you know, nawaz sharif and he is plmn party that used to be in control of the government in pakistante, 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 it is not actual justice being served, it is simple politics and nothing else. thank you very much indeed. thank you. president trump has promoted the deputy us defence secretary, patrick shanahan, to replace his boss, james mattis, on an acting basis. general mattis announced his resignation last week after the president's decision to withdraw american forces from syria. he had said he would stay in his post until the end of february