>> but through pluralism and enforcement and enhancement enhancement, but the chief -- of forces in punjab. based on your recommendation my question and one dash my question is in most of the cases they became prime ministers by accident. if you become prime minister by accident, pragmatically what specifically are the three or four steps you would do to bring said instability and terrorism to a close? >> thanks very much. you are right to about the issues. the reason i would really like them to clearly investigate is because in the absence of a very clear answer it could become more popular and those who think they can kill and get away with it. as we have seen in the recent past seeing in the national party, led many of those leaders there was a christian leader in one part of the parliament that was the member of the cabinet because they said the fact your the tragedy is there was not one single imam that was willing to stand to the the prayers for him. including the official imam. not the one from moscow. the recent but the chance for region as the institution withfgxam to ensure

has 48 hours to act, and wanted the arrest of the prime minister as well as the chief minister of the punjab for the killing of supporters. also importantly, imran said the final march is sunday, today, and if necessary his supporters would get into the red zone. that is the diplomatic enclave, the parliament, the senate, an important area. and what the government is saying is the red zone is the red line. in the evening the prime minister will meet his cabinet members, the defence minister, the interior minister, to talk out a program on how to deal with this crisis. >> i was going to ask you more about where this is leaving nawaz sharif, and if he's made any overtures to put an end to or look into the allegations. he recommended - the government has written to the countries, the supreme court, to formulate a panel of judges, to probe into allegations of corruption, but imran khan on the other hand says the judiciary it highly politicized and doesn't see justice there. the other important thing is prime minister nawaz sharif overreacted, bringing in tens of thousands of security forces, per

they shared the same in punjab. that's where the key is because you could have a similar situation in tunisia. again, something he talks about in his book. >> i am at the new america foundation. a question on the narratives are talking about the money being spent. the u.s. government has history of a successful narrative in the absence of a vibrant media in his population to the tune of $51 million with the university of nebraska to further a communism. since there has been lessons learned from successful narrative operations, how much money has been spent by the u.s. government was counting that narrative in the vibrant media in the country today? my second question is that the pakistani army since 1954, $21 million is the first amount of money given by the u.s. government and continuously have been that level of support. what would be a ballpark figure by the u.s. government to the pakistan army and how much is spent in education and pakistan tories the narrative in the media? unit that's a great question. i don't

parliament where they have 34 seats and 340 plus and pulling out of the provincial assembly of the punjab where his party has 30 seats and two seats in the province, however his party has not decided whether they'll give up the provincial government where the pti is in the majority. he is saying that they had knocked on every door, going through the country's scores as well, but there was no justice. he wanted a system which would be transparent and would guarantee free and fair elections. so indeed a significant move by khan and not one that would go well for pakistan's democracy. >> in england 35 immigrants found in a container on saturday have been identified as sikhs from afghanistan. one man died making the journey. most of the refugees including 13 children required treatment in hospital. many sikhs are desperate to leave afghanistan. jennifer glasse reports now from kabul. >> you these children are continuing three centuries of tradition in afghanistan, but they could be the last generation of sikhs in this country. it was once a vibrant community. 25 years ago there were 200,000 s

the protesters have the upper hand, you have to look at the fact that 40,000 were brought in from the punjab. they used a high handed tactic, and that compounded the problem, rather than solving the problem for the government. the government should have come to the negotiating table. the prime minister, some say, should have come to the protesters saying let's negotiate, let's talk. there's no statements from the government, and the other problem is that we have heard that the government is contemplating pressing charms against tahir ul-qadri and imran, that will complicate matters. both sides have to show flexibility. the situation is too dire. everywhere is expecting that the talks get underway, otherwise the military may have to look at other options well. >> that's kamal hyder from islamabad. >>> israel comes under intense criticism over what palestinians call the biggest land grab by the state in three decades, declaring 900 acres in the occupied west bank state opened. they said it's not a new settlement as it's in the neighbourhood of an existing one. last year the government invited

