islamabad and that at a time when there is trouble spreading across the country we had added trouble in karachi protests have continued many people injured there and us and we are toward only one person was killed near the airport now all the airports all the highways and fluting the grand trunk road that connects the north to the south as well as the motorway that connects its lombard to the provincial capital of the punjab long haul all people are stuck on the highways take an org move because all the able to take training have been taken over by the protector and we have also been told that the protesters are now back in strength at the same place where the security forces primarily the police where they tried to get across them are near this morning story indeed a crisis situation head and the military now being called in for the protection of islamabad but this is a situation that has been mishandled by the government that disqualified prime minister of the country had called all his party workers and members including senior ministers for the meeting and it all while trouble was brewing i

the demonstrations have also spread to other cities including lahore and karachi. the violence poses a direct challenge to the governing party — the pakistan muslim league. i've been getting the thoughts of the bbc‘s south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan. the government allowed nearly three weeks before they sent in hundreds of police officers to clear these hundreds of protesters who are blocking a key highway going into the capital. people have been going through huge traffic jams. the capital. people have been going through huge trafficjams. they are suffering a lot, and there is a lot of criticism of the government in the last three weeks. when they finally decided to act, the court was acting them to act immediately, to re m ove was acting them to act immediately, to remove these protesters, it was a little bit too late. the police had to retreat, and now they are asking for the military to help. also, this is now spreading to other cities. hundreds of people are protesting in karachi and in lahore. tell us about these protesters? what do they wa

islamabad and that at a time when there is trouble spreading across the country we had added trouble in karachi protests have continued many people injured there and us and we are toward at least one person was killed near the airport now all the airports all the highways and fluting the grand trunk road that connects the north to the south as well as the motorway that connect this lombard to the provincial capital of the punjab all people are stuck on the highways take an org move because all the able to take training have been taken over by the protector and then we have also been told that the protesters are now back in strength at the same place where the security forces primarily the police where they tried to get large them earlier this morning story indeed a crisis situation head and the military now being called in for the protection of islamabad but this is a situation that has been mishandled by the government that disqualified prime minister of the country had called all his party workers and members including senior ministers for the meeting and it all was probably it was brewing in

where toward that horror that there stansted of karachi several kids or just blog there are long traffic jams stretching up to several kilometer demesne motorway which are the arcadia link that connects the north and south is also blocked we have thousands of people stuck on the highway and rail movement is disrupted and of course as you mentioned the protesters have all shortage draco's and some better language whereas one of the demands of the protesters has come out what is this protest about is it really about the blasphemy law more politics all sell at play here. well it's important to look at the historical background back in the nineteen seventies grenville for carly boat or democratically elected prime minister of august on declared the cause they are needs which are also sometimes known are the mediaeval a minority that became a law and what they're also important what is also important are nor did the progress on the constitution that came about in the early seventy's also said that islam would be the main religion of the country. and if make ten and believe that basically it i

karachi, southern punjab and the fox as it merges so that's number two. and something very much working with civil society and the era are they doing it. and then the third is helping pakistan attract private investment to create jobs particularly for the younger people because of the large -- the pakistan house. under all of that to make a maximum effort to be accountable to the taxpayers funds that go into supporting our programs in pakistan and afghanistan and also in the broader context is i will mention in a minute to make the relationship with india as constructive as possible. one of the things that afghanistan has done over the last year is to create a corridor between kabul conduct our -- this has been a real support to businesses private afghan businesses that are exporting the product of the countryside. the things for which afghanistan is well-known particularly in markets in the region so fruits, fresh and dried, marble onyx gemstone cashmere wool, those kinds of things and so this corridor has been quite successful and now as i understand fr

but in karachi, one public- private partnership is trying to address some of pakistanis' most pressing medical needs. in cooperation with the associated press, special correspondent fred de sam lazaro has the latest in our series, agents for change. >> reporter: on any given day at karachi's jinnah hospital, some 5000 patients arrive, wheeled in on rusty, bare metal gurneys by family members who wait- someties for days-in the outer corridors. inside are long lines-for x-ray scans or appointments with overwhelmed staffers. there are lots of exhausted children. jinnah is one of the oldest, biggest public health care facilities in pakistan's commercial capital, a city of 15 million and the hospital hasn't been immune to the violence and terrorism that has gripped this country, including this bomb blast in 2010 its own emergency department. >> we nearly missed to die, i was standing right at the gate. about 18 people lost their lives at that point. >> reporter: yet hospital c.e.o. seemin jamali notes that just 30 seconds after the blast, staff are back on their feet, tending to the injured

