One of africas longest running conflicts hundreds of people have drowned over the last few years in a popular but Dangerous River in pakistans swat valley one man has taken it upon himself to provide a rescue service and is credited with saving many lives the government is under pressure now to start a full time Emergency Service as a summer binge of aid reports from northern pakistan. Its one of the most popular Tourist Spots in pakistan. Thousands visit the swat river every year that visitors often misjudge the depth of the rapidly moving water and children swim in the current oblivious of the dangers. Hundreds of people have drowned over the years because there are no lifeguards and only one river rescue service. Is the man to call when someone falls in or gets swept away but 1st he has to weave through traffic. The glacial melt during summer months is so strong it even sweeps of a big old illegal sand mining has left deep ditches in the riverbed and acts like quicksand if someone g
Hours but sometimes it takes me days. But she is grateful to him for finding the body of his brother who drowned but is angry at the government. Minister there was no help from the government rescue services they were incapable of didnt have any specialized gear to operate in the river our family is indebted to have helped us without any compensation and recovered my brother if he wasnt helping people no one would find their missing loved ones. Some people in swat accuse the government of corruption and failing to provide a rescue service. They havent provided any kind of facilitation or Safety Measures in case someone drowns the people who have been hired in the rescue service can even swim so how can they rescue someone. The local government admits that it needs to take action to rescue establishment out of their nest program and stop and illegal mining stored there do you practice your farm in this way would these out of the 4 or 5 prong strategies on which we are working to get the
Monday they were now very concerned about the Police Brutality that they had seen on friday many suspended to protest with rubber bullets and tear gas engine 150 protesters 3 of me now in Critical Condition was. In the news ahead. Chinas government cracks down on protests over transport paranoids and accountability the lights and something else. And well take you on an unusually tough and bumpy ride down on. Hello there weve had some pretty good sunshine across central and eastern areas of china. Has changed in the last year as are some clouds further towards the west and it is bringing one or 2 showers however really the bulk of the rains will be much further towards the east now for the time being we still got this very strong flow down to vietnam so want to scout a child is that there is some rain across into Sichuan Province as well but youll notice this rain head thats on the screen now that is actually tied to the latest typhoon this is no good this will continue its way to the e
Government well blocking his reforms 72 hours to find a solution at least 2 people have died during the demonstrations Stephanie Decker reports from beirut for i for a 2nd day and night thousands filled the streets of beirut calling for the government to go. For the 1st time on such a large scale its not about where your religion says lie in this deeply divided sectarian country its not about class all walks of life are united against the Political Leadership here today thats what the rights of that country its what i meant by that but you know number that i mean why fed up with its value for the future. Theres no future for no job and im not acceptable anymore and we have stood up for a long time and now its time to turn protesters blocked all major roads bringing large parts of the capital to a standstill they remained on the streets well into the night the army used tear gas and water cannon to try to disperse the crowd. The army has said that it will from now on come down harder on
More have been killed by poachers another treasure lies below the sand Oil Exploration threatens the reserve itself in june the government said it would redraw the parks borders to allow more Oil Development after striking a deal with one of the Worlds Largest Energy Companies chinas National Petroleum corporation. 3 months later president mohamed inaugurated the construction of an oil pipeline running through it is the function the objectives of the reserve hasnt changed the geographic position hasnt changed this is just a redefinition of the limits to optimize the usage of our Natural Resources because we want to use them for the benefit of the population. For animal conservation groups have called on the government to reverse its decision to remap the reserve in a bid to save the addicks technology is improving all the time and we have ways and means of breeding species well its too late when theyve all gone but so long as theres one or 2 still alive its not too late the new map of