wow. >> this part of punjab and that part of punjab were once the same so the cultures are very similar. >> it's a popular metaphor for india. pakistan is twins separated at birth. >> we were never twins. it was one country. you could say dismembered. if you cut a body in two, they are not going to become twins. >> right. >> it's sad, you know? you can see them. they are doing the same work as you are doing. they dress the same. they look the same. but you can't talk to them. >> it is an ongoing struggle, an enduring cause of paranoia, visible all across the region. two nations with atomic arsenals who have shown if nothing else, a terrifying willingness to use them. from the horrific 2006 train bombings to the militant attacks in mumbai, the threat of terrorism along this border is a daily concern. ♪ >>> want something good? really, really good? something local, regional, iconically wonderful? you can't say you've had the whole experience until you've had a little cocha in your life. this is the iconic dish of punjab. >> yes. >> it's a perfect little flavor bomb of wheat dough presse

you find it on the streets. ♪ ♪ punjab, you up in punjab ♪ don't be fussy sit back relax have a cold glass of -- >> punjabis are known for their adventurous spirit as brave warriors who spread throughout the world, bringing great food with them. ♪ don't worry about no traffic the elements move and weave around like it's magic peace and hot sugar on the beat good looking be simple ♪ in fact, much of the good stuff we refer to simply as indian food comes from here. ♪ ♪ peace to my brother tony no doubt ♪ ♪ golden temple amritsar, hell of a city ♪ the punjab of the early 20th century saw some of the most violent resistance to british rule. and when the british finally cashed out in 1947, they carved off a huge piece, what is now pakistan, and it remains a potential flashpoint for conflict. but that's easy to forget when you first smell the food. there we go. kesar da dhaba, dhaba meaning side of the road food stall, and there are like countless dhabas to choose from in this town but this one is legendary. see tony eat vegetables. mm-mm and like it. to eat around this part

wow. >> this part of punjab and that part of punjab were once the same so the cultures are very similar. >> it's a popular metaphor for india. pakistan is twins separated at birth. >> we were never twins. it was one country. you could say dismembered. if you cut a body in two, they are not going to become twins. >> right. >> it's sad, you know? you can see them. they are doing the same work as you are doing. they dress the same. they look the same. but you can't talk to them. >> it is an ongoing struggle, an enduring cause of paranoia, visible all across the region. two nations with atomic arsenals who have shown if nothing else, a terrifying willingness to use them. ♪ from the horrific 2006 train bombings to the militant attacks in mumbai, the threat of terrorism along this border is a daily concern. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] this is jim. a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. for years, jim's medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get h

the punjab is a fertile region in an otherwise dry country. this is india's bread basket with over a billion people currently residing in india, this is fertile land. suddenly your life became difficult? >> they can only grow some kind of crops and they can't farm more than eight hours in a day. >> how long does it take to go back and forth. >> they have times when they can enter and come out. how much farther can we go before they start to get worried? >> yeah, i think we should just go. >> when india and pakistan was separated the attempt was to try to draw a line across religious lines. drained by the huge task of fighting two world wars, in 1947, great britain decided to end their nearly 200 year rule over india. in an attempt to stop what the colonials saw as a war between the hindus and sikh, they had a lawyer draw up the border. >> he was given two months, basically. looked at the map. you know, people died because of the displacement. unofficially this says two million people, when they fight, they get trampled upon. >> in one of the l

it must be remembered 40,000 were dealing in from the punjab province. they are dealing with a few thousands protesters, but despite best attempts, they have not been able to control the protesters. they are in front of parliament. they were a distance, and an emergency situation in the hospitals as hundreds of people who have been injured are brought in, and just a little while ago one. ministers of the government, when in that area, saw the police attacking media. he tried to stop them and almost came under attack himself. he said he was embarrassed by the performance of the police, and we have been told that the prime minister is now on the way to islamabad. he had left the stay before the marchers decided to move to parliament house, prime minister house, i stand corrected. that is when the security forces opened fire. after that the protesters regrouped and are camped in front of the gate of parliament, the military process protecting the compound. they have been making peace, not entering the building. the next few hours will be crucial in whether

