Rival supporters have been celebrate victory in Pakistan's general election

Both political parties have claimed victory even though the final results have still not been announced.

Also on the programme: Indonesia, the world's third largest democracy, goes to the polls next week and the front runner is the son in law of the country's former dictator, President Suharto. And we pay tribute to the world-renowned Japanese conductor, Seiji Ozawa who has died at the age of eighty-eight.

And throughout the programme we are joined by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, a Nigerian novelist and journalist and Chris Stephen, a British writer and journalist.

(Picture: Supporters of Nawaz Sharif in Lahore Credit: EPA)