and pakistan we will find that pakistan is located at such an important geostrategic place that it is not an option for either the off the two countries to walk away from each other in i would seventy years did have been very close of cooperation and also our periods where we have tried to file for divorce but divorce did not work out to be an option on any of those occasions so i think the compulsion of the jew strategy and joy economics is we might as we'll find it basis to live happily for the rest of the time i'm sure that there is more honest and frank dialogue taking place between pakistan and united states and this will provide us a more permanent basis of having a more stable relationship in future ok so let's move on to other relationships because you mention china this is enormous for you the c.p.a. see the china pakistan economic card or. twenty thirteen you said that started is there a completion date as such or is this going to be one of these long evolving growing sorts of relationship we have to understand that back sun and china have enjoyed a very very close relations

and well is pakistan ok with that and is pakistan i mean or are you trying to position yourself to be right alongside china for a little pakistan seeks to be partners with all. all powers we don't want singularly. stablish relationship with any country in the history we had best of the best relations with the united states and with china when china and united states were not even on speaking terms as a matter of fact pakistan became the bridge to bring united states and china together so we nor how to manage our relationships and we equally have good relations with the european union we have recently joined a shanghai cooperation organization and we're also building a strong relationship with russia we have as i said in the history had a strong relationship with united states we have good relationship with g.c.c. countries in our region so we want to have a very inclusive foreign policy because the future of a global economy wants that all countries must learn to collaborate and become more connected we are in a network economy where connectivity of countries and regions i think will

in islamabad have called off a sit in of thousands of demonstrators after the resignation of pakistan's law minister. the supporters of a religious party accused zahid hamid of blasphemy after he left the prophet muhammad's name out of a nose meant to be taken by elected officials he had been under increasing pressure to step down after a weekend of protests. early results have given douras is opposition leader a shock lead in the presidential election supporters of salvador and as there are a lot are celebrating after the announcement from the electoral court with more than half the votes counted he leads a president hernandez by five percent russia is the nine responsibility for the deaths of at least fifty five people after it conducted a series of airstrikes targeting sign i saw in syria over the weekend funerals have been held for some of the victims of that as or countryside and indonesia has raised its alert for bali's mound argonne to the highest level one hundred thousand people have been ordered to leave the area around the volcano well those are the headlines this hour we're

the protests then the resignation of government in pakistan has stepped down after days of destructive protests and accusations of blasphemy it was organized by a new political movement so how powerful groups like this is inside story. hello there and welcome to the program i'm nora caro protest leaders in pakistan have cooled off a three week capsule after a government minister resigned it was a victory for the protest leaders who'd been demanding zite hammad step down over the wording of a palm entry they accused him of blasphemy the ministers apologized saying it was a clerical error. pakistan political boss he led by the scala hussein lisbie says the change in wedding represented a softening of the state's position towards the mahdi set were banned from identifying as muslim in pakistan in one nine hundred seventy four so lots of the scuffs with our guests in just a moment but first this report from come on and islamic law. this is the epicenter of a protest that began twenty two days ago but it was the borstar damned by the government security forces deployed to protest that inter

got from pakistan what they recovered or at least got from pakistan what pakistan was willing to give them and i doubt all of that was included in the release. >> sir in the front row. it microphone is heading your way. and if you could introduce yourself. >> my name is david jackson. i'm a former director of voice of america. i was curious whether you got a sense, any of you about what percentage of this recent trove of documents as been shared over the years with america's allies. >> i'll take that one too if you want. this is a great question. couple things. one, we know the documents have been used in a number of criminal cases including europe and elsewhere. so some have been shared clearly. in germany for example where somebody is mentioned in the files and that's used to prosecute that individual. but part of the reason why we advocated transparency in this regard is we were hearing a lot of stories in 2012 that there were fights about who was given access within the u.s. government to the if hentirety the files and different fights bureaucratically even regards to that. so our

