Pakistani journalists and civil society activists hold placards against the attack on a senior journalist of a local newspaper in Karachi on October 28, 2017. — AFPThe Association of Electronic Media Editors and News Directors has called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to examine the…
Son of ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina denies graft in $12.65bn nuclear deal
Ousted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s son and adviser on Tuesday described allegations of corruption involving the family in the 2015 awarding of a $12.65 billion nuclear power contract as “completely bogus” and a “smear campaign”. Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission said on Monday it had launched an…