the first question is what is the nature of the crisis in pakistan could "pakistan on the brink", they are always on the brink of something. i wonder, there is an accumulation come as you point out in some of these essays about the failures of military, education, the rise of radicalism, but thinking in the long run, pastors, what is the nature of the crisis, and how is this different from other period >> thank you for having me and i thank you for inviting me to be here. it is very very kind. everyone at the school of journalism. i think the essential problem today is that we never grew up after the cold war ended. you know, the pakistani elite, which is a military and ungentle lee, he basically indicated that you could no longer keep extreme -- islamic extremists as a frontline. you could not have a foreign policy that is based solely on scare tactics in the region. you need trade and economic advancement and all the rest of it. for that, you need the neighboring countries to be positive. lastly, you needed to break the dependence you have on the united states during the cold war. an

tell me about this assassination of osama bin laden in pakistan what was the feeling in pakistan that the i.s.i. was hiding this i would get a lot of that there in confidence why. was a solid bin laden in pakistan and you know what you must understand is that some of been one of them was trained by the i.s.i. and cia. did lot of adam with trained by the cia and i.s.i. about twenty years back so this is this is these people were assets of by this time on. their would really by the by just an army and the i.s.i. financed by the cia and but they were fighting the soviets and for a long time these groups had a big association with the most unsecured agencies now suddenly comes no new lever and you do a lot of the leading degrees does i mean we showed us a hundred to be stolen. but it didn't mean that all along the way people would have accepted this because here what people are trained for jihad our job and this is in this just means by doing the foreign occupation so obviously the can miss them having indoctrinating not only. these militant groups but also your own intensities that they'

if you wish to that's always been between pakistan and india that pakistan would see. you know or small china also you know the number. just quickly ask you about that. a gesture towards china is that in a way then a snub towards washington. well it's not would use not because they're not really getting you know as you as your previous. segment showing they are getting mediated not only that but they where they are they're not getting. this so going to is not getting respected by the united states . number is is absolutely amazing and sort of tells it all seventy five percent of pakistani obsolete that nine eleven was an inside job but there's a value is well and that is quickly showing of what's going on in pakistan so the population in pakistan is completely against the u.s. so they are again you know many of those people in pakistan are benefiting from all that aid that the u.s. is providing pakistan so the authorities there is not about finding cells that fade difficult position don't they i mean they have to rely on that aid as well as obviously being harsh agains

what is the problem with corruption in pakistan why is why is corruption bad for pakistan just to give you know the statistics then you're not going to i am history of sixty years the total debt you may lead by bikes don is about five trillion in just four years the debt has gone up from problems by politically. so we had. do to service our debts so if not of one point eight trillion. debt servicing is eight hundred billion harvard goes to debt service and six hundred billion goes to before the army how many did million people have two hundred million could be used as a liberal so clearly the ganges and why and so on and is of rush hour they could still go on in gears and. we're looking at the atlas we're really looking at. us going down the drain the country is heading towards complete chaos we don't have money to don't run the country and at the moment load shedding we don't have money to buy and you do. not buy our generation so because we get a lot of buy food for a pardon or slow the government are there's almost fourteen hours of no shipping there's no electricity for fourteen ho

state department cables referred to him as pakistan's one man party. but pakistan is changing. over the last two years widespread anger over u.s. drone strikes and corrupt political dynasties has proven millions to his cause i want to know why is he now front runner to be the next leader of pakistan. do you really. i'm all right i have a bit of a cold but i think that's a good thing because my voice is a bit sexier than normal and i have to go basically. i don't get them interested as it were to having a very interesting journey well i think your interesting time is a bit more interesting than my interesting time i saw these videos of your rallies last night so i think this is great but i worry you're going to get blown up. so i hope your interesting time doesn't get any more interesting this isn't true then you go to go sometime yeah the second of those are some of them just. like i mean i was you know when i saw this guy's hospital so i used to see. going in six months later they were gone so i have a completely different attitude to life and you're not around for long so you

and transferring it to the rich in pakistan versus how much of the money is taken out of pakistan and stashed into london banks or stashed into swiss banks or u.s. companies. so do things number one because we do not have money to bear for to get finest oil for our generation the country is having lordship in this electricity for fourteen to fifteen hours and indeed eighteen hours in the rural areas. that would mean the farmers don't run there. the jubal has to water their crops that means factories and industries are closing down there because there's a massive unemployment only of inflation so that's one aspect of corruption the second is that it was sort of this money ends up and this was a chance of the dog was gone and the people who politically don't the weirdest money are excited by this don and i have everything in by you stand in mine and apart from more particularly this head of political bodies there have banned guns and brought their properties abroad and this is not declared so of this money most of this money and that the country let's move on to the u.s. . tell me about

