of putting pakistan on a temporary. terrorist sponsor list also cutting aid to pakistan oh that so he said to me you know maybe american sanctions will hurt the country but following the american line will hurt pakistan in the long run even more what do you think i suppose you know his the history of pakistan u.s. relations can be. go back since park was formed as you may know we were the most we have the privilege of being the most allied of the united states sent to see to and many other alliances promoted by the west and the night states in particular we've been members oh we also have the privilege of being the most sanctioned. of that to any group of countries so while it sounds contradictory it is contradictory and this shows that pakistan will do what is in its national interest it will not just go with the wind one way or the other and if it means disagreeing with a friend or some other stakeholders if that is what national interest desires that will be done you cannot always be. agreeing on every issue in the b

pakistan. activity in my eight years in government first as finance minister for four years the prime minister and. as a professional. coming from the financial sector you know our i didn't get involved for any personal gain or benefit i always get involved for my country's benefit. and i found them very professional very understanding of a situation so in my experience and i'm still active. and i visit china regularly i can look you in the that there's no sinister or had no gender on either side on the one one draw why would you complain if you were living in a house in this beautiful city of st petersburg and if somebody wants to build a connecting that city to the rest of the country or even another country why would you complain and obviously you would pay the money bags a lot of it is funded by loans but if you've been wanting to do that work for developing countries resources are difficult to come by so here you have. to improve domestic travel for your people and if you build roads if yo

he established his own party, the pakistan tehreek—e—insaf, or pakistan movement forjustice party, more years ago. he says he wants to create a new pakistan. in the last elections in 2013, his party came third. so, can he make it to the position of prime minister this time around, and is he the right person to steer pakistan given criticisms about his performance? imran khan, in islamabad, welcome to hardtalk. what makes you believe you have the expertise and experience to run a country as complex, populous, and diverse as pakistan? zein, the issue with pakistan is the same issue with most of the developing world. it's a question of governance. so, if pakistan is a governance—failure, the reason why we haven't achieved our potential is because we have weak state institutions, and because we have weak state institutions, we cannot collect enough revenue to develop our human beings. so, in a nutshell, those are the two issues, to develop our state institutions, and then to raise money to spend on our human beings, on our education, on our health and clean drinking water, etc. so... so why

it's a very tenuous position province on the border with pakistan. as say in the islamic states aligned groups fight with the taliban fight with the governments and international military forces it's a province where the mother of all bombs was dropped last year a province where just a few months ago our colleagues at save the children in eastern afghanistan were unfortunately attacks it's really a unsafe situation right now we also say that in our own studies and research which rates released earlier in this year and generally pointed out of those hundreds and thousands of people that come back in two thousand and sixteen many of them had been forced to flee again or leave their homes because of insecurity or because they haven't found a basic services available to them and so really there's not a solution here just yet we really hope that the government of pakistan remains patients and that the incest community can support refugee staying in pakistan who have been very on the whole generous host over four decades of. hosting of sting afghan refugee

how should pakistan in print interpret this only pakistan should raise the ante even more my personal advice to the leaders and leadership and foreign ministry is to raise the issue probably more actively in the press you see united states is a very open society and we must get to all the stakeholders through media through one on one interaction etc and the u.s. culture doesn't mind if you are open and blunt and they're not shy the seen all the issues and neither are people shy so i think we should be more more articulate and sort of open about it use the media use civil society groups us is a very open society so you can go to many think tanks and get your view explain and it sort of filters through to you can go to the press which is different than think tanks you can go to other civil society groups who may or may not have influence and that's how you get. closer to the country and get your point across every country must know the stakeholders in the other country they want to interact with and know how what is the best key to open that door that's what diplomacy is all about so i

