Tag: Protest

MNCH employees protest for regularisation

LAHORE: The employees of Maternal and Newborn Child Health Programme of Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department protested in front of civil secretariat for...

Hong Kong artist offers free protest-themed tattoos

HONG KONG: A Hong Kong artist is offering free protest-themed tattoos to people who want to show their support for pro-democracy demonstrations in the...

Hurriyat leaders hold anti-India protest in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: Kashmiri Hurriyat leaders and others held a protest demonstration in front of the United Nations (UN) Military Observer Office in Islamabad on Friday...

PM directs party workers to protest during Modi’s US visit

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday directed his party workers and leaders to protest in New York during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s...

Special courts to protect rights of special persons

KARACHI: Special Assistant to CM Sindh on Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Syed Qasim Naveed Qamar has said that Sindh Government has decided...

Protest outside Indian High Commission decries Kashmir terrorism

ISLAMABAD: Political activists, journalists, associations for Kashmiris’ rights and prominent members of civil society Monday held a protest gathering outside Indian High Commission (IHC) here...

Mainlanders among Hong Kong protesters, though many stay away

CENTRAL: As Hong Kong is rocked by political chaos, Chinese mainlander Briony Lin has found herself joining the mass protests, an act that would...

Party has just started, says Bilawal

---PPP's anti-govt drive to start from Sukkur tomorrow Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday announced that his party will stage a sit-in...

PPP protests against inflation in KP

PESHAWAR: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) workers led by party’s provincial general secretary Misbah-ud-Din and Naghat Orakzai protested rising inflation in front of Press Club...

Asif Zardari, Saad Rafique to attend Thursday’s NA session

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Saad Rafique will attend Thursday's National Assembly (NA)...

COMSATS University to remain closed till Friday due to faculty’s boycott

ISLAMABAD: An ugly situation emerged in COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Islamabad when teaching faculty members of the CUI boycotted the papers due to which...

Protesters scuffle with Hong Kong police, government offices shut

HONG KONG: Scuffles broke out between demonstrators and police in Hong Kong on Thursday as hundreds of people persevered with a protest against an...

PPP fails to mobilise Lahoris against Zardari’s arrest

--Only a few dozen show up for sit-in at Charing Cross LAHORE: Despite promises of staging impressive demonstrations and strikes against the arrest of former...

PPP’s ruckus mars NA session

--PPP members protest after deputy speaker refuses to allow Bilawal Bhutto to speak before Sheikh Rasheed --Shehbaz Sharif slams Zardari's arrest, asks deputy speaker to...

Canada says it has real concerns over China’s human rights, Beijing...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marked the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown on Tuesday by expressing “real concerns” about China’s human rights...

Left holds protest against govt’s anti-people policies

LAHORE: Awami Mazahmat—an alliance of leftist parties, trade and workers’ unions protested against austerity, inflation, privatization and anti-people government policies in front of Lahore...

KP doctors end strike for two days at Peshawar’s LRH

PESHAWAR: Protesting doctors on Monday announced to end their strike at the Lady Reading Hospital for two days. The doctors have been protesting in government hospitals...