he has to compromise with the pakistani establishment. have to compromise with other religious leaders. you need to understand as well that there's 122 parties who ordered everything to be in the process. there's a lot of the party who are extremist groups. this is very alarming for us. you have extremist parties in the course of the election, and the external commission validated this party. but when you are the electoral commission of pakistan, what happens. it is the judicial in the forefront in the first .nstance anchor: you test on some of the challenges. pakistan is essentially voting for a democracy, many would say a carnage democracy. whoever wins this is going to have a real tough challenge ahead for them. a lot of burden on their shoulders. talk about some of the challenges they are going to be facing. anchor: they are going to face the first and most difficult economical challenge. everyone is saying we will give well to everybody and housing and this. the thing is poverty and pakistan is an extreme problem. this will be the fi

you're pointing a finger at the pakistani military.n a recent op—ed in the washington post, you wrote this, "there is an unprecedented assault by the pakistani military on the freedom of the press". now, pakistan has got a very difficult and sometimes toxic history of relations between the military and the media. are you seriously suggesting that right now, amid all the noise and vibrancy of an election campaign, there is an unprecedented assault on the free media? this has been about two years in the making. but in the last three months the intensification is major. i think that in the last three months all attempts have been made to mop up critical media, independent media. the largest focus on the attack are the three oldest media groups, the three oldest newspapers, the jang news, nawa i waqt, and dawn. which is, of course, your group. that's right. yeah, but dawn is publishing, dawn is still able to give its independent voice of the election. this notion of yours, that something truly critical to the future of democracy is happeni

they believe that this single market economy was going to be beneficial for the pakistani. well to like have this common market where they can come inside and once but isn't coming out of there of course because as i've already mentioned that these people are status if you are out of the union then this just replaced it as is not going to work and a box on has to build those kind of buy local trade agreements have a relationship if it you can that's going to impact a lot but with the common market economy i think i was getting some great benefit out of there are you're a lawyer by profession as pakistani politics is dominated by the legal profession as british boat. yes we have some great lawyers who are working in the parliament yes it's not dominated but yes there are certain great lawyers who are in the parliament and in the key government positions so we would say well that's a good or a bad thing. thank you so much for the interview just before you go i want to present you with a queer which is the scots go late for a loving cup you know that usually traditionally the

plus status we are like the father you are union to all access to the pakistani market and bucks any market can sell their products through your union rights which is the all consuming issue in the west from still parliament the british politics. the impact on public discourse in pakistan the common perception in pakistan is there is a market economy and like this trade relationship between the union that's going to be in the benefit of the rest of the world as well. somehow like see that like this breaks it impact is not only going to impact the economy but it's going to impact the economy is that pakistan view britain's membership of the european union or certainly the european single market place as effectively a gate of entry for pakistan for britain into the way the european marketplace was an aspect that terms of the economic relationship and most of the pakistanis they believe that this single market economy was going to be beneficial for the pakistan . israel to live like have this common market where they can come inside and once but isn't coming out of there of course becau

is only completely only comprises pakistanis you know six so you have a completely pakistani organization criticizing paul and this is an organized organization that has been quoted internationally and that shows how democratic party system is i see the newspapers in pakistan every day i see the pakistani t.v. every day there were hundreds generals and i see their views you know i think the type of views they expressed this so open there so candid it just goes to show how much freedom is you know i think we did our us mint. in pakistan. first of all i don't think it's happening to any degree which would be sort of you know which would not be happening in any other country so it is happening now i didn't see the. what i'm saying it's said to some degree some degree it happens probably in germany as well you know so so would you say that the husband is taking place in german thing i've seen the evolution of media in pakistan for many many years now right. i see how free the media in pakistan is you know and very interesting only by the way this freedom started where it started doing the due