that he problem in afghanistan is pakistan. we have fooled ourselves into thinking pakistan is a partner. we poured billions of dollars into pakistan hoping and praying they will change, but they have not. we are continuing to pay them for bad behavior. that's why i've introduced amendment number 20 to the underlying bill to cut $200 million of coalition support that we give pakistan. $200 million is a good first step. we should not pay pakistan to betray us. they will do it for free. and i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his ime. for what purpose does gentleman seek recognition? >> i claim time in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. visclosky: i would agree with the assertion of the gentleman who offered the amendment that the relationship that our country has with pakistan has been difficult. but i'm opposed to the amendment because maintaining a relationship no matter how difficult is essential. the relationship has helped the u.s. ma

he stands with pakistan's democracy. he stands with pakistan's democracy.to clear up the mess created by general musharraf when he said the army in the tribal areas. all right, thank you for clarifying that. i want to put you another said about you, the current leader of the 0pposition ppp party says you are the estranged brother of the taliban. do you admire the taliban in any shape orform? taliban. do you admire the taliban in any shape or form? the taliban. do you admire the taliban in any shape orform? the pakistani taliban? because... look, he can be excused. he doesn't know what is happening in pakistan. he'd hasjust been parachuted into pakistan's politics. he doesn't know what is happening on the ground. i opposed the army going into the tribal areas. i did not agree with that. and because of that i was called protel abound. so it was a george bush thing, either you are with us 01’ bush thing, either you are with us or you bush thing, either you are with us 01’ you are bush thing, either you are with us or you are against us. so if you are anti— the

is pakistan's alleged help to the. stream is group the afghan taliban your former boss sheriff has admitted to it as well many other pakistani politicians the press has admitted to it and the general argument is it was support the tout taliban in afghanistan because we don't want india to go into pakistan into afghanistan so let's assume that's true and pakistanis arming the afghan taliban who is it is there no better ways to deal with india than supporting at home i think i think look taliban have nothing to do with india so if anybody is mentioned to you please tell them to talk to me. back. and sole objective on the taliban. and afghanistan actually more than the other is to have peace in afghanistan pakistan will be the biggest beneficiary of a peaceful strong vibrant of the. we will be the biggest loser if understand is weak if one is that is has got a lot of. terrorist activity and other things happening who will be the biggest loser part of us we will be and this thing is very contagious terrorists don't recogni

i know they suspended military aid to pakistan as part of the strategy to get pakistan to change how it does business when it comes to the taliban and providing safe harbors. you testified that pakistan is on notice that we expected unequivocal cooperation, ending sanctuaries, but also, we haven't really seen pakistan do the sustained or decisive steps that we would've expected when the new strategy was announced. you have any evidence that pakistan has taken steps to cut off the flow of arms or support for the taliban, and have we in the u.s. allowed for any waivers or made any exceptions to military assistance to pakistan since the suspension of the aid was announced. thank you. we are concerned when we see reports of countries that are seeking to hedge their bets in afghanistan typically by viewing the taliban as a legitimate force inviting isis. our strong view is that the only way to defeat terrorism to bring peace to afghanistan is to strengthen the afghan government and strengthen the government ability to fight terrorists. that said, both countries like russia and iran do hav

in the past, pakistan has wagered correctly that the united states would rather accept pakistan incomplete support then lose it entirely. ambassador wells, i believe this president was correct to demand full cooperation from pakistan last august. how well his administration communicating its resolve to hold pakistan accountable for its support of terrorism? >> there have been very direct talks with the senior leadership and action under president trumps administration. we have taken the precedent it steps of -- support funds as a result that pakistan had not been undertaking the decisive steps necessary. i think we agree that pakistan has a lot to gain by peace in afghanistan. the challenge is, how do you secure pakistan support for the political process rather than the proxies. we for positive statements from the chief of army staff from pakistan he says there can be no room for nonstate actors that pakistan cannot be a normal state as long as there's extremist groups on the soil but we need to see action. we do not to live that pakistan has fought its own heroic bottles against terrorism

