seventy nine you see a pakistan which is doing you see a pakistan that is developing you see a pakistan whose human development index far exceeds that of the region and is comparable to anywhere else in the world and forced the eighty's you see a pakistan which is struggling to. with these frankensteins which were created so these are realities these are lessons of history you know we can use different naaman closure to define them but the you cannot change the facts that that is what changed but the stance sort of has the growth to be trajectory where pakistan was going in the right direction and really sort of exposed pakistan to many many dangers of extremist thoughts and extremist mindset having been treated in the mindset and also to our land being used and it took a long while to be able to come to grips with it it took a long way even and we still struggling to ensure that most of our territories completely rid of such elements well i hope we can speak about controlling your television territory bit later but before we go there the soviet presence in afghanistan since has been re

pakistan that peace to hit . india as much well madam higher would only add that there are good examples of defying the. chant of historical animosity and the russian pakistani relationship is one of such examples a few decades ago we consider that other anime's nowadays there is very intensive diplomacy between our countries there is some military cooperation and honorary consul was appointed by russia in the city of peshawar just the other day so you can turn that trying to find a message around the eve of course you put your mind and heart to it anyway i have to. thank you for your participation in our show today it's my job or yours please keep the conversation going in our social media pages as for me hope to see her again same place same time here on the worlds apart. all. bottom. line. about your sudden passing i've only just learned you worry yourself and taken your last wrong turn. your attitude up to you as we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry i could so i write these last words in hopes to put to

pakistan? yes, i would say so. i think it is a good time to be a female in this world at the moment. it's a good time for us. but in pakistan, being female and being in the public eye, as you are, it is quite a sensitive place to be. yes, um, i would say it used to be, it used to be. right now i don't think it is sensitive to be in the public eye. i think it's sensitive or it's a little bit challenging to break barriers, to sort of do the things that you want to do, you know. there is a particular question about the movie industry because i was looking at some astounding figures, going back to the 50s and 60s, there hundreds, i believe there were more than a thousand cinemas in pakistan and then by the late 70s and early 80s, after the rule or during the rule of general zia, the number of cinemas plummeted down to a low of something like 45 and you are onlyjust creeping up again. yes. so cinema and going to the movies in pakistan is a tradition that has been lost to many people. that is actuall

pakistan that peace to hit. india as much well madame higher would only add that there are good examples of defying the. chant of historical animosity and the russian pakistani relationship is one of such examples a few decades ago we consider that other anime's nowadays there is very intensive diplomacy between our countries there is some military cooperation and honorary consul was appointed by russia and the city of cash were just the other day so you can turn that trying to find a message around if of course you put your mind and heart to it anyway i have to you. thank you for your participation in our show today to our viewers please keep the conversation going in our social media pages as for me hope to see you again same place same time here on the world's apart. of. global blogs sell you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles that still. produce offspring to tell you that what we gossip the public lifestyle for the most important news today. of

in pakistan. you say that pakistan is where she belongs but the admiration and the respect that she has around the globe is not present everywhere in pakistan i mean the opinions there are divided a lot of people in pakistan consider her a traitor why is that. you see when malala was shot by the taliban and she left to the u.k. she was an individual when she has come back to pakistan she is an ideology she dr didn't and i biala jeep and the ideology is is folklore democracy in pakistan. a lot of people in pakistan i'm not supportive of democracy the democratic process so my argument is that the west needs to support malala and people like malala it's not just available and. there is an indigenous look at the struggle against dictatorship and the. super mysie of the military in august and my lot of prisons that the fight is ongoing in pakistan and the vest needs to sight with that movement you know when my love was shot by the taliban pervaiz musharraf the dictator was ruling the country now but it

