the pakistani relationship with saudi arabia goes back half a century.sting, stephen. when i was born, my father, who was working on the pakistan army at that point in time, was in saudi arabia and he had a meeting with the man who became the king, who gave me a small koran. so this is a relationship which goes back 50 yea rs, relationship which goes back 50 years, it has nothing to do with khashoggi, it has nothing to do with yemen. pakistani troops have been present in saudi arabia and we have had a military relationship which spanned half a century, and that relationship is not about to break because we may agree or disagree with saudi arabia on how to handle the yemen crisis. the thing is, if we move beyond saudi arabia to your relationship with china, i see yet more seeds of trouble being sown by your desperation to get your hands on foreign currency, to save your parlous budget. the chinese relationship involves a huge investment from china in this cpec, the china pakistan at the economic corridor, much of it going into vast projects in the larger

a pakistani christian on charges of blasphemy. she spent ten years in jail waiting for the judges to decide whether she was innocent or guilty on the thirtieth of october seventy days after moran hahn became prime minister the supreme court in islamabad decided he was innocent of all charges brought against her and set a free. a few hours later the t.l.b. and its supporters came out onto the streets bringing most cities to a standstill. they called for the three supreme court judges to be killed they declared the army chief to be a non muslim and called upon the army to dismiss him. a job or to say i listened to the t.v. for the first footage of the search for saddam to stop the cover was the first step of the of the first photo at the site of all to tell you the center of life the supreme court for the first of several others earlier. that night imran khan went on television to warn the protesters to give up or face the full might of the state . or. a. bank it is. now clear was a gun to. a prism of. but the next stage as the prot

but frankly, the pakistani film industry, it seems to me, depends upon indian movies. and yet, because of politics, many of these movies are now not shown in pakistan. we talked about anger earlier. as an artist and an actor, how angry do you get that you are caught in this political crossfire? well, at that time, yes, i was angry. i was sad, and angry, and there were moments of disappointment, and just hurt, you know? now i've come to a place where i believe that that anger doesn't really, you know, make me a better actor. it doesn't do anything for me as a person. so i have let go of that, because at that time i was in the mix of it. you could argue it sort of stalled your career, because you were on a trajectory to become a major bollywood as well as pakistani film star, and now you cannot be that. well, no. you know, bollywood was never really the aim, actually. i mean, sure, you could argue that i could have done more films there. for sure, i could have. but right after raees, i had already started working on verna, even before this happened, so my focus was alway

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pakistani journalist. to weigh up the successes and failures of counts first one hundred days in office. for over two decades imran khan pakistan's former cricketing hero has cultivated an image as a known crusader fighting against a corrupt dynastic elites who keep the stranglehold on this country's politics. they fly south to suddenly a subset of us are just out. to find out exactly funny under. which if a candidate uses us negative and ron hubbard about being totally anti-corruption having zero tolerance for it and how he sort of actually pointed fingers at poor people's party and and the two largest parties of pakistan as being corrupt and being just sponsible for all that is happening in this country nobody thought it's going to take off the people of pakistan are so tolerant of corruption as being a part of the political elite that this narrative and never take off but that narrative did take off and this year after a bitterly contested general election khan and his pakistan that he can soft finally

yet imran khan was determined to show that he could hit the ground running he is the first pakistanipolitician to announce one hundred day agenda for his new government. yeah one hundred. hundred. two hundred. hundred or so months of the year with the goods out party of these subsidies. straight. up is subsidy of a structure that was all started up subsidy. jordan. got to block the opposite of daughter. that actually. so how is that one hundred day plan going. is pakistan's largest city its commercial and financial center its largest port and the gateway to the vest of the country it's a good place to assess the new government's progress chances of success. i know in supporters would like to give them more time but the first one hundred days have been marked by rising expectations as thousands expressed their despair and prostrations the injustices they have suffered so long hoping the new government will offer them some comfort and jane thank you so much in a moment. oh yeah oh yeah and i'm barely. uniacke i'm very. sorry i'm be using our i'm not my girl by the future we're going up

parliament voting against sending pakistani troops to the u.k. bags out the coalition in the world's worst humanitarian crisis yemen i think this gearbox of what for that and we've said you'd be our neutral. in this region but one thing you've done is you know just would do to all sides if you told the saudis that if you are attacked you are there to support you and defend you i think there was real concern on saudis part in terms of their national security. from that point through i did them a backstop yeah but of course in nato nations all we hear about is a good show gee murder in in istanbul taking six billion dollars from saudi arabia at this point in time we've got a close relationship. is this and we've got to move forward to those issues that are beyond our control we cannot influence what happens to us central. some much larger word the. responded differently. on our focus of our son's future and this was important for us and just to your knowledge any meetings with liam fox the. cabinet member here about breaks it deals with pakistan so