to bad elements and pakistan. you have a very tough job, the only tougher job would be to come toward districts and explain why we haven't destroyed the poppy fields. afghanistan is a battlefield but so are the towns and cities of our neighborhoods. i yield back. >> thank you. we go to chris smith of new jersey. >> thank you for convening this hearing. thank you for your leadership and your cautiously optimistic take. it's encouraging but of course the way forward is through the obstacles. thank you for giving us that insight exhilarating first taste of what peace could look like. that offers encouragement that this could happen. i would like to ask concerning the intent of the taliban leadership, as you know within the last few hours they attacked a base in big d's and killed 30 afghan soldiers. perhaps later more were wounded. there is always the concern that a hostile power will use the prospects of peace or the cover of peace it is cover to accelerate their violence. how has that but factored into the thinking

in the past, pakistan has wagered correctly that the united states would rather accept pakistan incomplete support then lose it entirely. ambassador wells, i believe this president was correct to demand full cooperation from pakistan last august.

the return of violence to afghanistan pakistan spark sounds in a bit eighty to accept afghanistan as a good piece for neighbor for their own interests for the disputes that riyadh to do are aligned on all of these issues the united states not paying genuine attention to maintain peace rather on hunting down individuals that they thought were against them these were the fundamental issues that we faced the taliban as afghans who must be very clear when we will be referred to the taliban as afghans as individuals always wanted peace they were part of that country part of our side and so to the afghan people the reason that we cannot succeed in our peace process so far. it's fundamentally because the afghan jewish in bringing peace to the country was not the only determinant factor but were the other facts foreign factors neighbors international community u.s. object in the region and afghanistan all of those combined hands to deny a space which we hope those of those those do those negative factors. are going to go away now and if that happens we will certainly sort of have these. mr p

of putting pakistan on a temporary. terrorist sponsor list also cutting aid to pakistan oh that so he said to me you know maybe american sanctions will hurt the country but following the american line will hurt pakistan in the long run even more what do you think i think that you know his the history of pakistan u.s. relations can. go back since party was formed as you may know we were the most we have the privilege of being the most allied of the united states sent to see to. many other alliances promoted by the west states in particular we've been members oh we also have the privilege of being the most sanctioned. of that to any group of countries so while it sounds contradictory it is contradictory and this shows that pakistan will do what is in its national interest it will not just go with the wind one way or the other and if it means disagreeing with a friend or some other stakeholders if that is what national interest desires that will be done you cannot always be. agreeing on every issue in the book so i feel ve

wherever you go in pakistan, you can see young children working to support their families.ss visible, working behind closed doors in upmarket neighbourhoods. tens of thousands of children are sent by their impoverished families to work as domestic servants in homes across pakistan. some of them are aged as young as eight or nine years old. and in most of the country, there is simply no law whatsoever preventing anyone from hiring them. ten—year—old tayyaba is learning to be a child again. he is very fat... she used to work hundreds of miles away from her family, in the home of a judge and his wife in the capital islamabad. these pictures of her taken in late 2016 caused outrage on social media. tayyaba is currently being looked after at a children's home run by a charity. sitting with her best friend and her carers, she agreed to talk to us. the couple employing her have denied mistreating tayyaba. but she told me she was beaten by the wife just for losing a broom. the children here are divided into houses, each with a specific carer, or mother, to look after them. azmat ha

tens of thousands of children in pakistan are legally employed as domestic servants.ok and clean and are vulnerable to exportation and abuse. but there are rarely consequences for those that cause them harm. this programme contains some scenes which viewers may find upsetting. for losing a broom, this ten—year—old girl says she was beaten and her hands were burned. this 16—year—old boy died allegedly after being assaulted again and again. their horrific stories highlight the plight of some children working as servants in the homes of the rich and powerful in pakistan. but their desperately poor families often choose not to pursue the cases... ..meaning those accused of abuse regularly go unpunished. wherever you go in pakistan, you can see young children working to support their families. but others are less visible, working behind closed doors in upmarket neighbourhoods. tens of thousands of children are sent by their impoverished families to work as domestic servants in homes across pakistan. some of them are aged as young as eight or nine years old. and in most of