and the ideology is that pakistan should be progressive, pakistan should be secular, pakistan should have civilian authority and the military should go back to the barracks, because the military calls the shots in pakistan. and malala has expanded the narrative, and by coming back she has extended the narrative that pakistan should be ruled by the secular, progressive forces. and i agree that she is not safe in pakistan. she has lots of threats from islamists, and obviously she will go back to the u.k. where she studies and where she lives. the pakistan needs people like malala, and the west must side with malala. the west must not side with the military. the generals and the west, the u.s. and other countries, they negotiate with the military. so malala has an important message. brent: we will have more time to talk about this later. semele, from our asia desk, we appreciate your insights. the british prime minister is on it was. tour of the u.k. because today marks one year until brexit means brexit. that's right, until britain at least the european union. theresa may is visiting e

often in a situation that she is back in pakistan the security situation in pakistan is not good at the moment well we must understand it but just on it at a crossroads at the moment do you both prime minister nawaz sharif was gone when he close to the military establishment has not just the buck is done in military buckstone is a change country at the moment and malala while she was living in the u.k. absent from pakistan has played a big role in you know making people aware of the situation what is happening in pakistan you say that pakistan is where she belongs but the admiration and the respect that she has around the globe is not present everywhere in pakistan i mean the opinions there are divided a lot of people in pakistan consider her a traitor why is that. you see when malala was shot by the taliban and she left to the u.k. she was an individual when she has come back to pakistan she is an ideology she represent and ideology and the ideology is is folklore democracy and boxed up. a lot of people in pakistan i'm not supportive of democracy the democratic process so my argument i

older she was absent from pakistan kind of contributed to this a struggle for democracy in pakistan and i think that she has conveyed the message to the that but just on is a country where people could go and people could be safe although it's like she is not going to sit a moment she is not safe there there right i mean she knows she can't for example she can't go back to her hometown because of the situation with the taliban right now so is pakistan really is it really a place that will be able to call her home in the future. i think malala has become a symbol of got injured and she left baucus. and she was shot by the taliban the militants she was an individual she belonged to the so a lot. such a beautiful place and i'm sure that she she wants to go there as well but now when she has come back she has become an archaeologist and the ideology is that pakistan should be progress of focus on to be secular pakistan should be should have decision you know toward the end the military should go back to the barracks because the military calls the shots in pakistan and malala has to strength

this is the pakistan you live in. no, i think that is a very myopic view of pakistan. i think thatis myopic view of pakistan. i think that is our quote from a imam in pakistan. i do not look at pakistan like that. again, like i said, i would not be sitting here, my colleague would not be winning an 0scar, there are so many others. like i am sitting in front of you, sometimes i feel, do i even deserve to be sitting in front of you? there are so many people you can interview who have done so many more greater things in pakistan, who are probably not recognised enough. well, i have been to pakistan a couple of times, we have interviewed human rights workers, we have interviewed politicians, we have interviewed all sorts of pakistanis, but it strikes me is extraordinary interesting it today, in 2018, to talk to somebody like you trying to navigate through. right, and this is what i feel will be my wenn, if i can navigate through and i can still talk about what is happening, and issues, and show the women and the man, you know, the public of pakistan, that it is possible. a

a lot here in pakistan which is very true information law. has. to be. kept blocked something being is just sparked off. but dreadful information is not implemented in swat so it is not always trying to lead what i want to see we have to look after the issues that we have to the prison system and pocket the draconian that was given by a drone. and the judiciary system and the new system is also not seeing time we are not getting a speedy justice in the schools as well so we're going to see you have to the issue is not only for the tribe. it has to be seen in broader aspects and that you know reverend is extra judicial killings happens everybody would definitely love to see justice and and people should be taken to task who ever is doing that but mostly if you see the other programs just as i said. as what is happening in gaza actually as well as make you know it's not only the tribe. so that it's not true that it's only their tribal people who cannot be here. and to the energy where it is. the right of information as i said to back it even in even in swa

