Out protesters who have paralyzed the capital for weeks. Now im fully back watching al jazeera live from a headquarters in doha also ahead another step in the pounds long path to democracy where voters are having their fate in the first Regional Elections plus well meet one of the thousands of palestinian couples fighting to Stay Together in the face of an israeli residency and why our fight over language is topping talks to solve a political deadlock in Northern Ireland. Protesters have returned to the streets on the outskirts of pakistans capital islamabad an even larger numbers despite a Police Crackdown on saturday at least six people were killed and one hundred fifty injured when officers moved into dispersed a protest camp with tear gas and water cannon thousands of others have rallied inside iraq in roads in several cities Mariana Honda has the details. They have answered a call to shut down pakistan issued by a cleric and Political Party leader who stands in opposition to the government for three months protesters have choked the streets of islamabad when there was violence on saturday as police tried to disperse them they sprayed along highways to other major cities including lahore and karachi a lot of. This movement is not political it is the duty of the. Every muslim to protect the owner of islam the protesters maintain this is not political but this is an issue that could undermine pakistans government. It began when pakistans norman is desired hammered introduced a bill before parliament that made no reference to the Prophet Muhammad protest is linked it to the highly contentious issue of blasphemy and while the amendment was withdrawn blamed on a clinical era and hammered apologised the little known group behind the protests argued it remained an affront tells them they want the minister gone. And after the violence on saturday they want the entire cabinet to resign whatever private Television Broadcasts of blocked and social media sites are restricted but protest organizers have still managed to spread the call for demonstrators did begin encouraged by the Police Failure to get them off the streets carden Hussein Rizvi the cleric who leads the. Pakistan party has called on his followers to bring the entire country to a halt the government has responded by calling in the army many of bracing for what that might mean a hand out to zero lets get the latest now from al jazeera who joins us from kalak on the road between lahore and islamabad these protests have caused huge destruction bring us up to speed for us with whats happening today on the outskirts of islamabad whats going on. We are hearing from our contacts in islamabad there days been renewed scuffles between those protesters and the Police Forces now earlier on saturday the police was unable to dislodge what was considered to be just a few thousand protesters now where dora there are several towers and more protesters who have occupied the avenues that lead to islamabad as well as a main junction so indeed the situation has not is and the demands of the protesters are becoming Even Stronger that is also dog that the government has been mishandled there the interior minister has failed to control the situation which has led to now the whole reaction spilling across the country all the way up to karachi where toward that horror that there stansted of karachi several kids or just blog there are long traffic jams stretching up to several kilometer demesne motorway which are the arcadia link that connects the north and south is also blocked we have thousands of people stuck on the highway and Rail Movement is disrupted and of course as you mentioned the protesters have all shortage dracos and some better language whereas one of the demands of the protesters has come out what is this protest about is it really about the blasphemy law more politics all sell at play here. Well its important to look at the historical background back in the nineteen seventies grenville for carly boat or democratically elected Prime Minister of august on declared the cause they are needs which are also sometimes known are the mediaeval a minority that became a law and what theyre also important what is also important are nor did the progress on the constitution that came about in the early seventys also said that islam would be the main religion of the country. And if make ten and believe that basically it in the holy Prophet Muhammad the final prophet died in the whole essence of belief as far as what im like concerned what the protested the saying in the papers sitting in the National Assembly deliberately try to change laws which you are enshrined in the constitution and that reaction of caution very strong because it is in the name motional a highly explosive if you write whenever your dog about blasphemy that is. Headed in pakistan the army which is the strongest in pakistan has been requested to into the and to restore order in this crisis but they seem reluctant to do so why is that why is the army not wanting to get involved here it seems. When it go to the constitution the civilian government can argue they will come to the aid of their to millionaire administration or the government in case the government or the civilian administration fails to contain the situation however that is a politically explosive issue and what the military thing and adel abide by the constitution do. Have priority in their nation including a city they do in order to get embroiled in fighting or open an open fire on the protesters because dad really didnt create the protests turned against the military the military saying that the government had enough resources that it had mishandled the situation which are now handle it properly the Pakistani Military chief general asked him barbara what in the United Arab Emirates already had chartered radio it is now going to be meeting the Prime Minister and a strange thing on the need that there has to be a lot of peacefully as soon as possible because the entire country is better light and people are wondering what happens next thank you very much for that come out every. 