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PILDAT says Feb 8 polls record lowest fairness score since 2013

  The Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) has issued a report detailing its assessment of the recently-concluded general election, expressing deep concerns over a decline in fairness scores compared to previous election cycles.

An Other wave of Protests in United States as Atlanta Police killed an Other Black Man


ATLANTA : After a white police officer shot and killed an African-American black man outside a fast-food restaurant, Atlanta Police Chief Resigned, announced Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta.

Early on Sunday morning, Sgt. John Chafee, a spokesman for the Atlanta Police Department, said the officer who shot the man had been fired. The shooting left many in the city once again incensed by the death of another black man at the hands of the police and nervous about the potential for more destructive flare-ups. 

By Saturday night, protesters had blocked roads and an interstate near the restaurant, a Wendy’s, and apparently set it on fire, according to news reports, with police firing tear gas and flash grenades to try to disperse the crowd, reported NYTimes.

Atlanta's police chief has resigned after the fatal shooting of an African-American man who had fallen asleep in his car at a drive-through restaurant, BBC reported.

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