you've got to be the muslim pakistani comic to a degree, right?ly felt the pressure when i first started doing it because i literally started at the end of 2001. so whenever i would get on stage i really, really had to address it. but what i learned was i would just do a quick little line and then i would just sort of do my jokes, which were pretty observational sort of one-linery things. about five years in i was like this is a big part of my life that i'm not talking about. so then i made the decision that i would start talking about it. but in a way that was true to my experience of it. >> pakistan is a third world country. it's a developing nation. whatever. [ bleep ] third world country. >> reporter: that was unpronounceable. a joke about his name ten years ago. this from 2013. >> one of the levels in the new "call of duty" is called karachi. yep. the city i grew up in. they're basically like your hometown is now a battlefield! >> reporter: now "the big sick." >> 9/11. no, i mean, i've always wanted to have a conversation with -- about it wit

indian punjabi and pakistani punjabi are different languages. they are written in different alphabets. but what the translators are doing -- i request that every person who goes, if the translator is wrong, it hurts the english-speaking also, spanish-speaking also, because every case is not between indian and pakistani. that is 99% cases. english speaking, spanish-speaking, and other languages, and the indians. they should go to the information center for non-english-speaking users and they can get all the details. host: thanks for the call. "steve, please read some non-right-wing pro-trump tweets." "more americans disapprove of trump." good morning. caller: good morning, how are you? host: fine, thank you. caller: this morning you had on akovsky and he made it directly. and. host: what did he say? caller: the first he said that president trump had not asked comey to close investigation into general flynn. verbatim from the testimony, angus king, "the president responded no no, next question. is that an accurate statement? comey: i don't believe

the terrorists were from a pakistani-backed group. and in 2017, pakistani cross border shelling forced villagers to flee their homes and further strained relations between afghanistan and pakistan. well, no kidding. let me give you some other evidence, mr. speaker. and then make this clear. the issue here is not the people of pakistan. e issue is not american of pakistani descent. our quarrel and our issue is not with those folks. i represent a lot of pakistani americans, good folks, hard working individuals. the issue is with the united states' relationship with the government of pakistan. that is playing the united states. recently, before the united the ns security council, ambassador permanent representative from afghanistan spoke to the u.n. he has an excellent speech and the relationship or afghan's relationship with pakistan. i'm not going to read his entire speech, but i want to make a couple of comments from his point of view about pakistan and their terrorist activity. he said in recent months dozens of terrorist attacks acr

saturday's terror attack in london have been named by police. 27—year—old khuram butt was a british pakistanig in east london and he had been known to police and mi5. the other attacker was rachid redouane, 30 years old,

bbc urdu's henna saeed has been with celebrating fans in the pakistani city of lahore. team has defeated the indian cricket team. this is lahore, pakistan. the crowd is going crazy. they have a reason to celebrate. the icc‘s champions trophy is coming to pakistan and they could not be more happy! the sentiments are extreme. they cannot control their happiness. the pakistani team were the dark horse at the start of the tournament, and now they are the winners. the celebrations will continue for a long time. get used to this! a reminder of the developing story. there has been an incident in north london, near a mosque there has been an incident in north london, neara mosque in there has been an incident in north london, near a mosque in finsbury park. it looks like a major incident. metropolitan police say a van collided with a number of pedestrians. people have been treated at the scene. one man has been arrested. we spoke to an eyewitness earlier and they said the man was offered up by the crowd, and he was arrested. authorities say a fan has run over worshippers as the

bbc urdu‘s henna saeed has been with fans celebrating in the pakistani city of lahore.ket team. this is lahore, pakistan. the crowd is going crazy. they have a reason to celebrate. the icc‘s champions trophy is coming to the sun and they could not be more happy! —— coming to pakistan. the sentiments are extreme. they cannot control their happiness. the pakistani team were the dark horse at the start of the tournament, and now they are the winners. the celebrations will continue for a long time. get used to this! bbc urdu‘s henna saeed there in lahore. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. troubles in india‘s it industry. we‘ll be looking at what‘s behind the recent mass lay—offs in just a few moments. that‘s all for now. good morning. a hot and dry and sunny weekend for many of us. it may have been too hot for some of you. the best place to be is on the coast. this is east sussex. it could be many places through the weekend. refreshing sea breezes. the only exception was the final coerced, i3 degrees in shetland. —— far north—west. cloud and drizzly rain. to the

