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Pakistan Parliament Grants Lifetime Immunity to Army Chief Asim Munir, President Zardari

This bulletin covers Pakistan's 27th Constitutional Amendment granting lifetime immunity to Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir and President Asif Ali Zardari, as former Prime Minister Imran Khan's family is denied jail access. It also reports on US President Donald Trump's Ukraine peace initiative, controversy surrounding FBI Director Kash Patel, and wealthy industrialists leaving the UK over tax policies. Imran Khan's sister, Aleema Khan, stated, 'We have had no news of Imran Khan for three weeks. At the very least, they should let us meet or share information about his whereabouts'. The broadcast includes updates on former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's prison sentence and other global news.

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Video: PM Modi hugs, touches feet of 98-year-old BJP veteran in Bengal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hugged and honoured 98-year-old Makhanlal Sarkar, one of the earliest and senior most members of the BJP. The scene unfolded on the stage ahead of Suvendu Adhikari's swearing-in as West Bengal's Chief Minister in Kolkata. PM Modi also touched Sarkar's feet and presented a shawl to him as a mark of respect. In 1952, Sarkar was arrested in Kashmir while he was accompanying Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee as the latter was marching to hoist the tricolour there. BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya described the elderly party leader as "one of the earliest grassroots figures associated with the nationalist movement in post-Independence India."

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