for more now we're joined by wilson sheltering from the british pakistani christian association a warm welcome to you first can you give us some background why are christians being targeted why are they being persecuted in pakistan. well this stems from the intolerance in pakistan because that has one of the most hard line approaches to the ideology of islam in the one thousand nine hundred and all saudi funding help build a network of which now the majority of the schools that children in deprived children go to and in these madrassas is taught. for its obvious form of islam and cherry and children indoctrinated by that well still even in public schools. you will fly that the national curriculum textbooks demonizing caricature minorities this very easy for muslims in pakistan to be treated to pardon because they perceived to be demons in their midst. what is the government then doing to prevent this i mean you hear about what's going on in schools i mean are they doing enough to keep this community safe. into two thousand and thirteen the and the united states commission for internati

the former pakistani leader now wish to reef is sentenced to seven years in prison for corruption. homeless in kenya volunteers are helping the needy by government programs fail to deliver. the number of people who lost their lives in saturday's tsunami in indonesia has now risen to at least three hundred seventy three for years more strong waves could hit the country's coastline because the volcano which triggered the devastation is continuing to erupt and are thomases at the coastal area province which was worst hit by the tsunami. listen carefully over the noise of the waves a regular allowed who says. that's not wind hidden in the gloom forty seven kilometers out to sea and krakatoa volcano is still erupting it has been for months but on sunday the eruptions triggered an underwater landslide that caused the tsunami that led to this hotel's line to the sea front here some workers in guests saw the wave coming and ran a little and then a book about it was not like a usual beav it was a huge wave before one thought and it was just rolling and rolling after at this hotel two childr

pakistani's politics is pretty combustible at the best of times. this for some more petrol on that fire?” does a verdict like this for some more petrol on that fire? i think so. more petrol on that fire? i think so. i mean, ithink that more petrol on that fire? i think so. i mean, i think that the very bitter partisanship in pakistani politics would intensify to a great degree. you know, nawaz sharif and he is plmn party that used to be in control of the government in pakistan have had a long dispute, a lot of arguments, just bad blood between the party and the pti, the ruling party now. and nawaz sharif believes that the pti, the current ruling party, has been working with the army in pakistani to essentially undercut nawaz sharif and his party for several years. and i think that if we do have a conviction now, then plmn members and supporters would essentially make that same argument that this is a political witch—hunt that this is a political witch—hunt thatis that this is a political witch—hunt that is really leading to this type of outcome and

this report puts the focus on the uk's 1.9 million black, indian and pakistani employees.s and what it calls pay penalties. the former is when black and ethnic minority workers get paid less than their white, male counterparts because of things like being in lower skilled jobs or having a poorer quality education. the resolution foundation says even after taking all of those into account, black, indian, pakistani and bangladeshi workers still face shortfalls. their research found the worst affected group was black male graduates who were being paid an average of £3.90 less per hour than their white peers. among female graduates, black women faced the biggest gap, £1.62 an hour less than their white colleagues. pakistani and bangladeshi men were the worst hit among non—graduates, earning on average £1.91 per hour less. the think tank wants the government to build on the gender pay gaps it's already made firms publish earlier this year by doing the same with pay according to ethnic background. at the moment only 3% of employers voluntarily publish their ethnic pay gaps. itn,

i am with the pakistani spectator.ou mentioned something about giving training to people in those countries to evaluate these projects. are those trainings on the basis of when -- came to afghanistan, we had a lot of pakistani students here of usaid projects get newlly designed to generation, give them more american orientation and help them for the future to protect american interests in that part of the world. so the training that you just mentioned, is that modeled on usaid from 30 or 40 years ago or a very limited project that would train some pakistani how to evaluate those projects on a financial basis. my question to jeff, i know you have hard feelings that china is bandwagon with china. in terms of education and india areakistan and very close on the map. they would love to learn english and english is the official language. in some ways, isn't that kind of shortsighted on the american part that when we have this kind wife has a jewish background and he has two kids from there. instead of supporting him, we are

former pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif is sentenced to seven years in prison for corruption. hello again i'm. live from doha also coming up. there are fears it could happen again. because. calls for a general strike in sudan as antigovernment protests continued overnight plus. the u.s. treasury secretary convenes a financial crisis group in a bid to calm the markets. a pakistani court and sentence the former prime minister now is sharif to prison for a seven year. shareef along with his daughter and his son in law would jailed earlier this year on corruption charges relating to the purchase of luxury properties in london they were released from prison in september with two remaining challenges still pending let's go live now to our correspondent in the pakistan capital islamabad so what specifically has the was sharif been found guilty of this time. in saudi arabia the cold war. through fall the money trail here of course on able to provide that money trail as you mentioned earlier he was found guilty and sentenced to eleven years but he was released on bail along with their