half cia we worked with pakistani military authorities and we hit all fourteen sites simultaneously at two o'clock in the morning we ended up capturing we weren't allowed to say in the book the cia would allow us to say exactly how many people were captured but it was many dozens of people so that was highly unusual what was even more unusual though is you know we were very specific with our pakistani friends that we had to take him alive and as soon as he climbed to the roof of his safe house to try to jump to the roof of the neighboring house to escape the pakistanis just opened fire on him and shot him three times with an a k forty seven they shot him in the fi the growing in the stomach and the doctor that night who saved his life told me that he had never seen wounds so severe where the patient lived but he was a strong young man and he pulled through world is incredible. just so while while stationed at the guantanamo bay prison you thought for a stand the imprisoned man abs that bedo with his. what is his treatment there typical far for prisoners at guantanamo bay at and at the

before my pakistani husband can come and join me.r example, in the uk with them? and then, if they can on the more favourable terms, mikey burgess say, actually, we should be able to enjoy those more favourable terms to? —— they might say this. it is quite complex. and there is complexity as well about who arbitrates all of this. i know there is an idea could be the european court of justice, know there is an idea could be the european court ofjustice, but a lot of brexiteers are very hostile to that idea. because it could be the european court of justice that idea. because it could be the european court ofjustice still has some sort ofjurisdiction in this country for decades, generations to come, potentially. absolutely, and this is where there is something in the dialogue of the death, because the eu set out its stall over a month ago and said very clearly that in respect of eu nationals in the uk, and uk nationals in the uk, and uk nationals in the eu, those rights would have to be enforced by the european court of justice would h

they threw a big pakistani wedding. have sex with an immigrant. we're going through a tough time right now. >> reporter: you can't just be a funny guy. you've got to be the muslim right? >> i riley fit the pressure when i first started doing it, because i literally started at this end of 2001, so when i would get on stage, really had to address it. >> reporter: the real-life emily helped write the script. but zoe casan plays her. >> we haven't had sex yet. >> i'm not that kind of girl. >> reporter: did you fancy her a little bit as well? >> zoe? she's great. no comment on your question. i did ask emily not to be on set during the scenes where me and zoe had to make out. i asked emily to not be there. >> reporter: because you wanted to just enjoy it, right? >> will, i, no comment. no, i just felt like why am i turning red? >> reporter: los angeles. >> and as we told you, the critics are loving that movie. >> criticsre frank! and he's here. >> frank, the bun, is here. >> we're going to hang out with frank in the mix, coming up next. how are your tee

the sunni population has populations near the pakistani haser he dashed border that -- near the pakistani border -- in the kurdish areas in the northwest part of iran as well, there has been a history of violence and a lot of economic grievances and political grievances that could easily be capitalized on, and i think have been, but groups such as isis. effectwhat is the likely on public opinion, there is involvement in syria in its fight against the islamic state group. might this have an impact on public support for that? >> public support has been whining to a certain degree, just because of the high degree of iranian loss of life and involvement in that conflict. to this event is likely fortify iran's commitment at the state level and probably also to generate quite a degree of unity among the people as well. although it the same time, i can imagine that there will be some serious questions as to how isis was able to penetrate iran's parliament and also attack another very important symbol of the state, being the mausoleum. attackede man who police officers patrolling the front of not