and i there and welcome to the program i'm noriko protest leaders in pakistan have called off a three week sit in in the capsule after a government minister resigned it was a victory for the protest leaders who had been demanding zite hammad step down over the wording of a palm entry they accused him of blasphemy the ministers apologized saying it was a clerical error. pakistan political boss he led by the scala dean hussein lisbie says the change in wedding represented a softening of the state's position towards the mahdi set were banned from identifying as muslim in pakistan in one nine hundred seventy four so lots of us gus was our guest spot in just a moment but first this report from come on in islamic law. this is the epicenter of a protest that began twenty two days ago why did the board start damned by government security forces deployed to protect their intersection called fragile that changed everything the writing then spread across the country for him the law minister daughter dying but educated few know tens of thousands of supporters are now gathering at this point which

got from pakistan what they recovered or got from pakistan what pakistan was willing to give them from what was recovered. i doubt all of that was included in this release. >> sir in the front row. the microphone is headed your way. if you could introduce yourself. >> my name is david jackson. i'm a former director of voice of america. i was curious whether you got a sense about what percentage of this recent trove of documents has been shared over the years with america's allies. >> i will take that one. this is a great question. a couple of things -- one, we know the documents have been used in a number of criminal cases in europe and elsewhere. somebody is mentioned in the file and the file is used to prosecute that individual. part of the recently advocate transparency in this regard, we are hearing a lot of stories back in 2012 that there were fights in the bureaucracy about who was given access within the u.s. government. we believe in competitive analysis and freedom of information. hearing from intelligence analysts within the u.s. government saying we cannot get our hands on t

line audiences on pakistan. defiant after the deadly crackdown a story we've been covering for you here on the bridge and we'll be keeping an eye out throughout the evening as well. let's take a look at some of the most important issues that face people as elections take place in three countries right around the world so honduras heads to the polls to choose the next president public safety will be one of the main talking points for candidates as the country is considered one of the most dangerous in the world final results are expected on monday and the first state and federal elections are taking place in the polls northern mountain districts that's the first phase of the vote across thirty two districts power has been devolved away from the central government to seven newly created states and ballots will be counted until the entire nation goes to the poll which will take about ten days then there is cuba it's holding municipal elections as the country transitions away from sixty years of the castro brothers

to how doesback osama bin laden live in pakistan without them knowing. this checkpoints to go from age to b to c all throughout the .ity >> was there anything so far in the document files that shows ? e recent release >> that is the information where they are trying to negotiate a truce. >> right, but i mean not just a truce. i mean real cooperation. >> this is what we are working on desperately to figure out from these files. one quick point -- there is a very interesting file i should have brought up that we just finished translating, which is al qaeda's assessment of the u.s. strategy. didaeda believes pakistan not want to jihadi problem to go away entirely, because that is the international family would have to focus on other things, so it is very sophisticated .eading that file is very interesting for a lot of reasons. >> we have to have one more question. i had not asked anyone on this side of the room. the gentleman in the back of the room who i cannot see because of the building structure. >> i'm from the cato institute. my question is about if t

the pakistan situation is complex. you see, in fact, that al qaeda the insurgency in parts of the pakistani state and was directing this. that certain pakistani officials in the files, it shows that certain pakistani officials knew they wanted to negotiate a truce with the insurgents, they knew where to go. parts of the pakistani state and was directing this. that certain pakistani officials in the files, it shows they went through intermediaries with bin laden would suggest they knew he was close at hand. from what we see, there are these other groups, including the afghan taliban, which have been de facto sponsored by the isi, pakistani military. some of those groups are also deeply in bed with al qaeda and were a part of the bin laden support group and provides these cutouts that were helping to buttress what al qaeda was doing in pakistan. on the other hand, maintaining relationships with the pakistani state. they went through intermediaries our point is all that needs to be untangled. we have spent more time tryin

>> uday: we are right next to pakistan. >> anthony: india and pakistan were once one country.able. beyond there, no more fence? >> uday: no more fences. >> anthony: so it's - once you get past there, you can go straight into pakistan if you want. >> uday: the problem is -- the thing is, india is trying to stop people from coming in. the infiltrators, you know drug dealers and terrorists. uday is working on a documentary about the indian-pakistan border. >> uday: no one wants to go into pakistan. >> anthony: no one wants to go into pakistan. >> uday: no one wants to -- in their right mind wants to go into pakistan. >> anthony: well really -- that's a fairly decisive statement. so, they put up a fence but the fence is on the indian side. >> uday: yeah. it's uh, one fifty meters, from the border. >> anthony: right. so beyond that fence, still indian farmland. >> uday: yes. >> anthony: so people who live over here can farm over there. >> uday: can farm over there. >> anthony: the punjab is a fertile region in an otherwise very dry country. this is india's breadbasket, with over a