the former pakistani prime minister now was sheer relief has been given a seven year jail sentence after being found guilty of corruption he's also been falling to twenty five million dollars sharif denies the allegations and says he's being targeted by the country's security establishment for such a bari has more three time prime minister nawaz sharif known as the tiger of pakistan is back in prison the anti-corruption court in islamabad imposed a seven year jail term for having investments beyond his the cleric assets. he was unable to prove the source of income for the ownership of a steel mill in saudi arabia or dug them out of. the courts or supreme for us we will abide by their judgments our leader no washer resubmitted himself to the legal process but all these proceedings are one sided sharif who denied the wrong doing had been sentenced to ten years in prison in july by the same court on different charges they were related to the purchase of property in london he had been freed on bail pending an appeal sharif's party last general elections in july of while he was in jail the hi

we can speak now to now to wilson chowdhry, who is from the british pakistani christian association.s will achieve? how important is it that this is tackled? the figures speak for themselves, 250 christians allegedly killed every month. from a christian charity, these figures. this report will hopefully address matters such asissues will hopefully address matters such as issues regarding christians who are regarded as a country we wear persecution does not include christians. people seeking asylum. that word persecution can cover so many things. what are the issues? pakistan, what are the issues that face christians? christian women have a really untenable situation. 700 christian girls are forced into a islamic marriage every year. 1 billion christians working as sleeves in pakistan despite pakistan having adopted anti—slavery laws. we have attacks on churches, 11 attacks on churches in the last seven years with a discount of over 500 and an injury count of over 3000. the moralising aspects of life of the question. this is not a new issue. why do we tend not to talk about it as much

a little earlier i spoke to wilson chowdhry from the british pakistani christian association.ans was on the rise. the figures speak for themselves. 250 christians are allegedly killed every month. this is a report written by open doors, a christian charity, created specifically because of the rise christian persecution across the globe. and this report hopefully will address matters such as issues regarding pakistani christians who are still regarded as a country where persecution doesn't exist for christians by most countries in the west, including britain. asia bibi was seeking asylum to come here to the uk. that word, persecution, it can cover so many things. what are the issues? let's take pakistan, what are the issues that face christians there? well, christian women have a really untenable situation. 700 christian girls are kidnapped, raped and forced into marriage every year. 1 million christians are working as slaves in the brick yards of pakistan, despite pakistan having adopted anti—slavery laws in 1992, the bonded labour abolition act. we have attacks on churches, 1

the pakistani male blind cricket team has won a number of trophies, but the women's team was only set always thought there should be a female team, just like there is a male one. before this, i used to do other sports like running and long jump, so i have competed at international level before. the girls are due to play their first match against nepal in january, and they say they want to send a message to the rest of the country. translation: blind players are capable of doing almost everything sighted players can do. we are no less than the regular team. the government should provide us with the facilities they have given to our national team. many of us have experienced bullying, but for eunbi kim it nearly ended her career. the widely acclaimed pianist was able to overcome the trauma — and she told us about the joy she found in playing again. it really did almost destroy my love for performing, my love for playing piano and learning music. i had a very tough teacher growing up, but she always believed in me. and when i entered college i had a really terrible experience with one of

anticorruption is something that every pakistani can believe in. —— out of proportion.tan and the uk it is completely different. corruption is a social issue in pakistan. it is from the bottom all the way to the top. we are, pakistan is going on the right direction, i will say. are, pakistan is going on the right direction, iwill say. yes, we are, pakistan is going on the right direction, i will say. yes, we are addressing those issues. but to actually target one family, and highly influential political family, purely because they represent the majority, you know, it is the biggest party and theyjust want majority, you know, it is the biggest party and they just want to wea ken biggest party and they just want to weaken them, and they have used that anticorruption campaign for that, i feel that is not justifiable. accountability should be for raw, not just the accountability should be for raw, notjust the nawaz sharif. accountability should be for raw, not just the nawaz shariflj accountability should be for raw, notjust the nawaz sharif. i would imagine the authorities

border patrol and was the night adequate medical attention former pakistani prime minister now was sharif has been given a seven year jail sentence after being found guilty of corruption he's also been fined twenty five million dollars sharif denies the allegations and says he's being targeted by the country's security establishment. has more three time prime minister nawaz sharif known as the tiger of pakistan is back in prison the anti-corruption court in islamabad imposed a seven year jail term for having investments beyond his the cleric assets. he was unable to prove the source of income for the ownership of a steel mill in saudi arabia. the courts are supreme for us we will abide by their judgments our leader no washer resubmitted himself to the legal process but all these proceedings are one sided sharif who denied the wrong doing had been sentenced to ten years in prison in july by the same court on different charges they were related to the purchase of property in london he had been freed on bail pending an appeal sharif's party last general elections in july of while he was in j