this, he doubled the salaries and doubled the forces in punjab and the crime also doubled in punjab in the same way. my question to you is, based on your recommendation for religious purlism and this law enforcement enhancement, my question is, that in most of the cases in pakistan, the prime ministers became prime ministers through an accident. if you become prime minister through an accident or if you are asked to make a recommendation pragmatically, what is something specifically those three or four steps and you will do to bring this kind of terrorism and instability to a closure? thank you. >> thank you very much. you're right about that. the issues. but the reason i would really like pakistan to thoroughly investigate and figure out who killed them because in the absence of a very clear answer, the conspiracy theories continue to be more popular and then those who are behind the killings continue to think they can kill and get away with it. and we have seen that in the recent past many of the politicians were killed, people of the national party, the party in that area, members o

sharif, he doubled the forces in punjab. my question to you is, based on your recommendation, based on pluralism and law enforcement, my question is, in most of the cases in pakistan the prime minister's became prime ministers to an accident. if you become the prime minister, or if you are asked to advise prime minister, pragmatically what is something specifically, three or four steps you will do to bring this kind of terrorism and instability to a close? >> thank you very much. and you are right about the issues. the reason i would like pakistan to click invested in figure out who killed -- in the absence of a very clear answer, a continues to become more popular and then those who are behind killings continued to paint -- they continue to kill and get away with it. we have seen in the recent past many of the politicians were killed, actually of the pashtun party and that it, members in the people's party. many of the leaders to there was a well-known member of the parliament come a christian leader who is a member of the

he says he has no confidence in the government, in the punjab or in islamabad, and wants his plane to be taken back to islamabad, where his supporters are saying that they will not budge until the plane comes back to islamabad. >>> kamal hyder live in islamabad, thank you. >>> afghan participation president candidate abdullah abdullah supporters released a video which shows that a top official committed fraud. opposition says it's a fake. abdullah abdullah withdrew saying the outcome of the vote would be illegal. jennifer glasse is in kabul and joints us live. what can you tell us about the tapes? >> well, we don't know whether the tape is real. we spoke to the election commission in the last hour. they are trying to verify, figure out whether the tape is what dr abdullah abdullah's party says it is. this is the secret yacht and the organization that does the logistics. whether it is this man on the tape - he denies the claims of fraud. now, this is not the first time that dr abdullah accused the man of fraud. he wanted the man to step down. abdullah abdullah said he will not cooperat

pakistani police officer said to me, kidnapping for ransom, bank robbers from karachi and in south punjab. the political economy of religious politicalization has taken a life of its own. you can go start a small -- pakistan is one of the few countries you need no license, no registration of any sort if you want to build a mosque of any sort. the point is this political economy also gives this funding to the phenomena so the problem of taliban fighting in pakistan is -- when i discussed this with the pakistani military who i must add has been very open to me when i was doing this research and i asked him the same question because i was making the case to them you are always using the kinetic approach and you have no law enforcement backing to cut these financial links which are linked to criminal areas. they mentioned we have evidence that the indians are funding. where is the evidence? "the new york times" -- we have ever asked them to show evidence. why does only pakistan which is asked to show evidence of involvement? i said i would like to know what is the nature of that evidence? the

so you've got the groups in punjab. but the confrontation with the pakistani taliban is clear, it has been clear for some time and they have been in direct confrontation and this is part of it. >> how big a role do you think public opinion will have? surely it will swing in behind the prime minister and the army and their operations because they are so horrified. >> that will make it easier for both. the last army chief have been saying we want the public behind us. they've been complaining. for example, in north waziristan, they suffered significant casualties, and yet the prime minister and the ministers don't even go to the hospitals to visit the wounded soldiers. will that change, there there be a greater sense of urgency. there are many divisions. nawaz sharif thinks the army is trying to get him out of power. there are lots of politics behind this. lots of uncertainties. but this is obviously an horrendous event which may swing some of the politics in a new direction. >> thanks for putting that all into context fo

