the government of punjab has put a lot of resources and to public education.is is as i mentioned earlier to our british friends, heavily invested in supporting education in punjab. they are introduced i think the governor of punjab has introduced some serious metrics for tracking performances of schools and tracking the educational levels. there is indeed in a long way to go. but i think that is a bright spot and perhaps one that can be emulated more broadly. i certainly agree with you on the importance of this subject and one that is going to have to be addressed buy any pakistan in government. >> in the back. >> thank you for your remarks. i covered the hill and i just got back from about ten days in the center. i am curious based on some of the remarks you've made that it was going to expire what do you see the potential replacement, what lessons have been learned over the course of the last few years in terms of implementation and specifically something that will emphasize a great deal if you think that is realistic given that my experience was that the he

in the punjab that opportunity has been t here.as government of punjab put resources into public education. are is our british friends invested in supporting education in punjab. hasgovernment of punjab introduced some serious metrics for tracking performance of schools and tracking educational levels. there is a long way to go. that is a bright spot in one that can be emulated more broadly. i agree with you on the importance of this as the subject and one that will have to be addressed by any pakistani government. >> today a rally for same-sex marriage. case is challenging california's ban on same-sex marriage -- see it live on c- span 2. >> the supreme court hears oral arguments for and against same- sex marriage. today it is hollandsworth v. perry. the case follows the 2008 passage of proposition eight ending same-sex marriages. the ninth circuit court of appeals heard the case ruling provincial -- proposition eight unconstitutional. wednesday the court hears the case centering around the marriage act. they will not argue in def

pitch and feeding instructions and or do or a new thread about how to lose weight in a choice of punjab. it's available and courtesy of the u.k. taxpayer and this north london bar a hiring day the local town hall wasted almost wholesome million pounds translating documents that no one ended up reading leaflets included a school's garden french somalians her cash as well as a gay lesbian bisexual and transgender services directory and friends they meet reflects what they're doing and before they commit mass amounts of money terrible waste that is right when i see people homeless on the streets. we need a mistress across however people from different backgrounds with english is a second language they've got responsibility to learn english as well the minister for local government eric pickles says that the u.k.'s immigrants need to improve their english while local governments could do with brushing up on them mom according to pickles putting a stop to the exorbitant translations of public information could help to save money for persons on a me as well as help to improve the english of i

we saw the governor of put down being killed by his own security guards -- governor of punjab.omeone like me whose outspoken will not necessarily be protected. i'm not traveling back to pakistan. i would like to do that. it's my homeland. until that time, i'm happy to be in a country that i'm very fond of, which is the united states of america, where i have students and scholars i interact with and people like yourself with whom i like to have a dialogue. as part appellate taliban, -- as far as the taliban goes, they are a group with an ideologies. the pakistani taliban and the rest of the taliban divide assistance to one another. they provide help to each other. an effort to get rid of both of them is necessary for the security of afghanistan, pakistan, and for american troops in afghanistan. to the extent that has not been accomplished is a failure for all concerned. as far as the american withdrawal from afghanistan, i would have preferred if the president of the u.s. had not announced a date for the withdrawal, because the taliban has a saying that the americans have watche