fawad chaudhry in lahore, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. mr chaudhry, if ever there were a time in pakistan for politicians to put their partisan interests and differences aside and pull together for the good of the nation, it would be now, with your country facing a massive economic crisis. are you in the pti prepared to do that? yeah, we are all we all prepared to do that. but you will appreciate we are not a communist country. we are not a one party system that prevailing in pakistan. we are a democracy. and in democracy parties, do have their own programmes. but in democracy, parties do have their differences and it s same as in pakistan. so we have our programme and as when we were in the government and when imran khan was removed unconstitutionally through using illegal means, pakistan culminated into a huge political chaos and economic growth. this economic chaos that you referred to is actually the result of that political chaos that was created unnecessarily in paki
got the rain piling into western areas already, one or two macros bit of light drizzle ahead of it, otherwise it s chilly with clear spells. the rain has got going now across northern ireland, pushing into the south west of england, south wales and west of scotland. it will continue to journey its way eastwards during the overnight period. you can see the isobars quite a feature, it will be windy as well. after the chilly start across the eastern side of the country temperatures will rise to around highs of 9 12 to start saturday, so warm, mild start, windy, wet. that rain band will spread eastwards eventually clearing the east coast for about lunchtime, then it s brighter for for about lunchtime, then it s brighterfor all for about lunchtime, then it s brighter for all areas with sunny spells and scattered showers. gales around some western coasts and heavy, maybe thundery showers across the south and west, the best of the sunshine towards the east. after a mild start it wil
now global questions comes from sri lanka. welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from the heart of sri lanka s capital, colombo. i m outside the presidential office, and today, its pristine exterior is well guarded. but six months ago, angry antigovernment protesters stormed this building, as well as the presidential palace, forcing the president to flee the country. they were angry at just how desperate their economic situation had become, and they blamed government corruption and mismanagement for it. sri lanka is saddled with heavy debt, soaring inflation and impossibly high food and fuel costs. and it s become something of a bellwether for other lower income countries. world leaders are looking to see whether sri lanka can overcome its worst economic crisis for more than 70 years, and whether its experience marks a growing trend of civil unrest. applause. welcome to the magnificent national museum here in colombo, which charts the history of this beautiful i
concerns over the gender recognition legislation passed in scotland last month, as he considers 16 year olds too young to change their legal gender. you are watching bbc news. now, global questions: sri lanka: rising global civil unrest? welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from the heart of sri lanka s capital, colombo. i m outside the presidential office, and today, its pristine exterior is well guarded. but six months ago, angry antigovernment protesters stormed this building, as well as the presidential palace, forcing the president to flee the country. they were angry at just how desperate their economic situation had become, and they blamed government corruption and mismanagement for it. sri lanka is saddled with heavy debt, soaring inflation and impossibly high food and fuel costs. and it s become something of a bellwether for other lower income countries. world leaders are looking to see whether sri lanka can overcome its worst economic crisis for mor