pakistan all out for 174, test cricket. pakistan all out for 17a, england's turn.t of the fragile batting order. keaton jennings had been recalled to the tea m jennings had been recalled to the team and made a solid looking 29, chopped england build a platform before he went. alastair cook and joe root bent it on almost to the close of way when cook went for 46. that was frustrating for england but with root still there and england closing in on pakistan, they will regard this as a good day. gareth southgate insists there's no need for the fa to police the england players tattoos after raheem sterling's picture of an assault rifle on his leg drew criticism. the forward has responded by claiming it's in memory of his father. who was shot and killed when sterling was two. southgate says the city player has had the tattoo for a few months. and so wonders why it's made news now. and that the decision to get one is a personal one. in my view a tattoo is like any work of art. it's a very individual meaning. the intent is all with the individual, with the person. raheem h

wants to get pakistan on board taking out pakistan's or salma bin laden really is quite quite a strong incentive for market on now to cooperate michael is always very good to incite on this thank you so very much for joining us here on the news great michael semple live there from belfast now as jennifer glass mentioned in a report just a short while ago for the first time ever the taliban has announced a three day ceasefire with the afghan government over the eight holiday period and ahmed rashid a journalist and author of five books in afghanistan explains in this piece on our website what's behind this taliban move and says the afghan president a shotgun he needs to engage the taliban a very interesting perspective read it on our web site at al-jazeera dot com. i feel watching us on facebook live coming up. looks at the one hundred ten year toxic weather event that's blanketing india's capital and still ahead on news great interred alongside fellow heroes of signs and shot into deep space to look at stephen hawking final. great change in the weather across the middle east dry we hav

they happened to pakistan. the home side 100 —— 106—2. they reply happened to pakistan.orning and that they had lost the toss as soon after that, a good buzz about what else could go wrong? they respond to. in part thanks to stuart broad's star. he rolled far better than he had to take two early wickets notable also that england called far better than they had in the first test. he was backed up by the first test. he was backed up by the rest of their attack. chris woke stepping in andjimmy the rest of their attack. chris woke stepping in and jimmy anderson. it looked do one stage that pakistan would not make 100 innings. they did, it was down to a 19—year—old who made a gutsy 56 before he was the first test wicket. pakistan out for 174. england has i turn a test of that fragile england batting order. keithjennings of that fragile england batting order. keith jennings had of that fragile england batting order. keithjennings had been reported to team and he made a solid looking 29 which helped england to build a platform for he would. alastair cook and the roof almost too

and this they just should not be india and pakistan to be a c.e.o. well yes you know looks good right now in comparison to the seven right now because all trump is going on just that. but on the issue of those nights but all that he represents the commonality of values is much easier it is much more broader vision than the us you know and you mentioned i think that it's about challenges that yes you know and to use the base being of those that we're not looking at the c.e.o. or or you know pakistan who thought that he had i think wants to meet scholars talk about that but eleven if you want to get you shouldn't this. it's all this is not you know the indians are getting c.d.'s you know if you or other leaders organizations. you know you go into it. so perhaps there won't be much progress on the issue between india and pakistan but what about china's quaked one belt one road project that india has been opposed to because of one of the one of the elements of the project is going through disputed the china pakistan economic corridor or do you think that

to bad elements and pakistan. you have a very tough job, the only tougher job would be to come toward districts and explain why we haven't destroyed the poppy fields. afghanistan is a battlefield but so are the towns and cities of our neighborhoods. i yield back. >> thank you. we go to chris smith of new jersey. >> thank you for convening this hearing. thank you for your leadership and your cautiously optimistic take. it's encouraging but of course the way forward is through the obstacles. thank you for giving us that insight exhilarating first taste of what peace could look like. that offers encouragement that this could happen. i would like to ask concerning the intent of the taliban leadership, as you know within the last few hours they attacked a base in big d's and killed 30 afghan soldiers. perhaps later more were wounded. there is always the concern that a hostile power will use the prospects of peace or the cover of peace it is cover to accelerate their violence. how has that but factored into the thinking