the former chairman said they are an arm of the pakistani intelligence service. look. we will add more troops to thicken and help the advisory effort. the real crux is pakistapakista. no cernel insurge anancy has be successful in world history when the enemy enjoys a place to rest. rearm and launch attacks that's what the taliban and the hacanny and isis is doing in western pakistan we need a firmer frooch. we need to put pakistan on notice that have to knock off support or they will see massive walk back of american support and money and other types of benefits they enjoyed. we have to change our policies toward pakistan. >> reporter: what do they need to be the trump administration obviously reviewing everything in afghanistan before they make a final decision. one point that i heard was that the u.s. coalition forces enhance troops by 8400 american and 5,000 coalition forces, would that work? >> we have 8400 on the ground. general niccal son the smander in the field asked another three to 5,000 and what he wants to do is to advise the afghans at a more tactical leve

pakistani or indian ethnicity with succeful families. again, this is part of barack's fundamental international grounding as a young man. but barack and sheila start living together in fall 1988, and it is a very intense relationship. sheila takes barack home that christmas to meet her parents in northern california, and they are already talking about marriage then. both of sheila's parents are now best,ed, but her father's closest friend was purposely invited up that week to meet the prospective son-in-law. sheila pointed me towards him. he lives in nevada. i spoke with him to see if his recollection of what happened matched up with sheila's. well, it did, 100%. is notot simply -- so it sadly that we have a former girlfriend saying that barack repeatedly asked me to marry him. we have a completely independent witness, a family friend, saying yes, i was there for this. barack and her father argued. sheila's parents didn't think a community organizer was the best potential husband material. so nothing comes of the marriage issue right the

before my pakistani husband can come and join me.t to know, can they keep their pakistani spouses, for example, in the uk with them? and then, if they can on the more favourable terms, might the british say, actually, we should be able to enjoy those more favourable terms too? it is quite complex. and there is complexity as well about who arbitrates all of this. i know there is an idea could be the european court ofjustice, but a lot of brexiteers are very hostile to that idea. because it could mean that the european court ofjustice still has some sort ofjurisdiction in this country for decades, and generations to come, potentially. absolutely, and this is where there is something in the dialogue of the death, because the eu set out its stall over a month ago and said very clearly that in respect of eu nationals in the uk, and uk nationals in the eu, those rights would have to be enforced by the european court of justice throughout the lifetime of the eu citizen. and if that applies to babies who are born to eu migrants in 2019, with

again, in a pakistani community where a young woman is trying to get her mother to accept her as a lesbian. it's a fictional story. amazingly, the mother is played by the actress who originally starred 20 years ago in deepa mehta's "fire," and here now she's playing a mother, very traditional, but trying to sort of in a way come out along with her daughter, not as lesbian herself, but as an accepting mother. robert: yes, and that also sort of drives home the point that there's a lot of people with stories that they want to get out. and that's a culture and that's an area where we haven't heard too many stories from, huh? peter: no, it's true. you know, particularly when you're talking about female filmmakers and filmmakers of color, this year we're very proud that 40% of our films at frameline are directed by women or co-directed by women. fifty-two percent of the documentaries are from women. and this is way above the industry average, and it still is a place where, at least in film festivals, you can see a much closer representation of who america is, who american and international artis

the issue of blasphemy has long divided pakistani society. and some hope this case could finally lead to some reform. but others are deadly opposed to that. this is the village of zaida in pakistan's northern khyber pakhtunkhwa province. it's where mashal khan grew up. and it's where his family still live. mashal was an outstanding journalism student with an interest in left—wing politics. abdul wali khan university is one of pakistan's newest institutions, with a student population of over 12,000. it is just an hour's drive away from mashal‘s village. the campus has been closed since mashal‘s murder. 0ver there, that building is the department ofjournalism that he used to study at. 0ver there is the hostel that he lived in and it is where he died. this is him alongside abdullah, who had also been accused of blasphemy, and another journalism student. mashal would debate with more conservative students. he described himself as a muslim but also as a liberal. over time, debates turned to threats. he used to discuss with religious fanatics. he k