as we told you newsday pakistani is going to the polls to elect the next prime minister.t is only the second time a civilian tra nsfer of only the second time a civilian transfer of power has taken place in the country's 70 year history but when it comes to its economy pakistani has its work cut out for it. growth is expected to slow significantly next year and a currency crisis is threatening the economy. earlier i asked a member of the economist intelligence unit what the economist intelligence unit what the biggest challenges are for the new prime minister. ever since 2015, pakistani's import needs have been rising very rapidly, so you will find its current account particularly from the trade account balance heading into a deficit and that has been widening as commodity prices has risen. is it also due to the close relations between the chinese and the pakistani is because a lot of these projects are being built by the chinese and they import their own labour? yes, definitely, a lot of it is driven by that, i think also the projects haven't quite reflected onto the eco

who more about imran khan is a rather unusual figure in pakistani politics a cricket star known for a jet set lifestyle and now a politician promising change. indeed he has gone through quite a change hasn't he started off as a playboy he is also a national hero his team won the one thousand nine hundred two cricket world cup that definitely made him one of the most well known pakistanis but he shifted his playboy lifestyle work to entered politics about twenty years ago he turned conservative if you also embrace islam missed some stuff has a soft spot for the taliban so quite a change there from playboy to socially conservative corruption politician who's been on the sidelines of pakistani politics for more than twenty years now and now says chance to prove himself and to show what he actually wants to do for pakistan and only what can pakistan's nero's expect from iran. i think that is the big question the question that everyone's asking themselves i mean he's got a soft spot for the taliban he said it's time to maybe sit down to work on peace talks so the question is how he positio

an easy solution to the problems that pakistanis faced with does not exist nobody should take it that the money fester we have introduced could be easily implemented we need to change the system of governance completely. if khan assumes office allegations of election fraud and military interference will trail him but for now it appears he has vowed that it will no longer be politics as usual in pakistan seems to have resonated with voters natasha al-jazeera. ponding is director of the initiative on the future of india and south asia at the hudson institute and she says in monk they have trouble delivering on his promises . the people who are wanted for the young people are the primary reason is imminent is seen as somebody who is not corrupt mr clean is a messiah who will come in in jeans dynastic politics in pakistan unfortunately. the problem there is that one. most of the people in iran's party who have been elected are people who belong to other political parties where the p.p.p. or. those and they are and the other the same caught up politicians whom iran promised to get rid off

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pakistanis alone can bail pakistan out and pakistanis need to think beyond the military as the country'sllow that to happen. >> thank you both. husain, as you've often written, pakistan has invested far more in its military over the last 70 years in its independence than it has on education and human development. i suppose that statistic says it all. >>> up next, if the rest of the show has gotten you down, the next segment will make you happy. i guarantee it. stay tuned. when it comes to strong bones, are you on the right path? we have postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture, so with our doctors we chose prolia® to help make our bones stronger. only prolia® helps strengthen bones by stopping cells that damage them with 1 shot every 6 months. do not take prolia® if you have low blood calcium, are pregnant, are allergic to it, or take xgeva®. serious allergic reactions, like low blood pressure; trouble breathing; throat tightness; face, lip or tongue swelling, rash, itching or hives have happened. tell your doctor about dental problems, as severe jaw bone problems may hap

in a closely contested parliamentary election millions of pakistanis are casting ballots after a bitter and divisive election campaign marred by pre-election violence the military is out in force to ensure security but a suicide bomber has already struck outside a polling station we talk truck correspondent. also coming up rescuers in greece are going door to door looking for those missing after wildfires eighty people dead. a national tragedy as the country observes three days of mourning. and the tour de france frenchman. winstead sixteen after an event in the philippines. welcome baucus on his voting in a general election that's expected to be very close between the two leading parties cricket star turned politician imran khan of the pakistan tehreek e insaf or justice party is up against shahbaz sharif of the pakistan muslim league and he's a brother of former prime minister nawaz sharif who had led the party but he's now in prison convicted of corruption. meanwhile a suicide bomber has killed at least thirty people outside a polling station in the southwestern city of quechua one o

