South Africa’s ex-Prez FW de Klerk dies at 85
Johannesburg: South Africa’s last white president Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk, who negotiated a peaceful transfer of power to a Black-led government under Nelson Mandela, died on Thursday aged 85 after a battle with cancer, his foundation said. De Klerk won worldwide praise for his role in scrapping apartheid and he shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Mandela in 1993. Reuters
TLP chief Rizvi removed from Pak terror list
Lahore: Pakistan’s Punjab province government on Thursday removed the name of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Saad Hussain Rizvi from the terrorism list, succumbing to pressure from the radical Islamist party. PTI
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