we have seen the protests spread from islamabad to lahore to karachi. where do you see this going? i think that now that the military has stepped in and has tried to disperse the protesters are think it isn't going to be as bad as it could have been. i think the military in pakistan is popular and inspires a lot of or these protesters will be willing to disperse if they know the military is going to be out there as opposed to the government, which as we saw earlier today when we have police out there, it wasn't able to do much ofa out there, it wasn't able to do much of a good job at all of getting the protesters to disperse. i would like to think and hope that in the coming days, you know, these are the protest are days, you know, these are the protest a re bro ken days, you know, these are the protest are broken up elsewhere in the country along with those in islamabad will end up petering out. at the damage is done, as you said, today many major cities in pakistan we re today many major cities in pakistan were hit by protests coming from hardliners with very dangerous views. to

toch, if you have been karachi, all the u.s. major investors are there and spending money. if you have been to delhi for the summit last month, u.s. investors are all over delhi, all over india. we need to us -- give afghanistan the ability to attract the same companies who are in the same region to produce products. not just for export to the u.s. or to the developed country markets, they are investing for the growth of those countries. need to focus on that. we have hadide, major u.s. investors in that have gone into look at it because they principally partner with afghan telcos. that could still be an area that could move forward without necessarily it right now having that investment agreement in place. our hope is that all of -- we have had major u.s. construction firms working with afghan construction firms trying to elevate their capacity and their level of competitiveness and compliance and good programming for management. our hope is those relationships will continue beyond the development cycle in the immediate future, but into private sector led programming, too.

members including senior ministers for meeting and it all was probably it was brewing in the city of karachi in islamabad so it appears that the government had miscalculated they did not know their strength of the reaction that would happen and on forward on the streets across pakistan indeed a crisis situation one that age threatening to spiral out of control that is also talk that de palma interior minister's house was attacked the law minister whose resignation that people have demanded and also being attacked and of god that the government and all sorts of trouble lower is a really is the editor of the daily times in pakistan and says these protests didn't just about religion. unfortunately this has been no use for the past twenty days for political purposes that these gestures you know who have gathered in the capital and now all over the country blocking high res are wanted now you know earlier they want your resignation of the law minister but now they are demanding that the government should step down. a lot of commentators have eluded to the fact that they have the backing of elemen

spreading across the country we had added trouble in karachi protests have continued many people injured. and we are told that at least one person was killed near the airport now all the airports all the highways including the grand trunk road that connects the north to the south as well as the motorway that connected to the provincial capital of the punjab law all the people are stuck on the highways they cannot move because all the intersection have been taken over by the protester and then we have also been told that the protesters are now back in the same place where the security forces primarily the police where they tried to dislodge them earlier this morning so indeed a crisis situation head and the military now being called in for the protection of islamabad but this is a situation that has been mishandled by the government there did qualified prime minister of the country headquartered all his party. and members including senior ministers are meeting in the hall why is troubled brewing in the city of karachi. it appears that the government had miscalculated they didn't know the

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mission in karachi was one of the apostles, and i didn't know it at that time. and some years later, when i was just -- the thing was tossing around in my head, by utter chance, i came upon a book in paris, in a book store called shakespeare -- famous book store -- and i came across a little volume in french. and i opened the book and there i fell upon a book, my chief -- i found the name of my chief admission in karachi 10 years earlier, who was now the american ambassador to brussels. and so i picked up the phone and called him a spy, i said i did not know you were a spy. he said i was never a spy. richard was an incredible character, and he hated the thought that he had been somehow mixed up with the oss group, and spying and so forth. he considered himself a vice consul on a diplomatic mission. and indeed he refused to go with oss, which later became cia and , he late went to become general mark clark's. anyway i said i didn't know you were a spy and he got very angry with me. and we left and we had lunch together. i went to brussels and we had lunch. i met