pakistani and bangladeshi women were the worst hit among graduates, earning an abta edge of £1.91 pern average of. at the moment only 3% of employers voluntarily publish their ethnic pay gaps. itn, one of the companies that did so, found that it's black and white ethnic minority employees are paid 21% less per hour than their white co—workers. ministers say they are consulting employers on this very idea. claire lomas, bbc news. a search is taking place for a british cruise ship entertainer, who went overboard in the caribbean on christmas day. the us coastguard was alerted after 20—year—old arron huff failed to turn up for his shift on harmony of the seas where he'd been performing in a musical. monika plaha reports. it's one of the world's largest cruise ships, longer than the eiffel tower, with the ability to carry 8000 passengers. one of them was 20—year—old dancer and musical theatre graduate arron hough, who was working on board the harmony of the seas before he went missing on christmas day. injuly, aaron's talent agency tweeted that he would be joining the cast of grease: the

a pakistani court has sentenced the former prime minister nawaz sharif to prison for seven years. sharif along with his daughter and son in law was jailed earlier this year on corruption charges relating to the purchase of luxury properties in london they were released from prison and september with two charges still pending the three time prime ministers of the accusations are politically motivated as the latest from islamabad. the national accountability bureau or old court at ten fifty three time former prime minister of pakistan two are not there seven years in jail over ideology. he was however exonerated and flagship reference against him it should be remembered that he was given an eleven year sentence by the court in the evan fear apartment cage which was. beyond his means the main case against him but had today his political supporters have been coming out in numbers they've had photos with the police but that situation is now under control now why should he have had also been fined twenty five million dollars he need to be taken in an armored rake headed back to jane it

the pakistani and user anti—corruption of islamabad. sharif on charges that he says were politically motivated. the court found that the three—time prime minister was unable to prove the source of income for the ownership ofa source of income for the ownership of a steel mill in saudi arabia. a few months ago, this was back in july, he was sentenced to ten years in prison by the same court, this time on charges relating to the purchase of upscale apartments in london. he was released from prison backin london. he was released from prison back in september pending an appeal. but jailed today for seven back in september pending an appeal. butjailed today for seven years. the queen will urge people to treat each other with respect, during her annual christmas message which will be broadcast tomorrow. the comments, which have been released by buckingham palace, are likely to be seen as an attempt by the monarch to calm the debate over brexit. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. throughout her reign, the queen has always been n

has been that no ruler in pakistan has had ever been actually sentenced you know prior to him the pakistani politicians have always been going scot free they have always believed they will not be sentenced in any case it is not possible they can exert influence but this time i think we are living in a different dime's people of pakistan they are going for you know it gone debility people are tired of corruption. the security around the court was tight for monday's verdict which shines on uncomfortable light on corruption at the highest levels of government in pakistan dorsetshire party al jazeera israel's government has called elections for april seven months earlier than expected the announcement follows a deadlock over a controversial military conscription bill if prime minister benjamin netanyahu is returned to office he'd be on course to become israel's longest serving leader and that's anyone who says his coalition unanimously agreed to disband the government. i think it's perfectly sensible to go to. a complete agreement. great tournament and a great partnership. well the election's b

clothes discounter kick is being sued in a german court by plaintiffs affected by a deadly fire at a pakistani subcontractor six years ago a decision and that case is slated to be announced at the beginning of january. the country hosting the g. twenty is experiencing a deep economic crisis and is dependent on outside help thousands of citizens have been protesting in the run up to the international summit which is taking place in a south american country for the first time but argentina's government hopes the g twenty will bring fresh economic impetus and new agreements like one on meat exports to the u.s. which was signed a few days before the agreement if. it's an excellent opportunity to hold productive bilateral meetings with the various countries and sign agreements on what's happening. and it's also an opportunity for argentina to show that we're honest facilitator to approach positions in a complex global situation. but the g twenty will certainly not be able to solve the crisis for many small firms in argentina like industrious clamored a woodturning company. these machines haven't pr

policy communities spend a lot of efforts to create -- correct the misunderstanding telling the pakistanis that this is not free money. we also need returns by the end of the day. that creates problems politically. in countries like burma, sri lanka, with chinese dinner -- generosity, being interpreted as being appear motive. why is china being so generous with its financing when nobody else is going to help us out? in some african countries -- countries, they had a different interpretation. which is that we were not be able to repay the chinese loan. we were not going to the able to repay loans anyway. chinese have had already, established a record of forgiveness -- debt forgiveness. that alleviation in africa. in some countries, some leaders in africa, very much relying on the fact that china come in the future, will excuse those debts. the chinese set what is your reaction to that, we do have a track record of debts for african countries. may become a depending on the significance of the country, depending on the significance of the country, the chinese believe that they will forgive so