the police of the punjab may have overreacting causing huge problems. i've spoken to someone who says that the situation in gradually coming back to normal even though they continue to insist that he will hold rallies in that city. >> why is he coming? what does he want to achieve, this cleric? >> reporter: first of all there is a grand swell of anti-government feeling. the feeling that the government has failed. it's not just qadri alone. a former cricketing hero is threatening to march on islamabad on the 14th of august, which is less than five days. and if they join hands now interesting to let you know that islamabad is also being seen right now a little while ago driving into the city i could see containers being put on the main highways, and there is no fuel available, so it's not just the city, but we're going to see more here in the next few days. >> kamal hyder reporting from islamabad. thank you, kamal. >> the court ordered the muslim brotherhood assets to be liquiditied. it has sent supporters to prison. the government called it with a terror

law enforcement enhancements a and -- bishop bartsch a brief doubled the forces in punjab in the same way. my question to you is based on your recommendation this pluralism and law enforcement, my question is in most of the cases in pakistan the prime ministers became prime ministe ministers. if you become prime minister through accident and if you are asked to make a recommendation to advise the prime minister practically what is something specifically the three or four steps you will do to bring this kind of terrorism and instability to an end? thank you. >> thank you very much. you are right about benazir bhutto but the reason i would really like pakistan to thoroughly investigate and figure out who killed mr. bhutto and hukill -- because in the absence of a very clear answer it continues to become more popular and those who are behind the killings continue to think that they can kill and get away with it. we have seen in the recent past many politicians were killed. people of the national party in that area and members of the pakistani people's party. there was a very aerial and c

across huge areas of southern punjab floodwaters are slowly starting to recede. but it's leaving behind dirty stagnant water which brings more disease and misery. >> reporter: people are usin using this water to bathe in and wash their clothes and dishes. in some areas they're drinking it. some people are already getting sick. >> they're living right next to their homes. not inside because there is water. but they have their beds right outside of their homes on the roads, and we have all the stagnant water and insects around them. that's what is making the decision worse, and these are the conditions they're living in. >> reporter: this medical center for flood victims is run by a charity. it's also in the middle of a major road. children have skin rashes and infections. this woman tells us that she suffers from vimtying and stomach cramps. all of these women have the same complaint. doctors are treating around 200 peopl2,000 people a day a loan. >> they are seeing abdominal problems and skin diseases. >> reporter: medical staff are pleading for more help. they s

we are joined from waziristan in punjab province. have the authorities reached all those that are stranded now? >> not sure. villages surrounded by large bodies of water. the relief effort is not underway in full swing. the military is busy until certain people and certain areas. this is a very large scale catastrophe. we are told that thousands of villages in the punjab surrounded by water or submerged under water. we know that many of the cattle or livestock has been lost, because people were not able to evacuate the animals. most of the people that were evacuated were by private aid organizations such as the fif, which has been at the forefront of relief efforts. the government has been slow, because of the political crisis in islamabad. there are thousands of people waiting for relief supplies to arrive into punjab, which was the worst hit. that will be the next correction. once rescued, thousands homeless and sick, what is happening to them. that is going to be the change, because it appears that despite the fact that pakistan h

we go to the punjab province. >> reporter: the flood has hit the largest part of the punjab, it has marooned villages which is surrounded by large bodies of water. there is no escape except by boat. the government and the aid agencies are trying to provide as much relief as they can to try to alleviate the suffering of the people, but this is a large calamity, and it is not over. according to estimates a very large body of water is going to be passing through the river, which is in peak flood which endangers farmlands and villages along the way the emergency the not yet over. the government has been slow in response, however, organizations such as the fif and the military are active. they're trying to save lives and to provide what little care they possibly can. >> the africa union said the largest ebola outbreak in history is having a crippling effect on virus-stricken countries. holding emergency talks in the capitol. the regional block is concerned about the safety of healthcare workers. the a. usaid that efforts to stostart border bans have negatively effected countries. the virus has a