this pakistan tea m first one was 1995.ntors, seventh in the world unable to play tests in their own country, they brought in was and to bring in and expect the same result. very important against england, and we will try level best to win the series. they are a good team and it could change. no problem. the cricket will take place in the shadow of the construction work here and both team and's projects arrive in different places. pakistan have something remarkable to build upon but england for some time have been making running repairs. we are just a few minutes away from game one of the nba finals in california beginning. the cleveland cavaliers taking on defending champions golden state warriors for the fourth year in a row. more on that in a moment. but first, to the warriors' steph curry. a champion in two of the last three years, he says he's more concerned about another title, than an elusive finals mvp award. it doesn't make or break my career 01’ it doesn't make or break my career or whatever you want to say, looki

changing ties of the never ending war against the taliban and what will be a realignment of pakistan mean for greater stability for the whole of southeast asia. it's a great pleasure to have you as our guest one more time good to meet you in person . so let's talk about many things going on in your country elections coming up. soon the country will have the new prime minister i mean you been finance minister you've been prime minister has anyone so your council. maybe asked you for advice. well you know it's a government functions the privilege of talking to anybody asking people what they think but the core decision making is made by the chief executive and the cabinet and that continues when i was in office that's what we did too but if you bump into somebody or you know somebody you can get another view. however in pakistan one thing is very significant the press is totally free and they go to all segments of society to get views and those use next morning and front of you so it is not a closed shop at all so you could be president you could be prime minister you you get feedback

decades loral pakistan u.s. alliance just faltering with threats of american sanctions cutting off u.s. aid and mutual diplomatic measures all down to pakistan's complicated policy towards militant extremist groups. with washing to look at the distance itself will pakistan fall into the arms of its neighbor china how will changing ties affect the never ending war against the taliban and what will the realignment of pakistan mean for greater stability for the whole of southeast asia. chilcot as this it's a great pleasure to have you as our guest one more time good to meet you in person by entering a very much so a lot to talk about many things going on in your country elections coming up. soon the country have the new prime minister i mean you been finance minister you've been prime minister has anyone set your counsel. maybe asked you for advise well you know. a government functions the privilege of talking to anybody asking people what they think but the core decision making is made by the chief executive and t

oldest newspaper dawn blames pakistan's military for blocking distribution confiscating copies of the paper and even threatening their vendors for the past month especially in military cantonment areas where the army has direct control over most aspects of daily life and we also know that many cable t.v. companies have dropped the door news channel from the services and what kind of explanations have been offered as to why this is happening now well dawn has. published an editorial on its website saying it's a direct consequence of an interview it published last month for former pakistan prime minister nawaz sharif in which he criticized pakistan's military for conspiring with banned militant groups some of which have been linked with terrorist attacks both in pakistan and across the border in india the editorial is carefully worded referring to elements within all sections of the state that are contravening pakistan's constitution but anyone who follows news there will know this is a reference to the army and the role of the military and government is especially touchy given there's

wants to get pakistan on board taking out pakistan's or salma bin laden really is quite quite a strong incentive for marcus to not to cooperate with his death will mean for the pakistani taliban is unclear the pakistani taliban is separate from the afghan taliban that's active here and this fighters are in a cease fire with the government for the three days of the holiday president hopes it will last longer jennifer glass al jazeera kabul thousands of law.

election time in pakistan and the country's big players are preparing for voting and. the last government led by the washer ethe is in disarray as he was forced out of office in july two thousand and seventeen by the anti corruption court who accused him of not disclosing foreign investments he said it was a coup against his government despite that his party is confident of a strong showing the pakistan muslim league n. wants to do well in the province of punjab traditionally its stronghold another big player is the pakistan people's party led by twenty nine year old bhutto he inherited the party leadership after his mother and former prime minister benazir bhutto was assassinated in two thousand and seven the party's popular in the southern sindh province and he hopes a good result there will give his party a say on the national stage. then there's emraan the former cricketer turned politician his party held mass rallies during the government's last term accusing it of corruption and electoral fraud some pundits suggest as pakistan movement for justice party could be

