extradite him on rebellion charges from germany but he met the current president of catalonia kim torah who travel to meet his predecessor pushed him on fled spain last year after catalonia as a referendum on independence. is a political scientist and contributor to vocal european joins us by skype from barcelona good to have you with us so what direction do you expect the catalonian independent movement to take now we've go

the native former prime minister benazir bhutto that's the p.p.p. that's got forty four seats in the smaller parties combined or at forty three now in order to form a government iran car needs coalition partners to get a majority of one hundred thirty seven seats we'll be going live to the capital islamabad and to lahore in just a bit first let's listen to the assessment of those e.u. election monitors it is our assessment that despite positive changes to the legal framework with the new elections act and a stronger and more transparent election commission the electoral process of twenty eighteen was negatively affected by the political environment the number of violent attacks targeting political parties party leaders candidates and election officials severely affected the campaign environment. many of our and to look at to acknowledge the systematic efforts to undermine the former ruling parties through cases of corruption contempt of court and terrorist charges against its leaders and kind of it's frightening to correspondents on this because i'm

the former prime minister benazir bhutto was assassinated in two thousand and seven the p.p.p. was the largest opposition party in the two thousand and thirteen parliament well security has been stepped up across pakistan ahead of the vote there is more now from islamabad. eight hundred thousand security forces pushed in and have been deployed across the country according to the election commission of pakistan instructed to boarding a fair and free election the ballot bowl failed have already been defeated butane fall flung station fanning across the country forward broke and candidates really be trying their luck full for the national and provincial family for the election day voter turnout is expected to be high but the figure to going to drop a very bad amount the election coverage you know for get stranded in their responsibility of conducting a fair and free elections in a country where the electorate always become controversial and it could go to the forehead of god that all go out in large numbers because of the return deadly attack by elements who have vault. election m

p.p.p. and that's led by bilawal bhutto he's the twenty nine year old son of the assassinated former prime minister benazir bhutto we've got two correspondents to talk to now we've got a summer binge of aids he's our correspondent in the hole that's pakistan second most populous city and we've also got kemal haidar he's live outside a polling station in the capital islamabad let's go to you first kemal and talk about what's going on in cueto in baluchistan an attack on people trying to cast their votes clearly deliberate deliberately trying to dissuade people from taking part in the democratic process. out. something which happened even during the election nearing. one leader of the awami national party in the. province was killed by the taliban pocket down there to great point two billion people and then there was another attack in baluchistan but today that i'd also been claimed by i should be remembered. and that they've. done. where did. they. claimed responsibility for the. taking place on the outskirts of the city where the police. a polling station or a number of people. over thirty were wounded som

p.p.p. that's pakistan people's party led by bilawal bhutto he of course is a twenty nine year old son of the assassinated former prime minister benazir bhutto . we have two of our correspondents in pakistan for these elections a sum of binge of aid is in the hole that's pakistan's second most populous city and a major political battleground first let's get a correspondent who is in the capital islamabad and now the polls have closed how would you say the voting went despite there being that dreadful attack in the provincial capital of the police. overall. have gone smoothly despite that deadly attack which claimed at least. many mall in islamabad in the constituency where i am and a polling station behind me as you can see is known as constituent the national assembly five three. two heavy fighting heavyweight. bochy the former prime minister the outgoing prime minister of iraq and mr cameron kahn as you mentioned earlier. hundreds of thousands of security forces personnel have been able to do security. operation which means that people will feel comfortable to come out. and despite their criticism our politicians would now acknowled