the roads the windows were injured in a separate incident of the islands in the south eastern punjab province and friday. that's the benefit of continuing violence but the bottom. the index the ceasefire the unidentified man with the outside it does stick that is the italian solid eighty eight. the next day this is the second attack on a less than a mom the bomb attack. it's not the month actually i tot it would hit it. and two dogs and lots to eat it. the incident an explosion in a market in its dry heaving up and got stuck into that but did not want to get seventeen people. i didn't find it a shot was detonated by them would go into a device he said the bbc did that and i must use the condition of tools and is said to be treated small but c'mon. as might be getting. the stocks. i bought ten of the city government this is fine by the ttp defense and a diet of processed ended on cars deep inside inside the deal announced a five day extension. the name and fax it to say that these stocks have vowed to step up attacks in the country. this evidence that's what the gun is the best out of

the nhl's supplies much of the natural gas heating up songs like china textile industry in eastern punjab province and is home to a deepwater port on the other the boats as well as on the stand accused of preaching to the war. state run to pull the meat just falls into gold star launches punitive raids the torch and drawn up opponents on floating and dozed off at times the conflict is subject to far less than awesome scrutiny. then the army's second half against the boks the needs of the bump on the front here with us this time. nonetheless the defaults by human rights groups all abuses which is not based on impressions over the conduct of box on saturday. just received the most condemned billion dollars from washington since two thousand won to finance its budget audubon campaigns according to data compiled by don't stop all the congrats to episodes of this. strongly consider that the motives which is expedient. we use a report by the looks nice in this since being called widgetbox. on nineteen forty eight. so this is doubly mind off the road to the team on the pakistan state. great bibl

across huge areas of southern punjab, it's leaving behind dirty stagnant water which brings more disease and misery. >> people are using this for bathing and in some areas people are drinking it and many are getting sick. >> they are living right next to their homes, not inside because there's water over there. they have their beds right outside, and we have the stagnant water and insects around them. and cattle also around them. that's what's making the conditions worse and these are the conditions they are living in. >> this medical facility is for victims and in the middle of a major road. children have skin rashes and infections. this woman tells us she's suffering from vomiting and stomach cramps. all of these women have the same complaints. doctors are treating around 2,000 people in this tent alone. >> most of the problems are related to diarrhea and skin diseases like scabies. >> medical staff are pleading for more help. they say it's a crisis here. at least these flood victims have somewhere to go for medicine and to see a doctor. more isolated regions there's no one. and so so

two lessons of moscow's in the punjab province. the indy mediation has become a new duty of the monarch of the above listed. it's a good ally. which leaves me with the sun meaning that it didn't was that door and i will astound me with the village hall for jess's began tumbling into the concrete and docile cool book and even in seeking god and of course abducted by security forces and spy agencies but which affected his team some eighteen thousand people have gone missing in the pasta news from the province. i kissed me on appeal keypad minister chaudhry of the najib has accused the foxton government of hijacking the beaches democratic system to manipulation and intimidation prime minister najib also set to top officials appointed by tom abide in fealty this is not fixed yet after that the upa government in islamabad for the defeat of its candidate in the teaching team headed by a calling. monday i did that on this. we fed and stuff but the sky. then in eighteen ninety six he could not looking that the uk government to focus on rea

thousands of villages in central punjab along the banks of the river have been effected. the road has been cut off. we'll take a longer route to get into the city. most of the area is underwater. the province declared a state of emergency. >> roads have been cut off. telephone lines have been cut off. many areas have not - there's no idea how bad the devastation is. can you tell us about the government efforts there? >> at the moment the government is overwhelmed. what we have seen on the way here is military that is active, using helicopters and boats to evacuate people. there are locality aid organizations that are busy with relief and recovery effort, the government is overwhelmed, busy with the crisis in islamabad, and for days no one gave attention to the ongoing emergency situation. so there'll be a lot of criticism as far as the response of the government is concerned, but it is a big crisis, most of central punjab has been hit hard. livelihoods is normally not threatened. it's overflowing banks in several locations. >>> flooding in ksh mir killed 120 people. india

