it s time for hardtalk. you sound very unsympathetic, as though these are recalcitrant youth somehow. welcome to hardtalk the protests in december last year were very dire, there was rampant with me, zeinab badawi. inflation, widespread unemployment, events have moved at breathtaking a report by the institute of international finance on april 10 speed in sudan in the past few days. shows that sudan continues to struggle with its omar al bashir is no longer balance of payments. you know, the situation was dire, president and is under arrest. these were notjust naughty young a new military lead council people as you seem to suggest. is running the country and says it will stay in place for two years. but the african union is demanding handover to a transitional civilian administration in days. no. and the protesters say they won t give up until that happens. no, they are not. the demonstrations have been led by young professionals who have made it clear they want to sever but
welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. events have moved at breathtaking speed in sudan in the past few days. omar al bashir is no longer president and is under arrest. a new military lead council is running the country and says it will stay in place for two years. but the african union is demanding handover to a transitional civilian administration in days. and the protesters say they won t give up until that happens. the demonstration have been led by young professionals who have made it clear they want to sever links with sudan s military and islamist past. my guest is ghazi salahuddin atabani, the chairman of an opposition grouping reform now. until 2013 he was a key advisor of president bashirfor a quarter of a century and was associated with leadership of the islamist wing in bashir‘s governing party. so, are politicians like him now irrelevant? ghazi salahuddin atabani in khartoum, welcome to hardtalk. one very clear outcome of these protests and revolution is t
welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. it took former cricketer imran khan two decades of hard political slog to win power in pakistan. it has taken his critics just months to decide he is out of his depth. they point to the country s crippled economy, propped up by emergency loans, despite imran‘s promise to end the begging bowl culture. well, my guest today is pakistan s finance minister, asad umar. is the pti government strong enough to put pakistan on a new course? asad umar, in islamabad, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are one of the key ministers in imran khan s government. why do you think the hope and excitement generated by imran‘s election victory has worn off so very quickly? actually, it hasn t. if you look at the pakistani media and listen to the political talk shows, and maybe hear some of the discussions going on in the parliament, you might be led into believing what you just said. but in reality, you know, when the first 100 days of the governmen
now on bbc news hardtalk‘s stephen sackur speaks to pakistan s finance minister asad umar. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. it took former cricketer imran khan two decades of hard political slog to win power in pakistan. it has taken his critics just months to decide he s out of his depth. they point to the country s crippled economy, propped up by emergency loans, despite imran‘s promise to end the begging bowl culture. well, my guest today is pakistan s finance minister, asad umar. is the pti government strong enough to put pakistan on a new course? asad umar, in islamabad, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are one of the key ministers in imran khan s government. why do you think the hope and excitement generated by imran‘s election victory has worn off so very quickly? actually, it hasn t. if you look at the pakistani media and listen to the political talk shows, and maybe hear some of the discussions going on in the parliament, you might be led into be
stephen sackur speaks to pakistan s finance minister asad umar. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. it took former cricketer imran khan two decades of hard political slog to win power in pakistan. it has taken his critics just months to decide he s out of his depth. they point to the country s crippled economy, propped up by emergency loans, despite imran‘s promise to end the begging bowl culture. well, my guest today is pakistan s finance minister, asad umar. is the pti government strong enough to put pakistan on a new course? asad umar, in islamabad, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are one of the key ministers in imran khan s government. why do you think the hope and excitement generated by imran‘s election victory has worn off so very quickly? actually, it hasn t. if you look at the pakistani media and listen to the political talk shows, and maybe hear some of the discussions going on in the parliament, you might be led into believing what you just said. b