there are extremist elements in pakistan whose pakistan is iran. >> is the nuclear arsenal in pakistanrsenal is as safe as can be. but what is important is that pakistan as a nation becomes safe, and it can only become safe if it embraces the 21st century and we beat back those who want pakistan to go back into the 12th century with bigotry as their main belief system. >> now, you can't go back to pakistan right now. you're afraid if you go back, they'll kill you. >> i of course would not take the risk right now of putting myself in danger. but as you know, many pakistani leaders have lived abroad and led causes in the country. for many years she was abroad, fought the battle, went back, was killed -- assassinated by terrorists. i intend to continue the struggle for reform in pakistan. and that reform, it's important, wolf, to unwhat it is about. it's about changing the mind-set. pakistan can't close itself from the rest of the world. we cannot become an isolated nation. we cannot just look at the past. and we have to embrace the 21st century like other nations, without the bigotry tha

pakistan is an important partner. but there are some things that we just have to keep after. >> hi there. there are worries that when the u.s. helped countries like philippines to build up their capacity p. they become boulder and prone to more provocations in their handling of the disputes such as in south china sea. secretary panetta was asked about this question in the shangri-la dialogue. during your meetings with filipino officials, have you conveyed -- have you discussed with them such worries or have you encouraged them to be more restrained in their future behaviors? >> well, when we -- when we entered to agreements with partners to build capacity, the -- there is always a strategy behind it. and, you know, there are plenty of things that all nations in the region should be interested in. and the -- pacific in particular. certainly maritime security, maritime domain awareness, and counter piracy, counter-transnational organized crime, those are issues that should -- i think are of common issues to everyone. wh

pakistan says they're killing civilians. now the united nations high commissioner for human rights is weighing in on the matter. patchari raksawong at our bangkok bureau has the details. >> high the high commissioner expressing concern over the reason spate of u.s. drone strikes in pakistan. she questions the legitimacy of the u.s. military operations. the united states is pressing ahead with its drone attacks in pakistan saying the aim is to eradicate al qaeda, taliban and other insurgents. but the pakistan government doe deannoun denounces the ire strikes. >> drone attacks do raise serious questions about compliance with international law. i'm concerned by allegations of very grave violations in the context of counter terrorist and counter insurgency operations. drone strikes by the u.s. have casualties in pakistan and fueling anti-u.s. sentiment among its people in the government. >>> the united states says the time has come for pakistan to take action against afghan insurgents believed to be based within its borders. the

want for pakistan?ed a report saying you effectively betrayed the pakistani government by giving a secret memo to the obama administration and potentially they could try you for treason. >> let's be honest, i did not need an interneed yar of dubious credentials to pass on a message with whom i had personal relations -- admiral mullen which is what the allegation is. >> right. >> this is a partisan finding that did not look at the facts but only wanted to make a political statement. here's the problem in pakistan. the problem is that those who do not want good relations with the united states, they do not give reasons for that. they try to blame everybody like myself who wants good relations. i advocate democratic future in where civilians control all aspects of policy openly and transparentally. >> do you have confidence in the government there now? you were close to him at one point. >> i have tremendous respect for the president because he faces many, many problems, but i worry about the future of pak

instead you put pakistan third to iran in the north korea. as more threatening is there because of the regime they have plenty of control in that country deal of what you see the north korean regime is certainly more aggressive than pakistan. at the same time and should be noted that north korea currently has forty two kilos weapon grade plutonium that they used different technology you said when reaching uranium they have a single facility where they enrich tony i'm the new one there is a more advanced technology but their stock of what i'm grade plutonium would be enough to produce some seven to eight warheads similarly to iran's capabilities. they were already got a delivery vehicle to do. that is why north korea generally poses a serious threat. but unlike here in north korea does despite or to dominate its entire region. its regime is not using the nuclear issue tuna hance it stands any public domestically it's already strengthened to the extreme you know i would say north korea does not essentially pose a nuclear threat to its neighbors

and pakistan already possess nuclear weapons you know they've got a total of three hundred in six to me so with potential global reach and a hundred of them can be armed with nuclear warheads. what does this imply considering that the pakistani government has limited control over its own territory. student and how does it feel your pain in pakistan's perpetual conflict with the india which you have just referred to you know. what it spells is it permanent of the risk factor. if i can even tell you that the deficiency of governance in pakistan has created a risk of nuclear weapons being commercialised in that country is. really look i mean yes of course a new national of course. every time there is a change of government that just think of all the retarded generals with access to the nuclear or armory me want to get a good bargain for it. i don't want to speculate but we've already witnessed a black market for nuclear materials emerge in pakistan patronized by dr abdul han. who can guarantee you such a market will not remarriage. this country get a someone bin laden set up his headqua

