Tag: Crackdown
India’s Supreme Court weighs in on guru protest crackdown
India’s Supreme Court called on the government on Monday to justify why it sent police to end a peaceful anti-graft protest by a popular...
Assad grants amnesty, 5 killed in crackdown
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a general amnesty on Tuesday, state television said, after ten weeks of protests against his 11-year rule and a...
11 Syrians killed as UN blasts ‘shocking’ crackdown
Eleven people were killed in a Syrian crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, activists said Monday, as the UN condemned the “shocking” brutality of President Bashar...
Police arrest 255 in crackdown on criminals
Mujahid Squad police have launched a massive crackdown on outlaws, drug pushers, gamblers and swindlers and arrested 255 alleged criminals in various areas of...
Around 100 SIC activists arrested in crackdown
LAHORE - Police on Saturday evening arrested around hundred leaders and workers of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) in Lahore as the district government did not give permission to hold a gathering a the Minar-e-Pakistan today (Sunday).
The arrested people, including SIC Vice-Chairman Pir Afzal Qadri, were busy in finalising the arrangements for the event but SP City Division Shahzad Asif called the police who tried to disperse them. Instead, the SIC workers resisted the move and
The arrested people, including SIC Vice-Chairman Pir Afzal Qadri, were busy in finalising the arrangements for the event but SP City Division Shahzad Asif called the police who tried to disperse them. Instead, the SIC workers resisted the move and
Anti-encroachment drive? – PML-N offices ‘exempt’ from crackdown
LAHORE - The Pakistan Muslim League-N offices that have encroached upon the right of way have complete immunity against the anti-encroachment campaign despite whopping sloganeering that the drive will not succumb to political influence.
One of the eye-opening examples could be seen at Old Thana Road, Itawar Bazaar and Last Bus Stop, New Sunday Bazaar Green Town in the jurisdiction of Nishtar Town. There are two PML-N offices on these locations; one belonging to MNA Naseer Bhutta
One of the eye-opening examples could be seen at Old Thana Road, Itawar Bazaar and Last Bus Stop, New Sunday Bazaar Green Town in the jurisdiction of Nishtar Town. There are two PML-N offices on these locations; one belonging to MNA Naseer Bhutta
Bahrain questions three journalists after crackdown
MANAMA - Bahrain's public prosecutor began questioning on Monday three senior journalists sacked from the Gulf kingdom's only opposition newspaper over accusations of falsifying news about the government's crackdown on protesters.
Bahrain has seen some of the worst unrest in its history since mostly Shi'ite Muslim protesters took to the streets in February, inspired by uprisings that toppled leaders in Egypt and Tunisia, to demand a bigger say in the Sunni-ruled kingdom.
Bahrain has seen some of the worst unrest in its history since mostly Shi'ite Muslim protesters took to the streets in February, inspired by uprisings that toppled leaders in Egypt and Tunisia, to demand a bigger say in the Sunni-ruled kingdom.
Cairo protesters defy army after deadly crackdown
CAIRO - More than 1,000 Egyptian protested in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday after an overnight sit-in demonstration when the army backed down on a threat to disperse them. The protesters, who blocked the square with a charred army truck, barbed wire and beams, chanted against military chief Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, who has been in charge since president Hosni Mubarak's ouster in February.
"The people demand the toppling of the field marshal," they chanted, after spending
"The people demand the toppling of the field marshal," they chanted, after spending
Syria in dawn crackdown ahead of protester funerals
DAMASCUS - Syrian security forces made dawn arrests on Saturday as mourners prepared to bury the first of at least nine people killed in anti-government protests on the Muslim day of rest, rights activists said. The arrests came in the tribal region around the town of Daraa, some 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of the capital, which has been one of the main centres of more than two weeks of demonstrations. A 20-year-old who was killed by security forces during a protest in Sanamein,
CCPO orders crackdown on drug dens
LAHORE - Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Muhammad Aslam Tareen said that in order to eliminate the dens of narcotics and to reduce drug use in the city, enforcement teams have been constituted at divisional level under the supervision of SP, SHO, ANF HC, excise inspector and drug inspector. In this connection, a third meeting of Multi-Sectoral Task Force for Lahore Drug Free City Project was held at Capital City Police Headquarters under the chairmanship of the CCPO, who is also
ISO protests against Bahrain crackdown
ISLAMABAD - The Imamia Student Organisation (ISO) on Monday staged a protest rally against the killing of Bahrain's Shia and Sunni pro-democracy protesters, allegedly by the Saudi and Gulf countries' forces on the directives of the United States, and expressed their resentment over the visit of the Bahraini foreign minister. The protesters marched from the National Press Club (NPC) to D Chowk where they burnt tyres and blocked the road for more than an hour. The protesters alleged
Bahrain doctors, casualties caught up in crackdown
MANAMA - Some doctors at Bahrain's busiest hospital say they are too scared to return to work for fear of being arrested or harassed after treating wounded protesters during weeks of unrest in the Sunni-ruled kingdom.
