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.
Each year Israel occupies Palestinian land to establish settlements Israel has announced that it has merged 400 acres of Palestinian land near Bethlehem to its state land. The Israeli army said there was no claim of Palestinian ownership on the land in question. Whereas, a local Palestinian mayor said that Palestinians owned the land and harvested olive trees on them.