a law here in pakistan which is very good information law. it has to be. kept locked. it just fired off. but dreadful information is not implemented in swat so it is not always what i want to see we have to look after the issues that we have the prison system and pocket the draconian guillain barre draw. and the judiciary system and the new system is also not seeing time we are not getting a speedy justice in the school chancellor so we're going to see you have to the issue is not only to the tribe. it has to be seen in broader aspects and they can all retirement is actually a tradition of getting happens everybody would definitely love to see justice and and. who ever is doing that but mostly if you see the other programs as i said billoo. is what is happening in gaza actually as well as it's not only the tribe or to the i mean so the back is not true it's only the tribal people who cannot be here. and to the energy what is. the latest information as i said back to it even if even in swat if the alleged not implemented. that has affected the idea that this is part of

because pakistan accommodated and supported groups that were crossing the border from pakistan to afghanistan to attack and kill american soldiers and destabilized united states was trying to stabilize. that was the central problem from the american. the second question for the first one about the pakistani sacrifices in the work. it's an important one and i tried to elude to in my earlier talk about how the war destabilized pakistan and what a price they paid for that. it was not the intention of the united states to flush al qaeda out and have them going to pakistan to start her bombing the pakistani cities and go to war against the pakistani state. but it was the results from the invasion and from the pakistani -- the pakistanis will look around and say, do not see the smoke on the horizon? i am out more with my own militants and one of the things that they rose into the americans during this was i cannot afford to take actions that my war against my own domestic caliban from 98 percent against two percent to 50-50 because then the state will collapse. i'm trying to control this war so we

pindi the pakistan army. forces they trained and sent to afghanistan they are just acting like a demolishing force they are not in control so the conferences therefore are very important to get it out realize ation that actual peace comes when we recognize the reality that they actually leadership of the taliban is the pakistan army and if we cannot we cannot sort the problem adopt level the regardless of how much we peel off the taliban the problem will continue so what's the point for pakistan to have a never ending war on its border why does it support the conflict when be more profitable to have a peaceful afghanistan as a neighbor exactly you know exactly that is what we are advocating that's what we are lobbying that's the logic we use we say. let us try a little steps to state to state relationship and see if you cannot achieve you a legitimate. interest and if you cannot overcome your anxieties through promoting bilateral relationship then you may resort to other means but you have not to deny that ty

how christians across pakistan. or hear from activists part in the past year long march a movement aiming to improve the rights of one of pakistan's most marginalized groups. thousands. that the pakistani government protects the rights to the killing of an innocent man for c.q. of links to i still people have rallied to demand the arrest of a police superintendent accused of a role in the death of the key beloved masood oppression businessman and aspiring model in karachi the demonstrators are also calling for major changes to safeguard their rights and that using social media to amplify their message. joined one of the protests in early february. mainly from the tribe but also heard by other drivers in order to later on. down have congregate dated and. therefore not keep the law and order may still drive men who have gone missing. they also warn just their warn row on you know. we're going warden extra judicial killings. blamed for killing our people lined up for this particular. religion. and therefore he had. gon

today we look at how christians across pakistan. discrimination against their people or hear from activist part in the past year long march a movement aiming to improve the rights of one of pakistan's most marginalized groups. thousands of pashtuns are demanding that the pakistani government protect staff right after the killing of an innocent man for seeking is of links to i still people have rallied to demand the arrest of a police who printed an accused of a role in the death of the cuban law masood a passion businessman and aspiring model in karachi the demonstrators are also calling for major changes to safeguard their rights and are using social media the amplify their message id's there is c'mon hide join one of the assam about protests in early february to look. mainly from the mayfield drive but also ahead by other drivers in north waziristan as well as south waziristan have congregated and they're cowards and store them on justice for not getting the law and other meds to drive men who have gone missing after arbitrary arr

that was it taken so long to visit pakistan. melissa has always if you look at all her interview she always talks about wanting to come back to atlanta she hasn't specified why she has come now however security has always been the main issue and has seen two military operations and twenty one thousand twenty seventeen and terrorist activity has gone down but also hosted an international tournament so i think a lot to do with with the security as well as the government being on board or supporting her welcoming her back so i think meanly if you were to go back to the point really is security. very agile ation is far from universal as we heard in the reporter malala yousafzai does have plenty of critics are even calling her a traitor. but is has a tendency lot of people have a tendency for conspiracy theories and back and you have to also remember that when it. came to the notice of people she was very young she still is very young but she was doing something that for a lot of people seemed almost too good to be true for such a yo