islamabad, pakistan's capital city, turned into a battle zone.olice fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the islamists but they came prepared and responded with stones and bricks. several police vans were on fire. —— several police vans were set on fire. many injured were taken to hospital. at one point the police had to retreat as hundreds more demonstrated turned up unexpectedly. after failing to disperse the islamists, the government has asked the military to restore order in islamabad. the islamists have been blocking a key highway for weeks, demanding the sacking of a government minister who they accuse of blasphemy. the protesters are defiant. translation: we're protesting against the operation, the cruel action that the government is carrying out against the lawful demand being made about our holy prophet, being made by our religious scholars and our leaders in islamabad. we curse the government and our demand is that the operation should be stopped with immediate effect. as the protests spread, they present a direct challenge to

associates from china and pakistan are meeting today to discuss closer economic relations. allies since 1981 when pakistan was one of the first nations to recognise the people's republic of china. trade between the two sides and amounts to almost 13 billion us dollars annually and most of that is chinese exporter to pakistan. the latter has also been roped into china's ambitious one road initiatives which sees china investing up to 55 billion us dollars over the next five years but china has paid towards a hydroelectric dam has —— and it has been reportedly rejected by pakistan. it is facing challenges. the issue is a little more complicated. we feel that the situation is a lot more nuanced than that. number one. if you look at the nature of the project, hydropower is also relatively controversial. there is the impact on local populations, local environment, national security. all of this is reason enough to derail the project in other countries before. more importantly, this product is specifically occurring on a piece of disputed territory between pakistan and india, name

in pakistan. the first one is to help pakistan merge fought off or to mainstream the federally administered tribal area of fought off. anyway they feel appropriate with the adjacent province. in doing that to help make that area a place where people who have lived there all along can live a normal life and to help, there were 1.6 million people displaced and to the rest of pakistan. 85 to 90% of them have returned so to make it possible for them to reintegrate. that's the first piece. the second piece is to help communities and pakistan particularly the areas vulnerable to extremism to gain resilience against that and particularly in parts of karachi karachi, southern punjab and the fox as it merges so that's number two. and something very much working with civil society and the era are they doing it. and then the third is helping pakistan attract private investment to create jobs particularly for the younger people because of the large -- the pakistan house. under all of that to make a maximum ef

pakistan calls in the army to restore order as blasphemy protests grow. you're watching al jazeera live from doha i'm say hello robin this is what's coming up in the next thirty minutes millions in the poll of voting in a poll seen as a turning point for the himalayan nation but one that's also dividing families. also zimbabwe's government moves in on former president robert mugabe's allies plus . i don't know what to do. a major economic boost for online retailer amazon but for some of its workers there is nothing to smile about. welcome to the program pakistan's military is called in to restore order in the capital islamabad after the police struggled to disperse hundreds of demonstrators more than one hundred fifty people were. offices fine take acid water cannon to clear that camp the demonstrators have blocked the highway for two weeks to call for a lower minister to step down now they're angry because he admitted a reference to the prophet mohammed in the parliament tree bales welcome to joins me now from close to the hole before we talk about the p

rather roomy spoke to him a little bit earlier editor of the daily times pakistan he says pakistan is finding it difficult to deal with groups like those associated with half its side. i think the u.s. sort of statements both from white house and earlier the state department i mean they indicate. some level of concern on the united states about this obviously a release now the problem here is that the pakistani goads time and again have been him out and they said that they don't have enough evidence for him you know against him the prosecution does not bring. evidence which. will secure so hard to say that gets away with that. but the real question here is that too hard to say it's world and in his. approach to words a crash he really should which is the key to this contention between india and pakistan is something that is very close to the state position of pakistan you know the state has officially. you know in dual subject of reducing the cost and therefore it would need additional policy by the pakistani government on the on the moves of the foreign office in order to well nation