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is only completely only comprises pakistanis you know as if so you have a completely pakistani organization criticizing paul and this is an organized organization that has been courted internationally and that shows how democratic party system is i see the newspapers in pakistan every day i see the pakistani t.v. every day there were hundreds generals and i see their views you know i think the type of views they expressed there so open there so candid but just goes to show how much freedom is you know i think we did our awesome and. in pakistan. first of all i don't think it's happening to any degree which would be sort of you know which would not be happening in any of the countries so it is happening now i didn't see the. what i'm saying it's said to some degree some degree it happens probably in germany as well you know so so would you say that the husband is taking place in germany thing i've seen the evolution of media in pakistan for many many years now right. i see how free the media in pakistan is you know and very interesting only by the way this freedom started where it started do

across more than eighty thousand voting stations pakistanis streams the polls in what could be a historic election for the country. and the stakes are high. so many problems like basic problems they have to sit and watch the show to get especially the poor people they don't even get clean water. main concern was toward for the right man against corruption against those people who work in the tube so i did want to warn you somebody who is on this. that's why it would be for the right person. and these two candidates all the frontrunners to become the right person to run kong has taken on a popular stance against corruption and. for an islamic welfare state. it was time to defeat parties which kept the country hostage for years. his target and main opponent shahbaz sharif he's the brother of former prime minister now as sharif who was ousted from power last year and jailed for corruption sharif accuses can of colluding with the military. history has been flanked with a number of military coups the military has ruled pakistan for nearly home of its history. the election is expected to be clo

former minister sarah champion wrote an article in a paper in which she unequivocally condemned pakistani grooming gangs and said the issue must be debated openly and honestly the backlash she received the criticism she received from many quarters in the end caused her to resign from her position and indeed received death threats after which she had to receive extra police protection what strikes me about this whole debate is that we've reached a point in this country and possibly in the west where we can't really talk in a relaxed way about race so this would write something which a lot of people would say is a statement of the bleeding obvious and ends up losing the job now the media and public outcry has stemmed from the understanding that a sense of missed place political correctness of fear of offending of racial backlash of stoking ethnic and community tensions had previously prevented law enforcement social services and local government from taking the necessary action to stop and prevent these horrific crimes i think there was a culture of not wanting to rock the multicultural com

an easy solution to the problems that pakistanis faced with does not exist nobody should take it that the money fester we have introduced could be easily implemented we need to change the system of governance completely. if khan assumes office allegations of election fraud and military interference will trail him but for now it appears his vow that it will no longer be politics as usual in pakistan seems to have resonated with voters natasha al-jazeera. israeli forces of reopen the gates of the al aqsa mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem after closing them for several hours on friday. the soldiers stormed the compound firing tear gas and stun grenades palestinians protested at being denied entry into one of islam's holiest sites under sudan's outside the al aqsa mosque in occupied east jerusalem. this is one of the main approaches to the al aqsa mosque compound and it was closed along with for others a five hour standoff with the security forces in which they actually surrounded this entire area with barricades and when they were lifted this was the scene right here so many pro

in terms of how the world is watching this, where is pakistani now?s said very little, what is your assessment of what they have said on your place on the world stage? people care about pakistani largely because of the threat it poses, not as of the opportunities. the international community continues to be concerned that pakistan the epicentre of terrorism in south asia, it continues to support the caliban, who are primary opponents in afghanistan and in addition to that, pakistan has the largest growing nuclear arsenal in the world. in several years it will surpass that of france and also is rapidly addressing towards a field nuclear weapons capability. india is a very different critter. countries wa nt to a very different critter. countries want to flock to india because of its growing economy, countries want to sell india weapons, information technologies are investing. you cannot even compare them. hacker stand will remain a country of interest largely because of the grave threat it poses to security, not only to south asia but also to european a

pakistani people causing damage and pakistan territory it's never happened i don't know of any situation like that which is have been before and that's why the anti americanism rules in pakistan. ilan mask the man behind tesla motors and space x. suffered a bit of a fall from grace as of late the entrepreneur is under fire for his criticisms of last week's tie cave rescue operation but also over his political donations. everyone knows iran muskies tony stark he's a hero superstar entrepreneurial and mask i'm a great fan of a long must i love you i must you know i think he's a genius. just sold my tesla stock. just canceled my tesla three older see the reason why in the comments i don't want my money going towards supporting the republican super pacs. have no no conception of for a k. possible so i just to pay off them. you know what's done for the showing the video to make one of the many subplots going all the way to k five no problem sorry guy you really did ask for it.