pakistan's largest city, karachi, was effectively shut down today by islamist protesters blocking major intersections. the protests, which began three weeks ago in the capital of islamabad, stem from a proposed new version of the oath taken by elected lawmakers. the oath omits mention of the prophet muhammad. yesterday in islamabad, police in riot gear fired tear gas to clear access to a main highway that had been blocked by 2,000 protesters. six protesters died in the clashes, and 200 were injured. the minister who omitted the prophet's name from the oath says it was a clerical error and has since apologized, but protesters are demanding his resignation. >> thompson: tomorrow, a jury in washington, d.c., resumes deliberations in the first trial stemming from the september 11th, 2012 terrorist attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. that attack killed four americans, including u.s. ambassador christopher stevens. for the past seven weeks, federal prosecutors have tried to prove defendant abu ahmed khattala was a ringleader of the attack. yesterday, i spoke with "new york times"

islamabad and that at a time when there is trouble spreading across the country we had added trouble in karachi protests have continued many people injured there and us and we are toward only one person was killed near the airport now all the airports all the highways and looting the grand trunk road that connects the north to the south as well as the motorway that connect this lombard to the provincial capital of the punjab all people are stuck on the highways take an art move because all the able to take trains have been taken over by the protector and then we have also been told that the protesters are now back in strength at the same place where the security forces primarily the police where they tried to get large them earlier this morning so indeed a crisis situation head and the military now being called in for the protection of islamabad but this is a situation that has been mishandled by the government that disqualified prime minister of the country had called all of his party workers and members including senior ministers for a meeting and it all was probably it was brewing in the cit

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members including senior ministers for meeting and it all was probably it was brewing in the city of karachi in islamabad so it appears that the government had miscalculated they did not know their strength of the reaction that would happen and on forward on the streets across pakistan indeed a crisis situation one that age threatening to spiral out of control that is all sort all that deform a interior minister's house was attacked the law minister whose resignation the people have demanded and also being attacked and of god that the government and all sorts of troubles. some analysis now from. an independent security analyst and she is worried that factions within pakistan will manipulate this situation to the issue of. you know honor of the prophet or something which is very popular in pakistan the question is how it is used because in the law in the changes that were made to the law there was nothing which was done or said against the honor of the prophet so there was nothing blasphemous the content wasn't blasphemous but the other thing is that when the the whole fighting began this mor

the demonstrations have also spread to lahore and karachi. anbarasan ettirajan reports. islamabad, the capital city of pakistan, turned into a battle zone. police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the islamist ‘s mum about breaking prepared. —— became prepared and responded with stones and bricks. several police va ns we re stones and bricks. several police vans were set on fire. many injured we re vans were set on fire. many injured were taken to hospital. at one point the police had to retreat as hundreds more demonstrators turned up hundreds more demonstrators turned upi hundreds more demonstrators turned up i expect to be. afterfailing to disperse the islamists, the government has asked the military to restore order in islamabad. the islamists have been blocking a key highway for weeks, demanding the sacking of a government and mr them they accuse of blasphemy. the protesters are defiant. we're protesting against the operation, the cruel action the government is carrying out against the law of holy prophet and are leaders in islamabad. we curse the

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police tried to disperse them they spread along highways to other major cities including the whore and karachi. this movement is not political it is the g.o.p. every muslim to protect the owner of islam the protesters maintain this is not political but this is an issue that could undermine pakistan's government. it began when pakistan's norman is desired hammy to introduced a bill before parliament that made no reference to the prophet mohammed protesters linked it to the highly contentious issue of blasphemy and while the amendment was withdrawn blind on a clerical error and ham it apologized the little known group behind the protests argued it remained an affront tells them they want the minister gone. and after the violence on saturday they want the entire cabinet to resign wherever that private television broadcasts a blocked and social media sites are restricted. we have no news all the t.v. channels are closed people aren't coming out of their houses because they're scared it's a strange situation the big. good luck and i would mean this is the fault of the clerics their extremist attitu