pakistan has always —— also been roped into the one.land investing up to $55 billion over the next five years. at hull china's aid towards a hydroelectric dam has been rejected. is the relationship facing challenges? we spoke earlier with an honest it is said the issue is a little more com placated. the situation was a lot more nuanced than that. number one, if you look at the nature of the project, the solar projects are always controversial. there are issues with the impact on local population and local environments. these have been reason enough to derail these project. more importantly, this project is specifically occurring on a piece of disputed territory between pakistan and india. and despite some issues, the china pakistan economic corridor will be meeting today to finalise long—term plans for economic integration between the two countries. thank you very much rico. good to see you. now let's brief you on some other business stories. the last big procedural hurdle to the completion of keystone xl pipeline was cleared on monday

the whole pakistan is chalking with levels of pollution many times what's healthy. this strait might still be clogged with traffic but police have been urging people to stay at home because with visibility . driving in lahore has become a risky endeavor. even if. it's difficult to travel or getting sick a lost people have here respiratory throat infection. and the casualties of what's been dubbed the horse smog season number in the thousands in the city's hospitals doctors report patients have even suffered strokes because of the toxic air it's a public health crisis it isn't easy to fix as a lot of different factors are responsible. from the industry. this material and gases are all showed up in the material. by the farmers contributing to pollution caused by millions of vehicles grinding through the streets of this metropolis lahore is pakistan's fastest growing city and if nothing is done experts worry its pollution problems could cast a pall over its development. well for more we're joined on the line by journalist mommas the doc in islamabad maha thanks for joi

but that is an issue that we must address directly to pakistan the u.s. and others must help that issue not to use us as a pretext for it or your confrontation region because a you told me on the show in twenty fifteen that isolate afghanistan has no ground here at all there is no element there is no medium for them to grow or rise or strengthen and yet just this year i salute carried out more than twenty attacks inside of afghanistan afghan officials say there are more than fifteen hundred eisel fighters on the ground in your country do you think you spoke too soon no no what time meant there was the they are not afghans that they are foreign created foreign nurtured for a foreign purpose that they are not indigenous to us but they clearly have support now inside of afghanistan they don't have any support inside afghanistan they are clearly funded by a broad and for a purpose related to a broad you mention a broad you've accused the united states of being behind it and you have said quote i do not differentiate at all between diet and america you said ic

headed in pakistan the army which is the strongest in pakistan has been requested to into the and to restore order in this crisis but they seem reluctant to do so why is that why is the army not wanting to get involved here it seems. when it go to the constitution the civilian government can argue they will come to the aid of their to millionaire administration or the government in case the government or the civilian administration fails to contain the situation however that is a politically explosive issue and what the military thing and adel abide by the constitution do. have priority in their nation including a city they do in order to get embroiled in fighting or open an open fire on the protesters because dad really didn't create the protests turned against the military the military saying that the government had enough resources that it had mishandled the situation which are now handle it properly the pakistani military chief general asked him barbara what in the united arab emirates already had chartered radio it is now going to be meeting the prime minister and a strange thin

you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program celebrating victory in pakistan protest leaders call off their massive sit in following a top level resignation flights canceled a hundred thousand people evacuated indonesia's mount i go really may be about to blow. and then election upset in honduras t.v. host turned opposition leader salvador nasrallah takes a surprise lead in the presidential poll. hello thank you for joining us me on mars military chief has denied any religious discrimination against range of muslims in a meeting with pope francis the catholic leader held last minute talks with general senior general high at the start of a regional trip one that is fraught with diplomatic risk the commander is in charge of the security operations in rakhine state where a military crackdown has caused more than six hundred thousand to flee to neighboring bangladesh ahead of the trip the pope's advisers warned him against using the word. well father thomas reese is the c.e.o. of salt and light catholic media foundation and he works closely with the vatican this w

pakistan calls the army to restore order as anti blasphemy protests grow. on social raman you're watching al-jazeera life one headquarters here in doha also coming up in the next thirty minutes easing its blockade the saudi led coalition allows the first aid shipments into yemen in weeks also zimbabwe's new government moves in on robert mugabe's old allies. and millions in the pool of those ing in the polls seen as a turning point for the himalayan nation that one that's also dividing families. we start in south asia where pakistan's military has been called in to restore order in islamabad after the police struggle to disperse hundreds of demonstrators six people died and more than two hundred were injured when officers fired tear gas and water cannon to clear their camp the demonstrators have blocked the highway for two weeks they want the law minister to step down angry after he admitted a reference to the prophet mohammed in a parliamentary bill welcome all hide a has more from so high that the city of lahore. the civilian government has off the militar