pakistani people. across live not a job in iran a local journalist and political analyst welcome to the program who do you expect to win this election. well it is hard to predict a bad going by the time that exists on the ground the local media has been uprooting they are reporting that up to ninety a seats the trend is the party of non-con is winning not the five to fifteen percent of the turtle counting so it would be premature to predict that he is going to win but the term certainly is that he may win and the projections previously rather that he is unlikely to win the most of the season after national shame which is the federal parliament and remember that he has already governing in the northwest of parks and the region battling with of other stuff there are of course coming from that part ass pakistan suggesting that the coming days of the p.t.i. the party of the radical doubt of a new found dead that region and then from the southern part of pakistan which is in palin's pakistan people's party

at least thirty people are killed in a bomb attack in court as millions of pakistanis vote in a high stakes general election. along with this is our lives their life why of course is here and also coming up will fight as well just series of suicide attacks in a pro-government city in southwest syria. also the company involved in the construction of a collapsed dam in laos say it had issued warnings after cracks appeared in the structure plus. i'm a clock reporting from inside the arctic circle on how the greenland ice sheet is melting at its fastest rate for centuries. welcome to the program voting is underway in pakistan's tightly contested general election despite attacks and political controversy at least thirty people were killed in a suicide bombing near a polling station just outside of kuwait a policeman and children are among the dead a record number of security forces have been deployed as millions choose members for the lower house of parliament and for provincial assemblies jailed a former prime minister who are sheri's brother show bars is the leading of the ruling p m l

pakistanis will go to the polls for a general election this week the outcomes would lead to the second peaceful transposing billion dollars in the country's history but what role is the military playing and how powerful is it this is inside story. hello there and welcome to the program i'm laura kyle tens of millions of voters in pakistan will head to the polls this week to choose a new government is going to mulch a few weeks for the country of nearly two hundred million people earlier this month anticorruption court four found former prime minister now wash away fealty of corruption his posse is one of several contesting this election if it all goes according to plan it would be just the second time there's been a peaceful transfer of power from one civilian government to another now pakistan has swung between civilian and military rules its independence from britain in one nine hundred forty seven the run up to this vote has been marked by political tension and attacks that have killed more than a hundred and fifty people the government has deployed hundreds of thousands of soldiers

is in a neck and neck race with the pakistani muslim league run by one of the country's most high profile politicians now what serif sharif angered the country's powerful military with his attempts to improve relations with pakistan's arch rival india and rein in the army support a visit midsts earlier this month he was jailed on corruption charges. and now journalists like zari julio are bearing the brunt of the standoff those who dared to openly criticize the p.t.i. or appear to support now while sharif risk the wrath of the security agencies and the party of the talk about the pm alone if you speak for it in any way richard articles written in a very balanced manner to speak for it there's going to be trouble brewing somewhere down the line previously like i said there were there were certain areas you can speak about but it was never about political parties not to do things stand you just you just kind of reporter the balance mother and here you're out there at it there after you win this this was really startling to many of the editors but but then of carrying on some of us some of u

let's get more of the story with pakistani political analyst aside from market in london asa thank you for joining us now we were expecting results and they've been delayed what do you make of the opposition's claims that there has been fraud so sure east party is principally concerned about a technical glitch with the election commission of pakistan's vote rigging voting process but actually the real driver of the of the of these allegations is really the mistrust between sharif's party and the military the two bodies of the military and the party have had a long running confrontation particularly since twenty thirteen and there's a history between sharif's and the military's constant interventions in politics stemming from one thousand nine hundred ninety nine thousand and specifically. now the opposition as we're saying you know it's repeatedly claiming that the military is backing on and you say that the military has been accused of interference or how much influence does it really have been pakistan and why is that. so the military has a number of sources of influence of firstly i

