Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Kahn won power in pakistan two years ago with a promise to root out corruption and take on the countries vested interest. So hows it going . Well, rising food prices and the covid pandemic have left many pakistanis feeling worse off. While the Anti Corruption drive has become a political battleground. My guest today ishaq dar was pakistans Finance Minister a former Prime Minister nawaz sharif now both of those men are trying to rally opposition to imran khan. But how much credibility do they have . Ishaq dar, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Let us begin with your personal status, your legal status. You are a wanted man in pakistan. Are you here in london to escape the judicial process . Not really, i think you must be aware of the pakistan history. When our in pakistan over 73 years the rhetoric has been used over the last two dictatorships and the current one isnt different. Because this regime is known to be under the martial law.
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Combined is the number one issue facing americans. what are you going to do to ease some of that? it starts with having somebody in the white house whose then where the small businesses are. i grew up in a small town of 300 people. my dad died when i was a freshman in high school, a start up in my 20s after every job i had working on the farm, even work as a chimney sweep, all the jobs are once you take a shower at the end of the day, not beginning of the day so i know what it s like to take hold of your own pay to pay your team members. i know what inflation means. when my dad died, my mom went back to work, i understand what she was going to to put food on the table and we need someone in the white house who understands our economy. i spent 30 years in the private sector creating jobs thousands of great jobs, incredible value for people and in that time i stepped in as governor and took
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They re among nearly two and-a-half million citizens of developing nations to receive free surgical care from the volunteers of mercy ships an international charity founded in 1978. the africa mercy is the world s largest private hospital ship, 35% of them are american. dr. mark shrine is one of them. assistant professor at harvard medical school volunteers two months a yearly. i asked how he was able to juggle jobs thousands of miles apart? people are doing it on their vacation time, time off they have. most of my career in the u.s. is research. 20% clinical. i m able to juggle the research and do the research here on the ship. people are here to serve the patients, in the countries that we re in. [ music playing ] . dana: dr. shrine performed four surgeries alone our first morning aboard.