Bangladesh Liberation War Minister AKM Mozammel Haque has urged all those who believe in the spirit of the liberation war to unite for the recognition of 1971 Liberation War as genocide. The minister, while addressing a press conference at the ‘Jatiya’ or National Press Club of the country, said that the UN has not yet recognised the ghastly episode as genocide. Bangladesh has repeatedly tried to persuade the United Nations to declare the 1971 Liberation War as genocide.
SEPANG: Essential items worth more than RM800,000 have been gathered by various Malaysian non-governmental organisations to provide flood aid for those affected in Pakistan, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.