political landscape i think this question marks going forward about how well the pakistani military and iran will work together. in iran has become prime minister there's a lot of president pakistani history for the military to for example you know fall out with chosen or designated civilian leaders including sharif himself so there is you know there's a lot of question marks i think that the kind of thinking that the sure that the military in iran who work excellently in power together i think that's that's really very presumptuous and they could be a lot of instability and the conflict between the civilian government and the military going down the line we're talking at the second time that pakistan has had a democratic transition of power where does the country's democracy stand after the violent campaign and now this vote controversy. so i think it's a mix of positives and negatives i mean the positives like you said this is this should be the second time civilian government has transferred power to another civilian government pakistan's history so that that is positive it creat

which is used in medicines it is not used as a drug in a pakistani piece. he has been having at my last time at length to move forward to see if is there is a politically motivated case or not. yeah. majority opinion and. the sun majority of the analysts. journalists. it is a political. ok michael what's the view from outside of pakistan i mean a lot of media looking at these elections and the headlines are that the military is interfering on unprecedented levels what's the view from washington well i mean i think if you look at all of the developments in recent months starting with some of those that have already been mentioned here the fact that several very senior leaders have been sentenced to prison. so close before the election like no wash or eat the former prime minister and his daughter mario received jail sentences. within days of the election and there have been arrests. in numbers there have also been censorship media censorship of outlets that are perceived to be too pretty to be focusing too much on the pm alam and they're perceived to be too

pakistanis were determinened to stay on the democratic path.h. number two, the delelicate balae between the mililitary and civilian e establishment held,d, which h meant that with all the temptation, witith all t the breakdown in law and ordrder, te armymy did not intervene t to te control. ththey sent out almost 4 400,000 soldiers t to supervise the electionon, but they and fact dd not t take over govovernment it, they y have been vevery, very,i would saimimmacute i in terms of pullining off civilian p policyd cicivilian jurisdiction. these are signss of i think v vy positive development in pakistan politics, and we should acknowledge it. >> i w would like e to thank you very much this evenening for sharining that perspective. as we mentiononed, you have bebn pakistan's high comommissioner o ththe u.k. ireland, and you're currently teaching at the american university in washington. the death toll in greece worst forest fires in a decade stands at more than 80 people. relatives and search crews are searching for bodies and survivors among the rui

but no one is really talking about these big problems that pakistani voters want to have solved.arah: with the campaign so contentious, so polarizing, what if none of them gets an outright majority? what does that mean for the stability of the country? nanaomi: indeeeed, and also the stability of the r region. an unstable pakistan is incredibly dangerous. pakistan plays a very important role in the region comes to india, and relations with china is very important. and if no party wins outright, which is quite possible, then we are going into uncharted territory. that means coalition forming is going to happen, so we are looking at a p possibly very unstable future for pakistan. sarah: dw's naomi conrad with the very latest from pakistan. thank you. now let's get a quick check of some other stories that have been making news around the world. at least 200 people have been killed in a string of coordinated suicide attacks targeting syria's southern city of sweida. the syrian observatory for human rights says it was the deadliest attack by so-called islamic state in months. the deat

clean water they want electricity but now is really talking about these really big problems that pakistani voters want to have solved and with the campaign so contentious so polarizing as you've illustrated bear what if none of them gets an outright majority what does that mean for the stability of the country. indeed and also the stability of the region i mean an unstable pakistan is incredibly dangerous pakistan plays a very important role in the region when it comes to afghanistan when it comes to india also pakistani chinese relations are important and if no party wins out right and it's quite possible then we're going into uncharted territory is that means that whole placated coalition talks coalition forming is going to happen so we're looking at a very unstable possibly very unstable future for pakistan. naomi conrad with the very latest from pakistan from the capital islamabad thank you. and with that you are up to date now on d. w. news i'm sarah kelly and we're len don't forget you can follow us on social media you can also get the latest news from our website at is dot com thank