Bahraini security forces raided Salmaniya hospital on Wednesday, the day they launched a crackdown that drove mainly Shia protesters off the streets, and removed a handful of tents that opposition activists had set up in the car park. Four doctors, who declined to
Bahraini security forces raided Salmaniya hospital on Wednesday, the day they launched a crackdown that drove mainly Shia protesters off the streets, and removed a handful of tents that opposition activists had set up in the car park. Four doctors, who declined to
Bahrain opposition decries crackdown on Shias
MANAMA - The leader of Bahrain's largest opposition group has urged Saudi Arabia to withdraw its forces and called for a UN inquiry into a crackdown on mainly Shia protesters that has raised tensions in the oil-exporting region.
Bahrain arrested seven opposition leaders on Thursday, a day after its forces moved in to end weeks of pro-democracy protests that have sucked in troops from its fellow Sunni-ruled neighbour and prompted the king to declare martial law. Among those
Bahrain arrested seven opposition leaders on Thursday, a day after its forces moved in to end weeks of pro-democracy protests that have sucked in troops from its fellow Sunni-ruled neighbour and prompted the king to declare martial law. Among those
Bahrain forces launch crackdown on protesters
MANAMA - Bahraini forces backed by helicopters launched a crackdown on protesters Wednesday, imposing a curfew and clearing hundreds from a camp that had become the symbol of an uprising by the Shia majority.
Hospital sources said three policemen and at least two protesters were killed in the assault that began a day after Bahrain declared martial law to quell sectarian unrest that has sucked in troops from fellow Sunni-ruled neighbour Saudi Arabia. A defiant youth movement,
Hospital sources said three policemen and at least two protesters were killed in the assault that began a day after Bahrain declared martial law to quell sectarian unrest that has sucked in troops from fellow Sunni-ruled neighbour Saudi Arabia. A defiant youth movement,
Crackdown on hoarders ordered
SAHIWAL - Sahiwal Division Commissioner Qazi Muhammad Ashfaq has directed the administrations of all the three districts to immediately start crackdown against hoarders to provide essential commodities to the public at low rates and curb artificial price hike. Chairing a meeting to review price mechanism, he said Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had shown his grave concern over hoarding, directing provision of relief to the common man with the help price mechanism.
The meeting was
The meeting was
Police crackdown on gambling makes no headway
LAHORE - The Federal Investigation Agency's (FIA) and Lahore Police's proposed crackdown against gambling has yet to show any result, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The Lahore Police has made some progress, as it arrested around three dozen gamblers and bookies who were making the most of the ongoing World Cup. According to details, as soon as the mega event began on February 19, gamblers and bookies prepared themselves for earning huge money from the sporting festival. Gamblers, who
The Lahore Police has made some progress, as it arrested around three dozen gamblers and bookies who were making the most of the ongoing World Cup. According to details, as soon as the mega event began on February 19, gamblers and bookies prepared themselves for earning huge money from the sporting festival. Gamblers, who
CTP orders crackdown on traffic violations
Lahore - The City Traffic Police (CTP) has announced a massive crackdown from 1st March onwards against drivers without traffic licenses. The Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) SSP Syed Ahmed Mobin has commanded DSPs, circle in-charges and senior traffic wardens to launch a crackdown against the violators without any discrimination. DSP Licensing Ali Iftikhar Jaffery said CTP has standardized licensing method according to international standards.
"Four learners' booths have been
"Four learners' booths have been
