Who will govern Pakistan

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🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Kate Adie presents stories from Pakistan, Syria, Gaza, Trinidad and Tobago and Ivory Coast.

With most of the results now declared in Pakistan's general election, no political force has a clear majority. Jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan is claiming victory, and another ex-PM, Nawaz Sharif, says his party has emerged the largest and is urging others to join his coalition. Caroline Davies reflects on how the vote has divided the nation.

Residents of the tightly-controlled rebel-held area of Idlib, in Syria's north-west, are struggling to survive as aid funding has been cut one year on from the quake which struck Syria and Turkey. Leila Molana Allen visits an orphanage where children try to imagine a better future.

Lucy Williamson follows the story of six-year-old Hind Rajab who was caught up in crossfire when she tried to leave Gaza City, following evacuation orders by Israel's military. She describes the efforts to stay in contact with her after her family died, and the perilous nature of rescue efforts that are replicated every day.

Trinidad and Tobago is one of the wealthiest nations in the Caribbean, thanks to significant oil and gas reserves. But Tobagans often complain that Trinidad has reaped the benefits at the expense of their own smaller island. Sara Wheeler paid the island a visit.

And finally, on Sunday Nigeria faces Ivory Coast in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations. James Copnall was there for the tournament, twenty years after he worked there as a correspondent. He charts its transformation after years of civil war.

Series Producer: Serena Tarling Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith Production Coordinator: Katie Morrison

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:05.0	Today, the story of a six-year-old girl trapped as she tried to escape Gaza City
0:11.0	throws into sharp relief the perilous nature of rescue efforts as the
0:16.1	bombardment continues. In Syria we find out what life is like for people still
0:22.2	living amid the ruins of civil war and the devastating
0:26.3	earthquake which hit the region a year ago.
0:29.7	In Tobago we hear about the island's sibling rivalry with Trinidad and a Sunday school that's not quite what it seems
0:37.9	And we're in the ivory coast which faces Nigeria in the Africa Cup of Nations final this weekend.
0:45.0	We hear about the country's transformation over the last decade.
0:50.0	But first Pakistan went to the polls this week in an election mired in questions about its credibility.
0:58.0	The return of the three-time former Prime Minister Nawir Sharif has raised eyebrows after he had previously
1:07.6	been imprisoned for corruption and given a lifetime ban from taking office which was eventually lifted. The election
1:15.7	comes almost two years after the former PM Imran Khan was ousted in a no
1:21.7	confidence vote.
1:23.0	He is now in prison on corruption charges,
1:26.0	a case which he says is politically motivated.
1:30.0	Caroline Davis reflects on who really wields the power in Pakistan.
1:36.0	Many elements of this year's election in Pakistan feel familiar.
1:40.0	The posters bearing the smiling or majestic faces of candidates and their leaders, the sudden... The
1:44.4	sudden burst of a majestic faces of candidates and their leaders, the sudden burst of a party's patriotic song down main highways
1:48.3	as convoys of cars and pickups with party flags strapped to the side, parade through the streets.
1:54.0	The ever-growing questions about whether this election has been manipulated by
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