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COVID-19 vaccination disparity raises vexed questions of ethics and economics
Pandemic unlikely to be considered over until a suitably large proportion of the world’s population is vaccinated
Provision of vaccines to the developing world viewed as both a humanitarian imperative and an economic necessity
Updated 33 min 19 sec ago
Cornelia Meyer
June 08, 2021 22:21
BERNE: How vaccines can be fairly distributed to the global population has vexed world leaders and international agencies ever since the first shots against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were made available at the end of last year.
The issue was high on the agenda of the recent World Health Organization (WHO) general assembly, and the G7 heads of state are bound to further ponder the matter when they meet this weekend.
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Lahore, April 18
Police in Pakistan said a banned hardline Islamist group had taken six security personnel hostage at its headquarters in Lahore on Sunday after a week of violent clashes following the arrest of the group’s leader.
The Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) group had given the government an April 20 deadline to expel the French ambassador over the publication of cartoons in France depicting the Prophet Mohammad. The authorities arrested TLP leader, triggering protests.
Four people were killed, hundreds injured, and thousands arrested. A senior police officer and two paramilitary were among the six being held by TLP supporters, Lahore police spokesman Arif Rana said. Saad Hussain Rizvi-led TLP wants the government to expel France’s Ambassador. Reuters
Reuters Reuters
19 April, 2021, 11:31 am
Supporters of the banned Islamist political party Tehrik-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) with sticks and stones block a road during a protest in Lahore, Pakistan April 18, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Police in Pakistan said a hardline Islamist group had taken six security personnel hostage at its headquarters in Lahore on Sunday after a week of violent clashes following the arrest of the group’s leader.
The Tehrik-i-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) group had given the government an April 20 deadline to expel the French ambassador over the publication of cartoons in France depicting the Prophet Mohammad. The authorities responded by arresting its leader, prompting supporters to hold protests and sit-ins across Pakistan. At least four people were killed, hundreds injured, and thousands arrested. Pakistan banned the group after the violence.
ISLAMABAD: Eleven security personnel taken hostage on Sunday by the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) religious party during police clashes in Lahore were released in the early hours of Monday morning following the first round of negotiations with the government, interior minister Sheikh Rasheed said in a video announcement on Twitter.
Rioting by the rightwing group has rocked the country since Monday last, after TLP chief Saad Rizvi was arrested in Lahore a day after he threatened the government with rallies if it did not expel the French envoy to Islamabad over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) published in France last year.