as i look at pakistan, pakistan must be part of the solution. and we should have high expectations that they are part of the solution. not just diplomatically, but from a security standpoint as well. >> do you think they are part of the solution yet? they seem to be contradictory in what they do. >> senator, again, i see similar behavior, contradictory, but as we go forward, as we work through the south asia strategy, not just from a military standpoint, but from a diplomatic standpoint, again, i go back to, i believe we ought to have very, very high expectations of them. >> with respect to the military forces of afghanistan, their special operations troops have done remarkably well. and they're very well trained. you are trying to increase the number of special operations troops as well as the air force. do you see those as the two key elements of power that the afghan government can wield to if not win, at least to push back taliban? >> senator, i do. and if confirmed, i'd like to look -- go forward, take some time to make an assessment. i hav

wants to get pakistan on board taking out pakistan's or salma bin laden really is quite quite a strong incentive for marcus on now to cooperate with his death will mean for the pakistani taliban is unclear the pakistani taliban is separate from the afghan taliban that's active here as fighters are in a cease fire with the government for the three days of the ied holiday and president hopes it will last longer jennifer glassed al jazeera kabul. a former malaysian prime minister najib razak may be charged in a corruption case and alleged involvement in the money laundering scandal played a large part in a shock election loss earlier this year the prime minister mahathir mohamad has vowed to bring back the money stolen from a state fund and punish those responsible to the public reports from portugal. it's one of the biggest ever turnouts for prime ministers open house the annual celebrations held at the residence of malaysia's leader to mark the start of the muslim holiday of either addressing the crowd might there mohammed thank the supporters who helped him and his coalition and the si

pakistan to swear in a can take it government head of july is election. and citizens it and steps down as the manager of rail the dritte just days after the champions league victory. the trumpet ministration is imposing tariffs on steel only minium imports from the european union canada and mexico u.s. trade partners are threatening to retaliate with terrorists of their own as fears grow over global trade war kimberly health reports from washington. u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross made the announcement from paris where he was attending an annual trade forum. tariffs of twenty five percent on steel and ten percent on aluminum imports into the united states from canada mexico and the european union all go into effect friday the move potentially sets in motion a trade war with some of the united states most important allies a claim the u.s. commerce secretary brushed off everybody has every known again very firmly does every country does with others who is nothing weird about i think everybody will get over this in due course in brussels the head of the

economically and politically a sensitive sensitive issue in pakistan right now but we hope that pakistan will continue to show the same levels of generosity and hospitality as it is not yet safe more fit for afghans to feel for storing courage to return back to afghanistan right and what's the effect of these sort of ad hoc or rather predictable short term extensions both on so the for the refugees themselves on their mental state and also on the aid groups trying to help them. its course a lot of uncertainty for families many of for misuse you mentioned that never grown up in afghanistan so it's it causes a lot of anguish there's a lot of panic we when i was in eastern afghanistan where hundreds of. it will return a couple of years ago people were very unprepared the conditions that they were coming back to really were very unfair it's thousands of families sleeping in the open or crowded into unfinished buildings children sleeping in mud next to livestock heavily pregnant women feeling forced to suddenly return some of them giving birth during that sudden movement back to afghanistan s

against pakistan a moment, then, to step out of those shadows.s buttler showing everyone what's been missing. his half—century up, more belligerent blows in england's lead continued to grow. this took it passed i80, praise from both sides. england on top, a welcomed sight. the clatter of wickets... that's out! were a few more welcomed sounds. jimmy anderson making sure everyone at headingley heard. his second wicket soon followed. dom bess' quite brilliant catch, the match firmly in england's grasp. bess is still feeling his way in test cricket. his first wicket, then, a very special moment. if he is part of a new start for england, it was left to the more established to bring about pakistan's end. stuart broad, criticised of late, his and england's response was emphatic. for a side so long under a cloud, their wait for a test win is finally over. adam wild, bbc news. in terms of test cricket they won't pull the whites until august, before that, the international against australia and even sooner than that, they head to edinburgh, again scotla nd