we also have one in pakistan to help with that. we can't want this more than the people who are directly involved want it. so far, the collective will has led to a bit of an impasse. of all that the results of what we are doing together with the various participants in the south asian region and its a viables will lead to answer to your question. be a major source of opportunity for people. it will also be a major linkage that will be a peace builder over decades. the physical infrastructures there, the administrative the politicalre, will is expressed on both sides. we need to have a common will to get it done. we will be a part of that but we can't be the only one. >> i think there is also a based on to this that the hub of that affect -- that afghanistan serves and, afghanistan has to depend on a very diversified transportation system to export to the region. it should not be dependent on roads, not only dependent on rail, it should have competition. i would like to see the afghan government create a competition where the air tr

we should point out you are in pakistan. there is this headline that you wrote -- antigovernment protests in pakistan enter a second day, but most are peaceful. what has been happening in pakistan and why is it significant? guest: what has happened is a religious group has launched some protests weeks ago against ,hings they did not like changes in a political law. we can go over those later. startedy, the protests several weeks ago and i was allowed to keep growing. stronger.ousandhighway the government is not doing anything about it. it has been forced by the supreme court to do something, so they sent in riot police early saturday morning. host: pamela constable is the "washington post" afghanistan and pakistan bureau chief. we are losing connection, but we >> coming up and a couple of moments on c-span, we will go live to hear from house minority of asteny hoyer, part roundtable discussion on the opioid epidemic in his district in southern maryland u.s. surgeon general adams and local emergency officials will join him to

come out for us in the whore in pakistan thank you very much for bringing us. in other world news a factory explosion has killed at least two people in eastern china it happened in in a part of the city that had already been cleared out for demolitions the state news agency shane watson is a blast caused some buildings to collapse and more dead sofie it about thirty people have been taken to hospital. polls have opened in the past northern mountain district says voters take part in the first federal and state elections under a new constitution it's a first phase of the vote across thirty two districts the election is expected to lay the groundwork for the pastrana vission into a federal state since the king was forced out of office in two thousand and six himalayan nation has been trying to over all its political system and leave behind years of violence and instability power is being devolved away from the central government to seven newly created states the changes will make it more difficult to remove a prime minister those who push to reform say it will lea

you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program celebrating victory in pakistan protest leaders call off their massive sit in following a top level resignation. and election upset in honduras t.v. host turned opposition leader salvador nasrallah takes a surprise lead in the presidential polls and flights canceled one hundred thousand people told to leave in the easiest mt i don't really may be about to blow. the man in charge of me and mars military crackdown against your muslims as the night is that religious discrimination exists in his country sr gen ming on the lying made the comments in a facebook post after holding a last minute meeting with pope francis who is on his first visit to myanmar a catholic leader is known to be sympathetic to the ranger but has been advised to avoid using the term itself it's called hide law or has more now from young gone. word coming out late on monday here the first day of the pope's visit to myanmar that he met with the commander in chief gentlemen now this is a meeting that was supposed to take place on thursday caught some

troops but you agree with trump and garney on getting tougher with pakistan. yes i do agree that we must engage more effectively with park stand but president trumps recent tough stand against pakistan is not related to extremism or terrorism or violence in afghanistan here afghanistan is used as a pretext to put pressure on pakistan because of the larger issues that are not related to afghanistan immediately it is for this reason that again i oppose this because it uses afghanistan in a big game for some what it does interest with pakistan we have our differences we have our issues yes a lot of violence has come to afghanistan from pakistan but that is an issue that we must address directly and pakistan at the u.s. and others must help that issue not to use us as a pretext for it or your confrontation region because a you told me on the show in twenty fifteen that isolate afghanistan has no ground here at all there is no element there is no medium for them to grow or rise or strengthen and yet just this year i salute carried out more than twenty attacks insid