the demonstrations are now spread to other cities, in the provincial capitals of lahore at karachi. islamabad, pakistan's capital city, turned into a battle zone. police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the islamists, but they came prepared, and responded with stones and bricks. several police vans were set on fire. many injured were taken to hospital. at one point, the police had to retreat as hundreds more demonstrators turned up unexpectedly. after failing to disperse the islamists, the government has asked the military to restore order in islamabad. the islamists have been blocking a key highway for weeks, demanding the sacking of a government minister who they accuse of blasphemy. the protesters are defiant. translation: we're protesting against the operation, the cruel action that the government is carrying out against the lawful demand being made about our holy prophet being made by our religious scholars and our leaders in islamabad. we curse the government and our demand is that the operation should be stopped with immediate effect. as the protests spread, they

violence has also spread to other cities, including lahore and karachi. a candlelight vigil has been held for the teenager gaia pope a week after her body was found. people gathered in prince albert gardens in dorset to light candles and leave flowers in memory of the 19—year—old, whose

karachi. as you say these are not things which are just confined to pakistan and we see this happening in afghanistan iraq many other countries as well. what are you doing when we came into government what you were saying like twenty three or twenty six oared incidents there were about twelve hundred incidents on airlie basis so we're going back to when twenty thirteen twenty fourteen ok so we have come along where there has been almost more than ninety percent reduction in terrorism and extremism related incidents in the country you will recall that there was that data bill incident which took place in army public school to shower and the men used that incident as an opportunity to bring everyone together to forge an alliance at national level between political leadership and also civil and military leadership and we launched an offensive against extremist elements using this opportunity of consensus first there was operation call that a big. and now we have the second operation which is call

the demonstrations have also spread to other cities including lahore and karachi. the violence poses a direct challenge to the governing party, the pakistan muslim league. the bbc‘s south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan is following the story. some are bad, pakistan's capital city, turned into a battle zone. —— islamabad. police fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse the protesters, but they kimbra pettit, responded with stones and bricks. several police vans were on fire. —— they came prepared. many injured we re they came prepared. many injured were taken to hospital. translation: there is nobody critically injured amongst those who we re critically injured amongst those who were brought here. most were injured by stones or sticks. we have received two people with robert williams, but the bulletsjust nicked them superficially. at one point, the police had to retreat as hundreds more demonstrators turned up hundreds more demonstrators turned up unexpectedly. after failing to disperse the islamist ‘s come at the government asked the mili

as the heretics protestors have been rallying in cities all over pakistan including islamabad lahore karachi the shower and hyderabad let's speak to al-jazeera come on hyder who joins us from color kahar on the road between lahore and islamabad come on these protests have caused huge disruptions affecting millions of people. i've. yet to give you an idea they're travelling distance from lord on the motorway about four do for an hour. however it has taken literally. from one intersection to another interchange and that of course is causing huge problems because what the protesters have done is they have barricaded all the. points where they were able to do much to the border and they have blocked that highway at several places and that of course means that one of the. logistical supply lines that link the north to the south is now cut off not functional there are thousands of people family truck. full of people who washed up on that highway to go indeed it is a serious crisis because what the protesters have also done in there after they were temporarily dislodged from islamabad they have tur

during this administration he built five power plants and he started a motorway between lahore and karachi so god willing in the twenty eighteen election will win again. for party stalwarts like this for whom the former prime minister is the man who moved mountains shaking their faith. is in bus ravi al-jazeera looking. let me as president is preparing to run for a fourth term off the constitutional court overturned a ruling on the missing reelection if even more or less wins in twenty nineteen his time in office will be extended to nineteen opponents have held large rallies around bolivia calling the ruling democratic don't ask why my reports. became president of bolivia in january two thousand and six he stood and won again an election law was changed and he was again reelected. the constitutional court is not in the constitution the prevent further reelection it also ignores a referendum that last february now already voted to limit the number of times the president can serve consecutive terms. every citizen has been limited by the electoral law and the constitution is now able to run f