khuram butt, a 27—year—old from a british—pakistani family. in east london and was married with two children including a young baby. in the last few years, he worked for kentucky fried chicken and was a customer service advisor at transport for london. less is known about rachid redouane. police and security services say he was unknown to them before the attack but is understood to be 30 years old, claiming to have a libyan or moroccan background. until last year, he lived in dublin with a scottish partner, but according to irish prime minister enda kenny, was not known to the security services. and observed in respect of radicalisation and matters relevant to that. in this case, these facts are being checked but my understanding is that this individual was not a member of that small group. why you touching him for? khuram butt, though, was very much on the uk security services' radar and there will be serious questions about how someone with such well—known extremist views was able to carry out a murderous attack on the streets of london. sec

khuram butt, a 27—year—old from a british—pakistani family.in barking in east london and was married with two children including a young baby. in the last few years, he worked for kentucky fried chicken and was a customer service advisor at transport for london. less is known about rachid redouane. police and security services say he was unknown to them before the attack but is understood to be 30 years old, claiming to have a libyan or moroccan background. until last year, he lived in dublin with a scottish partner, but according to irish prime minister enda kenny, was not known to the security services. there are a small number of people in ireland who are being monitored and observed in respect of radicalisation and matters relevant to that. in this case, these facts are being checked but my understanding is that this individual was not a member of that small group. why you touching him for? khuram butt, though, was very much on the uk security services‘ radar and there will be serious questions about how someone with such well—known extrem

pakistani general thank spinlock for the some of the international. now before we leave it today what to go next are fake prince paralysed self-proclaimed prince has been living the high life for a europe food really rich and famous along the way until he received the bill. ever dreamt of living like a royal in the lap of luxury this fifty something from italy certainly did and he dreamt big french on it it's claimed to be the hereditary prince of macedonia and serbia in fact and albania and montenegro even though months and hasn't had a monarchy since one thousand nine hundred eighteen but the information on his official website begs to differ still not buying it where many high ranking officials and celebrities did including the archbishop of monaco and the vatican secretary of state mr china just didn't lose any time to enter his life into a fairy tale one thousand former baywatch star power anderson check could think bigger bestowing five orders of chivalry upon himself again check including julius caesar in his list of ancestors sounds more like

academic, very prominent american academic now who was friends with barack's own network of pakistani friends that dated back to his own time in college. it's worth pausing briefly here to stress that all up through barack's time in college during the 1980s, his real close friends were sort of neither ite nor black. they were mainly international south asian young men, pakistani or indian ethnicity from successful families. and, again, this is part of barack's really fundamental international grounding as a young man. but barack and sheila start living together in the fall of 1988 and it's a very intense relationship. sheila takes barack home that christmas to meet her parents in northern california and they are already talking about marriage then. both of sheila's parents are now deceased, but her father's best, closest friend was purposely invited up that week to meet the prospective son-in-law. sheila pointed me towards him, he lives in nevada, so that i could speak with him to see whether his recollection of what happened matched up with sheila's. well, it did 100 percent. so it's

pakistani stocks versus the emerging markets index, you can see on your screen how shares have outperformed despite all the troubles that have come out of pakistan in recent years. why is this happening? a lot of it is down to good corporate governance, and it is also a domestic consumption story. much like india and china, pakistan is all about spending money and seeing incomes rise. take a look at this chart. gdp growth in pakistan has been pretty solid of late. that is coming after a low period in the mid— 2000. i think it is also important not to disregard the obvious issues with security and terror related concerns. at least for today, a sign that this country could be facing a turnaround. thank you very much. brazil may be about to announce the end of the country's worst recession in history. it is expected to report that its economy grew for the first three months of the year — it'll be the first quarter of growth since the end of 2014. but just as the country seems to be turning a corner, another political crisis has kicked off that could halt the recovery in its tracks. daniel gall