you talked about pakistan what you are doing their, and the pakistan in what you are doing re, and the need for regional actors to support this process. there's been a lot of focus in the media these days about russia. we talked a little bit about the role russia is playing. i would like to talk about that. also if you could address the internal security situation in afghanistan. we have read press reports of the terrible attacks, many of them by daesh that have killed innocent afghans. we express our condolences for those. we read about those and it gives the impression to americans scared the situation is deteriorating rather than getting better. can you discuss the role russia is playing and a little about the internal security situation and the strategy for combating the challenges you now face? then we will go to the audience. adviser atmar: most recently we had this regional consensus on russia. over the past couple of years, unfortunately, that has been weakening of the regional consensus. where we agree with the russians is that the terrorism and especially the foreign fighters

i want to represent that kind of pakistan that can have someone kind of pakistan that can have someone from kind of pakistan that can have someone from any kind of pakistan that can have someone from any religion as the main guy. he is a 2ist—century man will stop he is someone who is sensitive and compassion and stands by the women in his life, which is very different from the way men and women are very different from the way men and women are portrayed in popular culture of the subcontinent. with the film receiving rave reviews, it is likely to set a trend for more

mostly coming from pakistan and then the region. the last group of them that we arrested was basically a family six children, two women, a couple of male fighters. these are from the province. china knows about it. frankly speaking, and until quite recently they had this wrong information that perhaps the united states or india is behind these fighters. we engaged in and provide them with the evidence, so now they have a better understanding that etim rolls out of china, , goes all the way to vietnam, to indonesia, in step in turkey, comes back to pakistan and then afghanistan to fight. so have a better understanding of the threat now and, therefore, there's confidence in our cooperation now with them. but, of course, they also have an economic interest, the one belt, one road vision they present for the region cannot happen without stability in the region and security in afghanistan. security in afghanistan is central to the stability in the region, and afghanistan in addition to its vision probably the most comprehensive vision fo

well, i was born in pakistan, i moved to california when i was three, back to pakistan at nine, america 18, london 30, and back to pakistan about nine years ago. and along the way, i have become a mixture of things. so i can't think of myself as just pakistani, orjust british, orjust american. i am a mixed up kind of creature, a hybrid, and that's what i mean by mongrel. it's a term that we tend to think of as kind of negative. yes, i mean, do you wear that badge with pride? i do, i think it's something we should all wear with pride, because everybody is a mongrel, actually. we are descended from all sorts of people, and we have travelled and mixed through our ancestry, but also in our own lives. but it's such an interesting statement — everybody is a mongrel. because, of course, most people don't want to think of themselves as mongrels. indeed, the notion of belonging, having a clear identity, having a group, a tribe that is yours, that's something that seems today, in the 21st century, to be extraordinarily important to people. i think it is very important. i think that the sense of

he went back to pakistan. despite everything you have said about the universality of the human experience and values, you in the end did what so many people did, you went home. i am not somebody who is a rootless mongrel wandering the earth. although that is no worse or better than any other kind of person. i am living in the same place i lived as a child. after having wandered in all these places. in athens, the reverse migration from the one is the overbearing in so much of the world. from the poor world to the rich world. —— in a sense. you made it in the rich world, you became a consultant, golden egg job and then you decided to bea golden egg job and then you decided to be a writer and had written best sellers. you were a success in new york, in london and yet, you decided you wanted to make it your life in pakistan and eight s8 many of your friends said you are crazy. yellow that people thought it was a strange decision. —— many people thought it was a strange decision. —— and in a sense. mig

