PML-N's Abbasi tells govt to focus on coronavirus, not political victimisation

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Shahid Khaqan Abbasi speaking in the NA. — DawnNewsTV
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi speaking in the NA. — DawnNewsTV

PML-N's Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has asked the government to focus on coronaviurs and "for the next two or three weeks, let go of political victimisation."

The former prime minister said this while referring to the arrest of Jang group's editor-in-chief Mir Shakilur Rehman.

The National Assembly has been discussing the coronavirus pandemic in today's session.

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