during this administration he built five power plants and he started a motorway between lahore and karachi so god willing in the twenty eighteen election will win again. for party stalwarts like this for whom the former prime minister is the man who moved mountains shaking their faith won't be easy as in bus ravi al-jazeera looking. a report by human rights watch says venezuelan government forces systematically abused opponents of president nicolas maduro during a political crackdown only to see it the group says more than five thousand people were detained and most of them were beaten sexually assaulted or given electro. shock's rights group described it as a level of repression and seen in venezuela in recent memory. venezuela's removed its ambassador to the u.n. from his post rafael romney raise a former oil minister has been sacked and with a major anti corruption campaign targeting the oil industry the u.n. says the venezuelan government has not notified it of any changes to its representation. libya's president is preparing to run for a fourth of the country's constitutional court ov

police tried to disperse them they spread along highways to other major cities including the whore and karachi. this movement is not political it is the duty of every muslim to protect the owner of islam the protesters maintain this is not political but this is an issue that could undermine pakistan's government. it began when pakistan's norman is desired handmade introduced a bill before parliament that made no reference to the prophet muhammad protest is linked it to the highly contentious issue of blasphemy and while the amendment was withdrawn blamed on a clerical error and hamad apologized the little known group behind the protests argued it remained an affront tells them they want the minister gone. and after the violence on saturday they want the entire cabinet to resign to move wherever. people aren't coming out of their houses because they're scared it's a strange situation in the backyard of the narcanon this is the fault of the clerics their extremist attitudes they simply don't care about people and the business has been destroyed by the clerics doing this in the name of islam they

during this administration he built five power plants and he started a motorway between lahore and karachi so god willing in the twenty eighteen election will win again. for party stalwarts like this for whom the former prime minister was the man who moved mountains shaking their faith. the same bus ravi. letters in libya have agreed to the emergency repatriation of refugees and migrants facing up use and detention camps scandal is a hot topic at the summit of african union leaders and ivory coast the announcement by french president follows the outcry over a video apparently showing african migrants being sold as slaves and libya reports from the summit and. one of the end of this summit we are expecting a joint statement by europe and african leaders that will announce the creation of an anti slavery tosk force and i want. this task force will be used to save and protect refugees as they travel to tree roots in africa and in particular in libya would also be used to speed up the tree return to their countries of origin and help identify possible asylum seekers there is no doubt that the

and then going all the way to the southern port city of karachi today. renewed renewal between the security forces and those protesters are the protesters have gorged on other police station we are toward the pakistani military chief. the united arab emirates is going to be meeting the prime minister later today he had already told the prime minister that they should be regarded as peacefully and soon as possible who are these protesters come out they've been described as right wing conservatives who are they exactly and what are they so angry about. particularly. there's no one. that came into being. a guard the governor of the job name. of course governor of the thing they did with a black female and he became. even though he's now. a bodyguard a large following and a lot of people across. this party you. know now however it has become a force to be reckoned with their demands of creating as you mentioned they wanted their resignation of the law minister saying that they were after their body their day they will continue for several weeks. and they. ar

forces say the situation is getting back to normal the police who haven't been seen on the streets of karachi for days. but now that means doing joint patrols with soldiers to try and maintain law and order law enforcement agents or did you think the reports of looting and illegal occupation of other people's properties but to cannot be found in houses just yet here. it is criminal in the spirit of man. and it will be made by people of the law the announcement comes days after a muslim and i got with the new president urged citizens not to take matters into their own hands by punishing allies of the former president robert mugabe there are reports that robert mugabe and his wife grace have been given immunity from prosecution the police won't say how many of mugabe's allies have been arrested so the most high profile is a nation the former finance minister he's accused of corruption going back at least ten years. some say selective punishment could be a sign not much is going to change under the new administration we might have had one person removed but. remains in place so for me the more t

day for the of people in our judge here in the province of punjab but all the way down to the city of karachi where the protesters are blocking points and you can she doesn't love but. along the motorway where men are injured some of them have been out food most of them north shore as you know when the highway will be open and when they will be able to go bag for your disruption not just. roared connections but also the railroad connection and even the airport because the passion flying out or coming in get on. experiencing difficulty when it comes your movement indeed one of the many issues and problems that the authorities have to say so that's still dealing with protesters in various parts of the country so what can we expect to happen today. well first before you mentioned earlier the chilean government had to call in the military in aid of the chilean administration but the military made it quite clear that while they take care of key installation that. they're in no mood to get in ward with the protesters or to try to control those protesters because the government had enough . at its d