from kind of pakistan that can have someone from any kind of pakistan that can have someone from any religion as the main guy. he is a 2ist—century man will stop he is someone who is sensitive and compassion and stands by the women in his life, which is very different from the way men and women are very different from the way men and women are portrayed in popular culture of the subcontinent. with the film receiving rave reviews, it is likely to set a trend for more diverse storytelling in the country. time for a look at the weather with louise lear. good evening early morning rain gave way to sunshine with an improving picture in the afternoon. with clear skies, it means that temperatures are likely to fall. we could see that you —— patchy fog further north and east. in the south—west, another area of low pressure with france spilling around that low driving more wet weather into the south—west, wales, central and southern england. not particularly warm and some showers tomorrow. the cool theme continues for the easter weekend. there may even be some snow on the hills. fin

fears in pakistan. how close did some disgruntled pakistani navy people and al qat to seizing a ship with nuclear weapons? ci>> well it's an underpubd episode and i hope we'll learn more about it over time, but i came across some really stunning material about these young i naval officers who had lashed up with al-qaida in the tribal areasf pakistan and had decided to seize control of a pakistani missile ship, ke it into the arabian sea and attack u.s. vessels there and ty had a very-- they had a sense of how the ship was organized, how th could store weapons aboard they stored weapons in advance of their plan and then they moved to seize the ship. they were defeated by commandos, later india's government circulated a report that this part ship that they'd attacked contained nuclear ons as part of pakistan' seaborne deterrent nuclear deterrent against india. now t know whether that report is fully accurate it comes from india, it has to be taken with a grain of salt, but you know it's the first time we'

homecoming that brought tears of joy peace prize winner malala yousafzai says it's a dream to return to pakistan it's a first time back since twenty twelve when she was shot on a school bus by taliban militants also. seen envoys from north and south korea holds talks at the border and announced the twenty seventh of april that's the date when the two leaders will meet it's the latest step in a. nuclear ambitions on. the state of. cricket captain steve smith apologizes for the ball tampering scandal this is shaken the cricketing world. i feel welcome to the program nobel peace prize winner yousafzai has returned home to pakistan her first visit since being shot by the taliban the failed assassination attempt on the van schoolgirls in twenty twelve shocked the world its use of so i was targeted for promoting education for girls despite the attack she became an international icon for women's education and human rights. the signs were that this was no ordinary visit heavy security accompanied. dorival in islamabad the police convoy proof of the threat still faces from the taliban much about have bee

we give a lot of money to pakistan. >> the government cut financial aid to pakistan. so far pakistani leaders have refused president trump's requests to release the doctor who languishes in prison there to this day. >> bret: back here in the u.s., the arch bishop of new york says the democratic party turned its back on catholics. he wrote in the "wall street journal": i am a pastor and not a politicianian. i have had had spats with politicians from beth of america's leading parties but. we asked the democratic national committee for a response and have not received one. up next the panel on the president's decision to sign the $1.3-trillion budget and blasting congress for giving it to him. a car bombing in afghanistan kills 13 people and wounds 40 others. the explosion occurred after afghan new year's celebration were winding down. no word on who was behind the attacks. a spanish supreme court is charging people with rebellion. several fled to other countries following the failed secession attempt in late october. the european union is recalling its ambassador from m

in the region have you seen malawi as global celebrity but stays efforts in pakistan. after course because you know i still remember been well out of us and she was she's spoken bonafied program and the local media haven't depict malala from our program so she become stud so says then we had looking because at that time it was not easy in a bottle and society where the father should acknowledge that more things had dr bucks now we are looking the one thing the change in the family they had a lot of fathers there uploading photos of their own daughters and celebrating dead achievement like grades in the schools and colleges so this is one of i think this is the impact the second impact for us is. it's a space space for young because at least in baucus mostly the very men thought of recognizing the very late age so she was recognized at the age of fifteen so i think that is the second impact is full of the huge you know has already had been set aside so it's a dump and i just want to get one more question in because she does hunt does have critics doesn't she in pakistan

