National
February 24, 2021
LAHORE: Opposition on Tuesday criticised the Punjab government for alleged rigging in the by-elections and stealing people s mandate.
The PA session, which was summoned on the requisition of opposition, could continue for only one day. During the session, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People s Party (PPP) legislators hurled accusations of rigging at the government.
Sardar Awais Leghari of PML-N and PPP-P Parliamentary leader in Punjab Assembly Syed Hassan Murtaza alleged that the government had set up new records of rigging in the by-elections especially in Daska.
However, Provincial Minister Fayyaz ul Hassan Chohan denied the allegations of opposition and claimed that the vote bank of PTI witnessed an increase in the by-polls as compared to the last general elections.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Dr Anthony Fauci accuses Donald Trump of allowing terrible things to happen
22 Feb, 2021 08:20 AM
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National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr Anthony Fauci speaks during a press briefing with Donald Trump. Photo / AP
National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr Anthony Fauci speaks during a press briefing with Donald Trump. Photo / AP
news.com.au
By: Hannah Paine
Dr Anthony Fauci has issued a blistering attack on former United States President Donald Trump s handling of coronavirus, accusing him of allowing terrible things to happen in the hopes of being re-elected.
Fauci, who is the head of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and has been the chief medical adviser to seven American Presidents, has detailed his time working with Trump in an interview with British newspaper the Telegraph.
Sunday, 21 February 2021 - 19:54
Lord Naseby of Britain accuses UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet of trying to make the LTTE heroic in her report on Sri Lanka.
Based on the report, the UN Human Rights Council s hosting body in Sri Lanka, including the United Kingdom, will submit a resolution to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Lord Naseby, who is also chairman of the British Parliamentary Group on Sri Lanka, points out that the LTTE s atrocities were forgotten in the Human Rights Commissioner s report.
In a letter to the office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, Lord Naseby added that the LTTE, a brutal terrorist organization, had assassinated moderate Tamil leaders, as well as former President R. Premadasa and Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.