fresh protest by muslims in pakistan the government and the military agreeing not to use force to disperse them. under the incumbent president one orlando is expected to stay in power. and of course the robert mugabe was granted full immunity and a ten million dollars payoff to step down zimbabwe's president. at least fifty people have been killed in just twenty four hours in government and russian ass strikes in syria twenty three people were killed in a syrian air strike in the damascus suburb of eastern ghouta the area has been on the government siege for four years and three hundred fifty thousand. are in desperate need of aid. thirty seven people were killed in russian air strikes on a gathering of displaced people in dera zor province which is based activists say fifteen children were among the victims i saw a binge of aid has just returned from syria to go across the border in turkey. despite a cease fire agreement between iran turkey and russia the violence in syria does not seem to be coming to an end the airstrikes in the hooter district of damascus targeted three different resid

as a must hardliners turn up the he's on pakistan's government with calls for a general strike after six people are killed in violent clashes. on his pope francis travels to myanmar aid agencies say they're concerned about the safety of range of muslims the set to return under an agreement reached earlier this week many of the refugees don't want to go back. home. i'm on i was on a welcome to the program of germany. post-election deadlock may be nearing an end with signs another grand coalition could be in the works chancellor angela merkel has been meeting with leaders of her c.d.u. party in berlin to discuss their options after coalition talks with the greens and the pro-business f.t.p. collapsed she says a new decision must be made quickly and is expected to call on the second largest party the social democrats to form a new grand coalition that's something the s.p.d. has repeatedly ruled us angular merkle c.d.u. party aims to create a sense of urgency as a new grand coalition begins to look more likely what they don't want is to try to govern without a majority. i am skeptical ab

but just as in pakistan of officially ended the capital is often the law minister. and resigned they've been demanding i mean step down over the winding of a parliamentary bill which they describe as blasphemous. after more than three weeks this sit in has turned into a celebration. supporters of pakistan's blasphemy laws were able to force the government into giving in to their demands. not only has the federal law minister step down but the government of pakistan muslim noon has also agreed to investigate itself. a crowd of just thousands brought cities of millions to a standstill here by choking a main artery in and out of the capital city and this really is becoming a common way and all too common a way of achieving any kind of power here in pakistan by being a disruptive force on the streets and effectively laying siege to islamabad and then making political demands but the threat of force leaders of this fringe group have been bolstered by their newfound influence on the country's political affairs pakistan was great on the basis of the belief that there is no

hundreds are injured near pakistan's capital as police crackdown on protesters blocking a major highway the military is called in to restore calm. and are. live from london also coming up. gyptian warplanes target suspected fighters after friday's most attack that killed hundreds of people in sinai. the doctors in syria forced to work underground and treat their patients in secret. and facing the force of the law zimbabwe's new government is in on the moment with old allies. i know pakistan has called in its military and ordered a partial media blackout as pretty struggle to disperse hundreds. protesters near the capital islamabad offices have fired tear gas and water cannon to clear the protest camp injuring more than one hundred fifty people the demonstrators have been blocking a major highway for two weeks and are refusing to leave until the law minister steps down because the minister emitted a reference to the prophet mohammed in a parliamentary bill you are hired to has more from near the eastern city of the whole. the civilian government has asked the military to come in aid of t

congregational prayer the government of pakistan had poured in a plea that boarding house or day was an international and that because diplomatic and financial implications and because of the u.s. pressure however d'accord was not going to win. them for the third time today he were given a hero's welcome all do it indians are not happy with their needs of. india and been accusing pakistan of involvement in that internal affair but recently the pakistani foreign secretary john you're also said that progress on over thirty four are not red come right india and showing that there were no mood in delhi for a negotiated settlement between the two countries and although india may blame. it on also blame the indians for supporting the day to get taliban pakistan in tired of run it on and also helping them by luton surgeon aga khan and also saying that it has a high level indian. under custody of the target on the military and it already admitted to india involvement in acts of terrorism in tight budget on it kitty and the more reaction from across the border india expressing outrage over th

pakistan relations the founder of the armed groups. say ten million dollar u.s. bounty on his head for the attack which killed one hundred sixty six people including americans officials say he's being released because the government has failed to provide any evidence against him saeed has repeatedly denied involvement in the mumbai attacks well for more on this let's go to tom command who is in washington tom why all the united states is so concerned about this particular case. well first and foremost this is indicative of a tougher line all throughout the troubled ministration from the very inception its very inception the president in this past summer put a an escrow hold on two hundred fifty five million dollars in military aid against pakistan and trump has been outspoken in criticizing pakistan for what he regards as their lax attitude towards terrorists and including. the notes from the rather the statement from the white house today noted that six american citizens were among the one hundred fifty five who were killed in the mumbai bombings and they want t