prime minister, every time these things happen, there is a dip, an impact on the stock market but pakistaniwell over a long—term period. people i spoke to who invested in the market over that ten or 20 year horizon have done remarkably well. there is the fact that china is investing in pakistan with the chinese pakistan economic cadre, pa rt chinese pakistan economic cadre, part of one belt, one road. that plan that china has. we will see more investment there. turning to neighbouring india, it has lost its title as the world's fastest—growing major economy. in the first three months of 2017, the rate was 6.1%, compared to china which was 6.9% growing in the first three months. it is thought to be due to the bank's ban on big banknotes. general electric and caterpillar are among the first to tie up deals with vietnam. the boss of the low—cost carrier there has two group ag five billion dollars. the prime minister in the middle here with the trade secretary has said he expects up to $17 billion worth of deals to be signed during his trip to meet the us president donald trump. the usa express

also tribute by the emergency services. >> this country led by the pakistani has been the mayor for allon. >> and we will see you in the cnn "newsroom." "smerconish" is next. >> i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia. we welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. the case against bill cosby ends in a hung jury. despite deliberating 55 hours, the jury deadlocked and the judge called a mistrial. . but cosby's team treats it like an exoneration. >> ultimately that is a manifestation of justice based on facts not lies. >> but is it actually over? the prosecutors say they intend to retry the case. and the president has declared war on the number two man in the justice department, might rod rosenstein be fired or forced to recuse himself in the russia probe. .. on the eve of megan kelly's interview with him, controversial radio host jones leaks tapes he secretly made of her promises during negotiations. is he already getting the last word? >> it's not going to be some gotcha hit piece, i promise you that. >> plus, did a recent caller on my radio program give a major insigh

the pakistani military flu people with critical burns to hospitals. a good thing when your pilot tells you to pray, that is exactly what happened on an air asia flight from australia to malaysia. seriously worried faces there. the plane started shaking, you could the it in the video about an hour and a half into the flight, with nowhere to land. the plane turned to australia landing safely. passenger recorded that harrowing ordeal on their phone. >> of people were crying and pulling out their life jackets, caring. we thought there was a good chance we would go down. kimberly: there is no word on what caused the shaking. it appeared one of the engines malfunction. twin asian -- twin engine jets are designed to operate on only one engine, that is the good news. scary moments, but a happy ending for a teenage girl in upstate new york. take a look at this. you may want to the twice about going to the amusement park after this. a 14 or old girl is dangling -- 14 or old girl is dangling after falling out of her ride. she lost her grip and fell 25 feet. she

an average saturday night in london, down the road from where i am, three young men, pakistani, moroccan, libyan origin, would end up stabbing repeatedly at young people while shouting, "this is for allah." the truth is, it is obvious. they are inspired by a version of islam, a very violent and the worst possible version of islam. our politicians, they are really stuck on this. they brought this problem and to europe through immigration rules they have had for decades. they seem to be totally unable to admit that or do any of the things that would solve it because they gave us this problem. >> tucker: against all evidence, they lie about the motive. if you want to know why someone is doing something, the first step is to ask why you are doing this. i want to put up on the screen quotes from an islamist magazine, these were printed after the orlando nightclub attack here in the united states. they say really clearly. "we hate you, first and foremost, because you are disbelievers." that is as clear as i could possibly be. then, "we hate you because you are sick, your secular liberal societ

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amy: you represent so many in the pakistani community who come to you for help.y 6 is the day they have to go into the ice office. is that the whole family or just the father? >> the whole family -- amy: could be deported after being ever decades. >> we are very concerned. we are working with the attorney. we will also be reaching out to senator schumer's office and commerce woman yvette clarke's office for their assistance as well. that is what we did in the past to get elected officials to weigh in for this family. amy: is the pakistani community particularly afraid now? is is as bad as after 9/11? >> it is worse. the child and the mother were not in deportation proceedings previously. now they are put into deportation proceedings as well. it is happening to many families who are doing routine checks with the immigration officers. all of a sudden, now they're being put into deportation proceedings. amy: we will continue this discussion and post it online at democracynow.org. and jenniferi gonnerman. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreci

the deal will help india expand its use of drones in occupied kashmir as well as along the pakistani border. in addition lockheed martin has , just announced a deal to begin making f-16 fighter jets in india. another top agenda item at today's trump-modi meeting, the future of the h1-b visa program. trump signedsident an executive order to review the visa program. many observers have compared trump to modi. in january steve coll wrote in the new yorker -- "trump will join modi as the latest figure in the world's swelling ranks of populist-nationalist leaders, a gallery of strongmen in countries rich and poor, some more democratic and some less so, who govern partly through intimidation and a certain curated arbitrariness." to talk more about today's meeting, we are joined by two guests. teesta setalvad is a civil rights activist and journalist based in mumbai, india. she is the secretary of citizens for justice and peace. and here in new york prachi , patankar, co-founder of the south asia solidarity initiative. we welcome you both to democracy now! talk about the significance of thi

pakistaniment blames militants, but they deny this.or those waiting outside the hospital to see injured relatives, the focus of their anger is their own government. >> the government -- they were just leaving, nothing out. they arepoor people killing, no one else. states is due to decide shortly on whether to send and asked her 3.5 thousand -- and extra 3500 troops to afghanistan. jane: we will keep you updated as the investigation into that attack continues here to one of the biggest stars of the italian is once again in the spotlight. "raphael: the drawings" opened up in oxford today. it brings together rarely seen works of art from around the world. reporter: the transfiguration by raphael, who died only 37 years old -- this being his last masterpiece, confirmation of his supreme talent come with a reputation for clarity and control. but that is superficial. beneath the surface lies another raphael, a surprisingly experimental artist, who would draw with the freedom of expressiveness of a jazz musician. >> he is moving away from the

. >>> and this is the aftermath of a deadly explosion along a pack taken -- pakistani highway. an oil tanker flipped on its side. residents rushed to collect the valuable fuel the tanker erupted into a fireball. 150 people were killed and another 50 in critical condition. >>> british authorities say the list of highrise apartment buildings fitted with external claddings that failed fire safety tests stand at 60. the exterior panels fitted to hiersz -- highrise apartments are being tested to see if they are similar to the grand field tower. >>> nearly two dozen field workers at a california celery farm were sickened when they exposed to pesticide. the workers were taken to the hospital with symptoms of dizziness and vomiting and abdomin pain. >>> passengers flying on the airplane saying what the pilot told them, made things worse. hopefully everything will turn out for the best. >> dramatic video shows the plane violently shaking in the sky. one witness said the cabin was shuttering like a washington machine. the plane was forced to turned around and make an emergency landing. >

here you have more than 180 million pakistanis in a country where you have not just the afghan taliban the pakistani taliban, remnants of al qaeda, and other regional terrorist groups, all of which threaten the stability of the state. >> a nuclear-powered state. >> and a state which has the fastest growing, the fastest expanding nuclear arsenal in the world. so that very dangerous cocktail of terrorists, extremists, and nuclear weapons is actually probably more of a vital national interest to us than pakistan's support for the afghan taliban. so there's a large array of complex interests here which are at play. >> even if the administration articulates a strategy, do you think that this administration can execute that strategy well, i think right now, they're working with a handicap. and that is while the national security council itself, those who set strategy and over-watch the strategy, is largely in place. the implementers of the strategy are largely not in place because they have a large number of vacancies among those officials who are yet to be nominated and confirmed by the sen

i believe they, who are affiliated closely to the linked to pakistani security establishment, they wanted to send a message. this message comes at a time that is very critical. thehe one hand you have u.s.-nato politicians who are going to decide on the fate of the afghan mission. laura: can we know that u.s. generals have said they want 3000 to 5000 troops. would that make a difference, especially if this is a work of that network? does that change the equation? >> from the afghan perspective, yes. these advisors and trainers are absolutely needed in afghanistan in order to make sure such attacks will not happen. i think we have been lax a little bit and the afghan government needs to do a better job of making the security established in strickland, and the international community needs to do a better job of making sure that the afghans get the equipment they need. laura: so much money since 9/11, yet the afghan government cannot protect its own people. why is this? >> there are internal domestic issues. governance is not very strong. i think leadership is dis -unified. we need to unify