. >> that would include karachi, punjab and the whole area. >> indeed, the capital area. the fact that they called an army, which i have an issue with. so long as civilians will continue to cut on a military to discipline jobs, the military will keep on thinking that they can someday come up and clean it. whenever -- whenever they have tried, they have made a mess of pakistan. civilians have to start investing and civilian institutions. military should not of been called into islamabad. i say this with all humility, but something which i will also check, but because it is an important point, about what he mentioned about the future of the hakkani group. to the best of my knowledge, it comes from graduates of the hakkani group. they have different tribes. one is distinct, but all the other groups look for a similar. that is one point. i will also check. not to the best of my knowledge. >> the gentleman in the blue shirt. >> i really appreciate -- i feel like we have learned a lot about the who and what has been going on. i wanted to get at the underlying why. in your opini

the floodwaters moved so cloly and in punjab province they breached major dyke areas, dispersing the water, flooding villages further north. by the time the floods reached here the tide of water lost two-thirds of its volume and the ind ris river has not been able to cope with it. fortunately there's not been a major disaster, the floodwaters are petering out. having said that, as you see behind me, many people have lost their homes, hundreds of villages, but not on a scale we see further north. i can see tents goodnight you and wondering what people have got, what they are supplied with. >> what we see here is an improvement from punjab province. seems the authorities had more time to plan, perhaps they were better prepared. tents seem well organised. there's solar electricity, toilets, clean water, people have enough food. also the authorities have not had as pane people to deal with as was the case in the north. there the floodwaters were more sudden. here people say the conditions were not bad. having said that they have been here for 10 days and wanted to get back to homs and vi

now to nicole johnson, live in pakistan's punjab province. we on al jazeera have been following the floods as they move south. what is the significance of where you are now? >> welling right here is the barrage where five of pakistan's riff, and the flood -- rivers, and the floodwaters from the north head south. they merge, and 30km downstream it's pakistan's largest river, the mighty. >> ndis river. to give you an idea of the extent of the floods, the flow of water is 25 times greater than usual, and it goes to show how big the floods have been. there are floods in pakistan every year. it's the worst since 2010. >> where is the worst-hit area now? >> it's not far from where we are, it's the southern punjab area, a center of problems at the moment, and it's an hour from here. it's a journey that would normally take 30 minutes from where we were this morning. because so many roads have been cut to divert the water, and so many of the dredges have been cut as well, so far it's taken four hours, and probably be another one hour. we are getting r

. >>> in pakistan flooding devastated punjab province and the vast agricultural injury. it's regarded as the bread basket of the country. they are under water and food prices rising. >> nicole johnson has more. >> it's a terrible year to own a cotton factory. first came the rain, heavy and out of season. it knocked the plants around and damaged the quality of the cotton. then the flood hit, washing away a third of the crop. taking with it 40% of the profits. >> because of the damage we are getting less raw material. this flood is costing us a fortune. the factory is barely running 12 hours a day, because we don't have enough cotton. >> from the air you see the extent of the damage. farms, factories and villages flooded when the government diverted water to rural areas to protect major cities. >> around 7,000 square kilometres of agricultural land is under water. everything from fruit, vegetables to rice and sugar. fruit prices are going up. the worry is there won't be enough basic supplies to feed people. >> this farmer, a lawyer and politician, says the cost of some foo

on august 1, 2009, 40 house and a church per were burned in punjab. nine christians were burned alive. the brave muslim governor of punjab province was outraged by abibi's blasphemy conviction and death sentence and he publicly and loudly campaigned for her release and for at least a rewrite of the blasphemy law. some in pakistan regard lawyers who defend blasphemers in court or anyone who publicly plead for mercy for blasphemers or changes in the blasphemy laws to be guilty of blasphemy themselves. and so after a couple of weeks of protesting abibi's death sentence, he was shot at point blank range 27 times by one of his own security guards standing right beside him. the security guard smiled upon completing the assassination of the governor and surrendered to the other police officers around him. when he made his first appearance in court, he was showered with rose petals by lawyers who treated him as a hero. and the judge, who had no choice but to convict him of murder then had to flee the country. not far from the pakistani capital, there is now a