14 there live from the heart on the road between the heart and the pakistani capital islamabad thank you now on to other world news and polls have opened in nepals northern mountain district says voters take part in the phrase federal and state elections under a new constitution as the first phase of the vote across thirty two districts the election is expected to lay the groundwork for the past ran dition into a federal state since the king was forced out of office in two thousand and six the himalayan nation has been trying to overhaul its political system and leave behind years of violence and instability power is being devolved away from the Central Government to seven uni created states the changes will make it more difficult to remove a Prime Minister those who push to reform say will lead to more stable governments a proportion of seats in state and federal assemblies will be allocated to women and Indigenous People the aim is to increase gender and social equality but they are concerns that fringe parties will be pushed aside leaving power in the hands of the parties which have dominated the past politics for decades now the vote is also causing tension in one remote town where most of the residents are related to each other so wienerschnitzel reports from anon districts. In brother village and district on the famous on the put a circuit in the park to this flags fly along with flags of Political Parties the stars of Nepali Congress and the Democratic Alliance and the son of the hammer and sickle of the Left Alliance in the small village everyone is related to each other because of its remoteness and distance from the capital in the past the community had a common identity and decisions were made you know on a mostly now that mainstream politics has been thrown into the mix family relationships are strained. Groom has come all the way from got money to vote he and his wife she me dont want to stay with anyone if. I decide the other would get opposite the two of us devote. Both sides our relatives whoever wins i hope they develop the district as all the hotels are aligned to one party or the other they will spend the next few days in a town. Like to go to a couple many of the voters from a long lived in the capital and have made the difficult journey to exercise their democratic right one candidate will represent this district in the National Assembly and two in the state assembly one on district has the smallest electorate with just five thousand eight hundred eighty one registered voters and before winter arrives the first phase of the election is being held in the hills and mountains where climate and geography can both be challenging the second phase will be held on the seventh of december in more moderate climate district officials in milan have deployed more than six hundred security personnel nationally that figure is around two hundred fifty thousand already to other not only to the ground without enough the way it goes with the Ground Clearance of mobile force might not be able to strike on time and we are fully prepared otherwise. Be rest assured that the upcoming federal and state assembly and action would be held in a free and fair manner voting will end by five p. M. Local time but ballots wont be counted until the entire nation goes to poll which means for the next ten days the tension among family members here is likely to continue sabina stretched out his era man on district in a power. Zimbabwes new president is getting down to business two days after he was saw an emissary is working on finalizing his cabinet and devising government reforms in his inauguration speech on friday he vowed to reengage with the world fight corruption and create jobs under simmons has this report from harare. Undoubtedly one of the main aims of this weekend from going to war is actually finishing off a list of his cabinet which is expected to be announced on monday possibly and beyond that he has to look at further ways of attracting investment to zimbabwe hes coming under a lot of pressure from the west to come out with effective reforms hes promised democracy and a lot of people are now saying when will we hear the full plan particularly the m. D. C. The Main Opposition Party in zimbabwe they are saying that it has to be seen to be believed they are predicting that they will give this man a chance but is resolute in that he will change things even though he has a past which is directly linked to. And also he still stands accused of a number of human rights abuses and indeed an allegation in the to be learned in the eightys of being part of atrocities that were ordered so ahead of him a lot of problems a lot of excitement it has to be said amongst zimbabweans but then on this rainy sunday there is this feeling now that is growing that maybe this is not as beautiful as it seems that mugabe may be gone but now the honeymoon period may not last as long as some people think. From kenya where people are too scared to return home. Students are using to make the north korea crisis. We still got those very lively seasonal showers across the good parts of Southeast Asia particularly down towards southern areas malaysia indonesia seeing some very big and foundry showers as we go on through the next few days quite a rash i was there for the more as well but a spec there driving their way towards southern parts of tolerable for much of thailand it should stay dry over the next few days bangkok at around thirty three degrees so the heavier rain easing a little further southwards little circulation there into a central part and more big downpours for k. L. Id also for singapore see some other big downpours into central areas of australia recently and down towards the southeastern corner