/pakistan relations. it's an important city in pakistan.s sort of the center, the cultural center of the country. and yet so much of it appears to be riddled with dysfunction. >> i mean, karachi is, i would say, one of the most fascinating cities i've ever been to. it's, you know, pushing 18 million people, fastest growing city in the world. fastest growing in pakistan. as you said, it's the economic engine of the country. the fashion industry's there. there's tech startups. you know, a lot of wealthy people as well. at the same time, you have this kind of almost like mad max beyond thunder dome environment happening and it's all in one place. i've never seen anything like it. and with, you know, you talk about the u.s. kind of impact of, let's say the drone strikes or foreign policy on pakistan. it's pushed the taliban into karachi and karachi's always had a history of gangs and gang violence and there's a new gang in town now in the gulf and that complicates further. >> what seems to be, even the notion somehow the pakistan government is

pakistan right now is preventing us from resupplying troops in afghanistan through pakistan. don't we need some sort of leverage over pakistan? >> pakistan is the main instigator of the problems we're trying to solve in afghanistan. they've been arming the terrorist groups. they were the country that created the taliban. no, we should not be trying to find reasons of how we could work with pakistan. we should find out how we can cut off our relationship. with that hateful country, that country that shows how much -- how much they despise western civilization, especially the united states, and let's try to find a new strategic relationship perhaps with india that would give us the type of leverage in south asia to play a positive force. >> so you're not concerned about losing any kind of leverage over pakistan over their nuclear weapons, over what goes on, over support of the troops in afghanistan through pakistan? >> i don't think that we have any leverage on pakistan. i think they've been playing a game and a wicked and evil game at that that has cost american lives. >> and

an anti-american sentiment in pakistan reaches new peaks as the country's involvement in the u.s. led afghan war claims pakistani lives on the almost daily basis line expert opinion on that on r.t. . and on screen international news and comment live from our new center here in moscow with you twenty four hours a day to blast ripped through the syrian capital of damascus sending huge plumes of smoke over the city state t.v. is reporting that the explosions which should describe as terror attacks took place in the carpark of the palace of justice national reports from syria. there have been to have explosions in the old town earlier on earlier today syrian television has been reporting that there has been another third explosive device but they didn't go all the also saying that the explosives were put in the garage behind justice policy in the old damascus where usually judges of the syrian call to park their cars and also we've been hearing earlier today about another attack on a police station here in damascus as well and again no reports about casualties it's worse to say of cou

at its breaking point with pakistan? is our military considering launching secret raids like the one that killed bin laden? >> who is that behind the funky shades? secretary of state hillary clinton. why is she wearing sunglasses and those sunglasses to an official event. see the story behind this one. >> greta: if have you always wanted more vacation time, you may think about moving to europe. why? well, europe's highest court just rule audio ready for this one -- that workers who get sick on vacation are entitled to take another vacation. really? already, the europeans take 4 to 6 weeks vacation. >> they don't work really, nearly hard enough. when we went through an unprecedented job growth in the 90s, they barely created many jobs and now we see why -- because of rulings like this one. this came from a complaint in spain -- >> greta: with 25% unemployment. >> right. and it's the center of the next meltdown, now that we maybe have greece cauterized. furthermore, when you go on vacation and get sick, can't you say, hey,

still needs pakistan washington has been able to continue drone strikes in pakistan likely because of its military leaders tacit agreement the u.s. also needs the short route through pakistan to supply the troops in afghanistan islam lot shot it down last year in response to the killing of two dozen pakistanis . but we don't much is approaching their end with people furious at the u.s. there is little chance the pakistani policy makers will want to be seen as being more accommodating to the united states the mockery and condescending remarks from washington make those chances even slimmer during the last decade of war in afghanistan pakistanis have dealt with an unprecedented insurgency in their own country terror which has killed an awful lot of people much more than the losses carried by the u.s. in afghanistan and that to a large extent was the price pakistan paid for its alliance with the u.s. but these days in washington it seems hardly anyone keeps that in mind when handing out another portion of accusations and humiliation to the nation they once come to this to become their al

said it needs to kill the terrorists hiding in pakistan. pakistan says no more raids on our soil. now new information, the u.s. might do it anyway. the latest in minutes. but first, it's getting worse, the fast & furious scandal getting scalding hot, move from this justice department, straight to the white house. president obama invoking executive privilege, minutes before a contempt vote against attorney general eric holder. dick morris says that claim could cost president obam at election. why does he say that? he joins us. nice to see you, dick. >> good to be here. >> greta: why do you think the assertion will be fatal for the president, come november? >> fatal is going far. i think it hurts him and it's a big mistake. until he acted, first of all, nobody was covering this scandal, except us, fox news. the rest of the media largely ignored it. now they can't. secondly, it's obama assuming the scandal on himself. he is saying in effect, no, it isn't holder concealing these documents, it's me because executive privilege is the president telling the cabinet officer, i am asserting

defense secretary has laughed at pakistan for being in the dark on the bin laden raid. literally in washington's rhetoric now suggest that during the decade of war in afghanistan pakistan had been there myself instrumental ally in the region the united states could not have had security afghanistan in three weeks with minimum cost in terms of money and in terms of in terms of the lives of its soldiers that would not have been possible without fox and the assistance and help free sentiment towards the alliance with the us has fueled domestic insurgency in pakistan hoxton has lost about somewhere between five thousand to six thousand soldiers and paramilitary soldiers but more than that we've lost more than thirty five thousand civilians and these people died because of the spate of bombings in a cruel comparison the us has lost two thousand troops in afghanistan they want the pakistanis to do our dirty work for us and the pakistanis have simply said we've supported you forward eleven years we can't do it anymore you're killing our stability they have to stop the civil wa