institute of peace on counterterrorism efforts and relations with pakistan. event was moderated by the formal national security advisor for president george w. bush. >> good morning everyone. my name is nancy lynn work. i am the president of the u.s. institute of peace. i'm pleased to be able to welcome everybody for a special program. i'm glad the weather cooperated. welcome to everyone who has seudo-weather event this morning. we are pleased to see the members of our international advisory council, and welcome to those who are joining us by webcast. u.s.ip wasyou know, founded by congress, dedicated to the proposition that peace is undertaking,ctical that it is essential for our global security, and that it is eminently possible. with countries around the world, governments and society leaders, to equip them with the kind of tools and learning and information that enables them to work to prevent conflict from becoming violent and to resolve it when it does. as i think everyone in this world is aware, -- remains one of the most important policy priorities fo

>> we are right next to pakistan. >> india and pakistan were once one country, ripped apart in one of the hastiest, ill-considered partitions imaginable. beyond there, no more fence? >> no more fences. >> so once you get past there, you can go straight into pakistan if you want? >> yeah. see, the problem is, the thing is, india is trying to stop people from coming in, the infiltrators, drug dealers, terrorists. >> udeh is working on a documentary about the india/pakistan border. >> no one wants to go to pakistan. >> no one nts to? >> no one in their right mind wants to go into pakistan. >> that's a fairly decisive statement. so they put up the fence but the fence is on the indian side. >> yeah. it's 150 meters from the border. >> so beyond that fence, still indian farmland. >> yes. >> so people who live over here can farm over there. >> can farm over there. >> the punjab is a fertile region in an otherwise very dry country. this is india's bread basket. with over a billion people currently residing in india, every inch of fertile punjabi soil has great value. these are people who own

spokeswoman for peace returns to a land torn by war while other yousafzai makes her first visit to pakistan where she was killed almost killed more than five years ago. and in the u.s. more protests following the death of yet another unarmed black man at the hands of the police now this autopsy is raising new questions about the killing. my actuator welcome to the program the u.n. secretary general antonio terrace is calling for an investigation after at least sixteen palestinians were killed in clashes with israeli soldiers on friday israel's military opened fire on thousands of demonstrators who were rioting at the gaza border the palestinian authority has declared a national day of mourning. for you every side street every rooftop. is awash with emotion such rachid with anger one day on from the bloodiest purchase since the two thousand and fourteen war the nation's grief hangs heavy at least sixteen pup. sinews killed by israeli forces and more than a thousand injured following mass protests witnesses reported life fire multiple rounds of rubber bullets and tear gas trucked into crowds.

she is a hero of pakistan. genie: back here in france, the victims of the terror attack in the south of the country last week are being buried today. the french prime minister adouard philippe is attending the ceremonies around the town of carcassonne. the ceremony for the civilian victims came after a national commemoration yesterday for the policeman who was killed as he swapped places with a hostage. was held today -- his funeral mass was held today in carcassonne and he will be buried in the town where he lived. that marchesch is in paris andund -- around the country, a rally was held for a woman who survived a knotty roundup only to be killed -- a nazi roundup only to be killed in a hate crime last week. luke shrago has the details. reporter: thousands marched in central paris, paying their respects to the jewish 85-year-old murdered and her home last week in what is being treated at an -- treated as an anti-semitic attack. people of all faiths have come together. >> we are bold over by what happened. we a

now pakistan's foreign policy has made a very dramatic shift over the last decade or so. and it's interesting that while your successive governments may have disagreements on internal politics there is a quite a bit of consistency when it comes to foreign policy in terms of putting regional agenda regional relations had of geo political interests what do you think spurred that change and how sustainable it is it's not true change i think it is perfectly i would even want to argue that it is in any way unsustainable because as i said it is natural to change french speaking to something that we should've had imbedded within the foreign policy paradigm of pakistan from the divi got our independence and own fourteen focus nine hundred forty seven because in many ways if you look at pakistan's bust foreign policy management you see this uncomfortableness with your geography so you see a pakistan which is trying to reach out to countries which are far away which are sometimes oceans and seas. and try to really have very strong strategic ties with countries which of far far far