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An Insight story: Every week Insight tackles a single issue of national importance from many points of view. Politicians, stakeholders, experts and ordinary Australians sit side by side and have their say.
INSIGHINSIGHT:
PakistanTuesday, 24 May at 7.30pm on SBS ONE
With the recent capture and killing of Osama Bin Laden just two hours away from Islamabad, attention has again turned to Pakistan and its complex relationship with the West.
How genuine and effective are Pakistan’s efforts in combating terrorism? How do Pakistan’s leaders juggle cooperation with the West on the one hand and anti-US sentiment among the population on the other? And who has the real power there – the government or the military?
This week
Insight brings in experts here and abroad, as well as Pakistanis living here in Australia.Guests include:
Dr.Professor Samina Yasmeen is the director of the Centre for Muslim States and Societies at UWA.Her work specialises on the proliferation of militant ideology across Pakistan. She says there is a disconnect between the Government’s desire to crack down on militants and the people’s sympathies of those groups. She believes Pakistan is not a failed state, but a failing one.
Tasawar Khan is the acting High Commissioner for Pakistan in Canberra. He says the accusations that Pakistan is not committed to the war on terror are absurd and that thousands of people - military, police and civilian - have died from the militants. He says Pakistan was against U.S. military operation that violated their sovereignty.
Brigadier (retired) Naeem Salik has been in the Pakistan for more than 30 years. Before his retirement in 2005, he served as the Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs at the Strategic Plans Division, the Secretariat of Pakistan’s National Command Authority, which controls the country’s nuclear weapons.Naeem says Pakistan’s military must play a double game because it is in their strategic interests to do so. He says that America conducting operations without telling the military is embarrassing.
Insight is hosted by Jenny Brockie and airs on SBS ONE every Tuesday at 7.30pm.
Presenter: Jenny Brockie
Jenny Brockie is one of
Australia's most respected journalists. She's won journalism's top award - the
Gold Walkley - as well as a swag of others for her work as a journalist and
documentary maker. As host of Insight, she's renowned for her skill and
fairness, ensuring as many voices as possible are heard.
Jenny Brockie brings warmth, humour and a forensic attention to detail to
Insight. She has reported extensively across television and radio on major
international and local events.
Jenny has also produced
and directed a string of acclaimed documentaries including the multi-award
winning 'Cop It Sweet' about Sydney's Redfern police. She has hosted her own
morning radio show on 702 ABC Sydney, television interview program 'Speaking
Personally' on ABC TV, and has worked as a senior reporter on 'Four Corners'
and 'Nationwide'. She joined Insight in 2001.