campaigning for what's expected to be one of the most contentious pakistani general elections has been hit by more violence a candidate for the tariq insaaf party which is led by the former cricketer imran khan was killed in an attack in khan in the northwest of the country the candidate died of his injuries after his car was targeted by a suicide bomber he was a former agriculture minister three other people were injured and pakistani media reporting that twenty people have been hit been injured rather in a great attack at the. party's election office in question on sunday it's the second attack on the party in the past ten days security forces are searching for the attacker has been a sama is a journalist and filmmaker focusing on pakistan she says the attacks are meant to scare away voters. pakistan's elections are often been punctuated by violence the previous elections we had to present routine were also preceded by a lot of violence there's a lot of attempts to keep people from participating in the democratic political process and yet people to are not in record numbers in the in

an easy solution to the problems that pakistanis faced with does not exist nobody should take it that the money fester we have introduced could be easily implemented we need to change the system of governance completely. if khan assumes office allegations of election fraud and military interference will trail him but for now it appears he has vowed that it will no longer be politics as usual in pakistan seems to have resonated with voters natasha al-jazeera. israeli forces have closed the gates of the al aqsa mosque in occupied east jerusalem on friday afternoon preventing palestinians from entering. the head of the al aqsa compound declared a sit in at all gates of the mosque in protest against closure israeli army use stun grenades to disperse the crowds minders summonses outside the al aqsa mosque in occupied east jerusalem. this is one of the main approaches to the al aqsa mosque compound and it was closed along with four others a five hour standoff with the security forces in which they actually surrounded this entire area with barricades and when they were lifted this was the sc

we just heard talking points given by the pakistani interservices intelligence. in that situation, all that will change is that he will speak more about corruption. ending corruption. he has already taken many, many people he previously accused of corruption and the other two major parties and he took them in his party. i think we will have a lot of rhetoric on everything, including relations with the united states, the fundamential issue of pakistan acting against terrorists and not being a terrorist safe haven and it will not be address and therefore u.s.-pakistan relations will continue on the up, down trajectory they had for many, many years. >> why do you think because of those who hurled the accusations at him of being managed by the military or being the preferred candidate, why would he be in their interest? >> well, look. let's start off by acknowledging one thing. khan has been consistently speaking out against corruption and corruption is a real problem in pakistani politics. that said, another bigger problem in pakistan's politics has been the militar

pakistani people causing collateral damage and pakistan territory it's never happened i don't know of any situation like that which is happened before and that's why the anti americanism grows in pakistan. elon musk america's hero of high tech innovation has suffered a bit of a fall from grace as of late the entrepreneurs under fire for his criticisms of the thai cave rescue operation and his political donations. everyone muskies tony stark is a hero superstar entrepreneurial and must go on the great fun of a long lost i love you you know i think he's a genius. just . just count. three and see the reason why in the comments i don't want my money going towards supporting the republican super pac. i have no conception of what the k. party has so i just to pay off them. you know what's done for the showing the video will make one of the many southpaw going all the way to k five no problem sorry you really did ask for it. we're back with more. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you

coming to you live from pakistan is voting in a closely contested parliamentary election millions of pakistanis are counting ballots opera bitter and divisive election campaign that was modified by the military is out in force but a suicide bomber has already struck outside a polling station we talked to our correspondent in islamabad. also coming up. are going door to door looking for survivors after wildfires left at least eighty people dead the disaster is being poured a national tragedy as a country of. mourning. and of the tour de france a frenchman. winstead sixteen after an eventful day in the. bug a son is voting in a general election which is kills the contests of the two leading parties the cricket start turned politician in don kahn is hoping to become prime minister for the first time his party that the headache insaf or justice party is fighting on an anti corruption platform his main rival. shahbaz sharif the pakistan muslim league n. he's the brother of former prime minister nawaz sharif who was in prison convicted of corruption the sharifs the military is influencing the outcome