ona wicket, pakistan 174 all out, now england.ack on the team, have been going well until it went one better. england needed calm, he is known for never sweating and england was so nearly home and driver the day when they swiveled inexplicably off course. even good is for with caveats, this has been a good day. you probably didn't expect to nibble and swing as much as it did, but i think what we did brilliantly here, maybe not that well because he created pressure from both that consistently, and i think when you do that, you do get free scoring options for the batsmen are, when the good bowls come along, they sometimes get wickets generally, so we did that and took the catches pretty generally, and were good with that. gareth southgate insists there's no need for the fa to police the england players tattoos... after raheem sterling's picture of an assault rifle on his leg drew criticism. the forward has responded by claiming it's in memory of his father. who was shot and killed when sterling was two. southgate sez the manchester

kidney disease is a huge health issue in pakistan compounded by poor diets and sanitation within the population. in one nine hundred seventy two dr added brisbane set up a small urology unit in karate to deal with this issue. inspired by the national health service of the u.k. his goal from the beginning was to offer this treatment absolutely free to everybody. so there is a way i look nice to meet you here by you well more than. how are you i don't grade of exactly like you probably are as are you t has grown from just an eight bed was to now offer six hundred fifty beds in nine separate centers across pakistan and today is the largest health organization in the country. so took seriously yeah how many of these patients will be seen today able to vote i'll go i got here last year for. our patients from all over the country. and have been i think in order to anybody. how can. somebody come to hear of it. and he's coming to light. the people who come in real feeling i could the day you could go to the poor people live quietly disappear . for a few the lumber of the future here. if you

made election at him but if there are many the president of pakistan mr. minister day or. between the opposition and the ruling party the normal. figure and therefore there is an expectation that the coming elections will also be fair and free and going into that election what are the main challenges facing the country and also issues for people. going government. billions of dollars from the. first thing they have to come to grips with. also the country foreign policy relations with the united states have been affected by the new u.s. administration policy for. relations have always taken a turn for the indeed major challenge foreign policy challenge relations with india the economy. more important factors that have to be a drag thank you very much for that for now that's. thank you. not many risk of losing their home because of a new door that allows the government to seize property if people can't prove hold on a ship let's get more on this same hall that is joining us live from a makeshift refugee camp and lebanon's bekaa valley and the law will affect so many people s

pakistan does not fight groups hat threaten pakistan, but they fight -- let me clear that up. pakistan does fight terrorist groups that threaten pakistan, but does not fight those that attacks its neighbors. in many cases, it actually supports those groups. the group behind the 2008 attacks received support and instruction by pakistani intelligence. pakistan extremist views are common in the nation. pakistan actually hosts multiple centers of indoctrineation that radicalize pakistani youth by the thousands. one of these centers has so many terrorist graduates that it has earned the name the university of jihad. so pakistan is not just supporting terrorists, it creates terrorists. the fact that we call pakistan a major non-nato ally boggles the mind. this is nonsense. pakistani sponsorship of terrorism goes back for decades. it has proven a safe haven and support to the haqqani networks since the 1980's, allowing the group to become one of the largest killers of u.s. soldiers in afghanistan. it has supported terrorist groups of all stripes, including in kashmir in the proxy war

did not pakistan on the other hand was under a very similar heavy duty sanctions regime and managed with the assistance of our russian and chinese friends to do an end run around those same sanctions that were devised precisely for the the eventuality that came to pass in pakistan where in they got a functioning nuclear device in the i.c.b.m. so throwed it india before we run out of time let me ask you about u.s. sanctions on russia. because those seem to have worked with regard specifically to one particular all dark and solve the second largest aluminum producer sanctions on individuals seems to have some impact here what do you how do you think they're working out so far i think generally if there's individual culpability by by a single person a sanction against a single person makes sense if there is a russian government decision say visa v. events in syria or ukraine then a sanction against an individual russian unless they were individually culpable specific to that incident that you're sanctioning for then you get the apples and oranges problem and you're comparing two things