my guest today, former prime minister imran khan, currently facing close to 200 charges which threaten his pti party s ability to mount an electoral challenge. has pakistan s populist political star been outmanoeuvred by the generals who once backed him? imran khan, in lahore, pakistan, welcome to hardtalk. from the outside, mr khan, it looks as though a legal noose is tightening around your neck.
it happened at an event organised by one of the country s largest islamic political groups, jui f which is part of the government coalition. no group has yet admitted carrying out the attack and authorities have warned the death toll may rise further. let s talk to kiran butt, of the khorasan diary, in lahore. just tell us more about what we know with regards to the investigation into this attack. with regards to the investigation into this attack. yes, right now we are looking into this attack. yes, right now we are looking at into this attack. yes, right now we are looking at the into this attack. yes, right now we are looking at the death into this attack. yes, right now we are looking at the death toll - are looking at the death toll increasing. a total of 54 people have lost their lives in a very tragic incident yesterday in bajaur. according to the first information respond to that has been filed against unknown militants, the attack happened exactly at fort npm loca
corresponded in pakistan is following the developments for us. of course, this is additional charges. we ve had multiple court cases that have been brought against imran khan over the course of the last few months. now, in particular today, we ve heard this morning about seven cases registered against the pti, which is imran khan s party, against him and against some of the central leadership. some of these charges include murder, robbery, attack on police, damage to public property and other charges, all of which have been filed under the anti terrorism legislation as well. in terms of other updates here from pakistan this morning, of course, there was plenty of unrest last night across places like here in islamabad, but also in in lahore, in peshawar and karachi. and this morning, we re now already hearing that there is fresh violence again in lahore. we ve seen images of a police car that is in flames in the city of lahore as well.
waziristan and the rest of the tribal areas adding to the tension. the pakistani taliban is not just in peshmerga but karachi, in lahore, it s in the punjab, all across the country and the target is the army. you simply the pakistani army cannot get off the main roads in north waziristan and attack targets and not expect a response. is a return a returning to the peace talks the only option left or is there a middle ground, something else that hasn t been tried yet? well, i know what s not going to happen is the pakistani military is not going to take control of north waziristan or the tribal areas. i don t see them doing it. they re going to have to go back as you said to the peace talks. there s no choice but on the other hand the pakistani taliban is becoming more and more like isis. uncompromising, and their demands may go way beyond islamabad s capacities to meet them. so as we all watch this as
krauthammer. if the tide of war is receding why the giant snooping programs. if al qaeda is on the run as he innocently assured the nation throughout 2012 why is america cowering in 19 closed down embassies and consulates, boston put on an unprecedented full lockdown after the marathon bombings and from somalia to afghanistan why are we raining death by drone on violent extremists. every target amazingly a jihadist. this policy and purpose is why an evacuation from yemen must be passed off as a reduction in staff, benghazi terror attack must be blamed on some hapless egyptian. american individual grapher, why the ft. hood shooting is nothing but some loony army doctor gone postal. it s about leadership. the word play is for policy embedded in confusion and ambivalence about the whole enterprise. this is not leading from behind this is not leading at all. this new closing for pakistan in