Former military ruler of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, has died at age 79 after spending years in self-imposed exile and battling an illness in hospital. Four-star general had seized power in a coup and later survived several attempts on his life over years from militant Islamists.
Feb 2023
Pervez Musharraf: Power in Pakistan
Pervez Musharraf, the former Pakistani army chief who masterminded a coup in 1999 and ruled the country for nine years, has died in Dubai aged 79 after a long illness. Stephen Sackur spoke to General Musharraf in 2014, after he had returned from exile to Pakistan in an attempt to ... Show More
24m 11s
Oct 2019
The Life and Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
After a five-year international manhunt, the leader of the Islamic State, who at one point controlled a caliphate the size of Britain, was killed in a raid by elite United States forces in Syria over the weekend.Today, we explore the life and death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi — and t ... Show More
27m 53s
Sep 2023
Suicide bombers attack mosques in different parts of Pakistan
Explosion in Balochistan kills more than fifty people celebrating a religious holiday. Later, further north in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, there was a blast at a mosque inside a police compound. They're the worst attacks since July, when Islamic State militants in Pak ... Show More
29m 36s
Oct 2019
Peine de mort au Pakistan, les pauvres et les enfants en première ligne
Ce jeudi 10 octobre marquait la Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort. À ce jour, les deux tiers des pays dans le monde ont aboli la peine capitale, mais 55 pays continuent encore à la pratiquer. En tête des pays qui exécutent le plus figurent en 2018 la Chine, l’Iran, l’Arabi ... Show More
3m 32s