you havejust said something potentially explosive in pakistani politics, but the fortu nes in pakistani evidence? you are a journalist and you know you cannot say these things without having absolutely irrefutable evidence. i think that evidence today in pakistan must, to a certain extent, be left out, through inference and the work of human rights organisations, through the works of political commentators. i am not actually making a case against the state, i am making a case for the state to conciliate itself with the media. imran khan has responded with this @imrankhanpti "the blatant bias of dawn against pti has now come out in the open. so much for dawn's neutral and liberal credentials! complete farce! he also said said polling is not giving him "positive news". the bbc‘s stephen sackur suggested that the dawn media group is seen by many as supportive of khan's rival, nawaz sharif, who was prime minister and was jailed last week after being given a 10—year sentence by an anti—corruption court. mr haroon says there's an orchestrated campaign by pakistani intelligence against his med

more than 100 million pakistanis will head to the polls next week to choose their next leader.ter imran khan is running to become the country's next prime minister on an anti—corruption platform. but the build up to the election has been overshadowed by claims pakistan's powerful military is trying to propel mr khan forward , cracking down on his political rivals and on press freedom. secunder kermani reports from lahore. they have come to see the man they hope will be the next trimester. cricketer turned populist tales the crowd he will create a new corruption free pakistan. but he has been forced to deny allegations the elections are being fixed in favour of his party. what you are seeing is all these status quo parties suddenly saying the election is not free and fair. the reason is all things impose, and so they already see the writing on the wall. the reason why they will lose is because of their track record. pakistan has been directly ruled by the military rather than politicians for nearly half its existence. the country is now had ten years of civilian rule, one of the

coming to you live from pakistan is voting in a closely contested parliamentary election millions of pakistanis are casting ballots after a bitter and divisive election campaign marred by violence the military's out in force to ensure security but a suicide bomber has already struck outside a polling station live to islamabad. coming up the rescuers in greece are going door to door looking for victims after wildfires. the country fire in a day and the debt is likely to rise. and the tour de france frenchman on a free leave when state sixteen after an event. i don't work and i'm under that shima baucus on is voting in a general election that's expected to be very close between the two leading parties cricket star turned politician. of the pakistan insaf or just a spotty is up against shahbaz sharif of the pakistan muslim league and he's a brother former prime minister nawaz sharif who had led the party but he's now in prison convicted of corruption made one a suicide bomber has killed at least thirty people out. side a polling station in the south western city of quiet one official said the atta

the ideas been elected by a wide majority of pakistanis they relate really now. warning no prime minister he had already said that the first hundred days will be crucially dougherty drawn up a plan for dad. to wait and be ready to go great. country it. will come back to you of course tomorrow when that announcement is made from the building behind me barbara yacoob use the election commission secretary will be giving the official announcement very soon thanks a lot. let's head to our other top story in the israeli settler is dead and two others injured after being stabbed in the occupied west bank the attack happened in adam south of ramallah a palestinian teenager was killed after entering the settlement and carrying out the attack now an internal israeli military report is also expected to find there are no grounds for further investigation into the killings of palestinian protesters by army snipers and israeli newspaper reports that the army will not transfer to any soldiers to the military police over their conduct along the border fence that's joined andris

pakistanis will go to the polls for a general election this week the outcome would need for the second peaceful transfer of power in the country's history but what role is the military playing and how powerful is it this is inside story. hello there and welcome to the program. tens of millions of voters in pakistan will head to the polls this week to choose a new government is going to few weeks for the country of nearly two hundred million people earlier this month and to corruption court for found former prime minister nawaz sharif guilty of corruption his posse is one of several contesting this election if it all goes according to plan it would be just the second time there's been a peaceful transfer of power from one civilian government to another now pakistan has swung between civilian and military rules its independence from britain in one nine hundred forty seven the run up to this photo has been marked by political tension and attacks that have killed more than one hundred and fifty people the government has deployed hundreds of thousands of soldiers to monitor and god polling