pakistan's army is called in as thousands of demonstrators try to shut the country down in protest against a government minister whom they accuse of blasphemy. come fully back to go this is al jazeera live from doha also ahead another step in nepal's long path to democracy where voters are having their say in the first regional elections it's just not enough rights groups warn the arrival of four aides planes in yemen will do little to tackle the humanitarian crisis thus. i don't know what to do. nothing to do with sales may be going through the roof at amazon but we'll find out why some of its workers have little to smile about. thanks joining us for those have returned to the streets on the outskirts of pakistan's capital islamabad. in even larger numbers despite a police crackdown on saturday at least six people were killed one hundred fifty injured when officers moved in to disperse a protest camp with tear gas and water cannon thousands of others have rallied in solidarity blocking roads in several cities and paralyzing major highways the government asked the military to help restore

pakistan's army is asked to help as thousands of protests is try to shut down the country. hello again welcome to our there live from doha i'm martin dennis also coming up as involving the president get some of his promises to fix the country ripples emerge of a possible massive payout and immunity deal for robert mugabe. russian and syrian jets a suspected of killing more than fifty people in airstrikes we'll hear from our correspondent is inside syria. and why a political scandal in r.l. and could add more complications to britain's exit from the e.u. . pakistan's prime minister and the military have agreed not to use force to disperse protesters in the capital islamabad the demonstrations have increased dramatically since saturday that's when six people were killed and one hundred fifty were injured as police tried to break up the crowds well earlier the government asked the military to help restore order the violence from thousands of people on to the streets in solidarity that blocking roads in several cities and their paralyzing major highways the protests as a suppor

it began when pakistan's norman is desired hammy to introduced a bill before parliament that made no reference to the prophet mohammed protesters linked it to the highly contentious issue of blasphemy and while the amendment was withdrawn blind on a clerical error and ham it apologized the little known group behind the protests argued it remained an affront tells them they want the minister gone. and after the violence on saturday they want the entire cabinet to resign wherever that private television broadcasts a blocked and social media sites are restricted. we have no news all the t.v. channels are closed people aren't coming out of their houses because they're scared it's a strange situation the big. good luck and i would mean this is the fault of the clerics their extremist attitudes they simply don't care about people and the business is being destroyed by the clerics doing this in the name of islam they're absolutely wrong and people are in pain but protest organizers have still managed to spread the call for the demonstrators did begin encouraged by the police failure to get

has been cleared in other world news a government minister at the center of widespread anger in pakistan has resigned signaling a victory for protesting it is. called off the three week sit in by thousands of people in the capital islamabad they have been demanding stepped down over the wording of a parliamentary oath they describe as blasphemous the protests have spread throughout pakistan closing down major highways that speak to al-jazeera. arrived in islamabad come on these protests have cause huge destruction not of this minister has resigned what happens next. indeed they have called hughes disruption but warners have going to head our disobedience in section as perhaps we now see it now is seen as a major risk when you can still see behind me that people are still at the same place where their world for the last twenty two days is brought from here that the protests started but spread across the country now the only people you see here are other battered military forces the police have been withdrawn that police force failed to dislodge these people rejected the reaction across th

contention between india and pakistan is something that is very close to the state of pakistan you know the state has officially. you know in dual subject of reducing the cost and therefore. need additional policy by the pakistani government on the part of the foreign also as. well as national outcry against obvious traits and i think it's five cents or interests that such groups are. decent you natured raza rumi thank you so much for your time very interesting to talk to you two other news for aid planes have arrived in yemen's capital sanaa carrying humanitarian workers and vaccines to help fight diptheria they say it's now the first aid shipments since the saudi that coalition fighting against rebels in yemen imposed a blockade nearly three weeks ago yemen remember also ensuring the world's worst cholera epidemic and is on the brink of famine although he has now from natasha and i'm. wheels down at santa international airport for the first time in almost three weeks until saturday a saudi led blockade had shut down most of yemen's ports of entry after warnings by the un a handful of