something of a change just coming through here that will continue to drive its way further east was but no sort of that heat abating for sydney yet again getting up above twenty five degrees over the next couple of days theres a disturbed weather just teasing out of that eastern side of victoria melbourne around twenty one cell just warming up once again as we go on into where to stay with the top of that of around twenty nine degrees in that heat coming back into adelaide right feel the wind from the interior lifting those temperatures to around thirty two degrees celsius meanwhile for new zealand its largely fine in try temperatures here getting up to around twenty one degrees. Short films of hope. And inspiration. A series of short stories that highlight the human triumph against the odds. At this time. Logan youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour protesters have returned to the streets on the outskirts of pakistans capital islamabad an even larger numbers despite a Police Crackdown on saturday the government asked the military to help restore order but beyond me seems hesitant to get involved but protesters are angry about the wording of a parliamentary. Voting is underway in a pos northern mountain district says people take part in the first state and federal elections under a new constitution the election is expected today the groundwork for the pastrana addition into a federal state and zimbabwes new president is getting down to business two days after he was someone an amazon nagan is working on finalizing his cabinet and devising government reforms its route to reengage with the world to fight corruption and create jobs. Not to kenya where the military says its pushed alshabaab fighters out of a forest along the border with somalia the on group has used the area as a hideout people whove been displaced by the fighting and scared to go back home even though the government wants them to Katherine Sawyer reports some southern kenya. Elizabeth two sons were reason he killed by unknown people believed inside borneo a forest that extends to the border with somalia. Their home area we too as well as other paths along the kenyan coast have been attacked several times over the last few years. We stayed home that night instead of going back to the camp for displaced people one of my sons was not well and so we all decided to be with him we were attacked at around eight pm two other people were killed on that night in this village the government has often blamed somalis are shabaab fighters whove been using the forest as a hideout to plan attacks and train kenyan recruits but also increasingly conflict between firmus and hard as living inside the forest one of elizabeth cards all sons was in that house when the attack us came the other one was right out there there was also a friend in the compound their mother was preparing to sleep in the next house she says that the attackers targeted the men they slit their throats and then fled the main supply route this lama county administrative leader shows us some of the trouble areas he says a security operation has forced alshabaab out of the vast forests all the works with the one you see in. Both worlds which they can use. Have been seen in years and when i was serious in the country they dont mean free like in the us. We come out the government now once more than two thousand people have been living in this temporary shelters on the edge of the forest to go back home life is stuff for them here they have little food and a bed bag infestation but they say going back right now is not an option so after mcqueary said callum if i knew you its true the government has pushed out al shabaab but what we fear even more than alshabaab are the herders in the forest theyre the ones whove been killing our people lately theyre the ones who should be dealt with before we go back. Agnes also lives in the camp this is the first time in three months that she and her son have come back to check on their home they dont have much time they tell us they have to go back to the camp before nightfall when it gets dangerous catherine sorry aljazeera we too south in kenya. Libyas coast guard has recovered the bodies of thirty one refugees who died when their boat sank off its northwestern coast on saturday about two hundred people were rescued and brought back to tripoli a coast guard spokesman told on jazeera that forty people are still missing nearly three thousand migrants have died in the Mediterranean Sea this year trying to cross into europe. Among the bodies that were tragic scenes the sharks have devoured parts of their bodies thankfully the survivors have been recovered. Now israels occupation has curbed to the freedom of movement for many palestinians and speak families in some areas at least Twelve Thousand people mainly from the occupied west bank are affected by israels ban on family reunification but as smith reports some call for where thousands are crammed into what effectively no mans land. Location location location rarely is the property hunting maxim more important than in the carved up territory of the occupied west bank. Lives in occupied East Jerusalem she has the right to live in israel her fiance where some sell a main lives in ramallah and a fifteen year old temporary israeli emergency order means with some cannot get israeli residency to join his wife to be so they have to live here. Falls inside the municipality of jerusalem so its governed by israel but its on the palestinian side of the separation wall. Like any other engaged girl you plan you have to dream i would have chosen for a cab i was thinking of a house with a small garden its more like a dream though faced by the reality i had no choice but to live in for a cup so i can keep my Identity Card and my life partner. Catherine accepts unusual situation i mean seventy thousand people packed into a limited piece of land now the population of