Tag: Protest

After PPP, PML-N also set to launch anti-govt movement

--Ousted PM Nawaz Sharif tells party leaders to plan strategy for protests against rising inflation after Eidul Fitr   LAHORE: Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on...

Nurses continue protest across Sindh province

KARACHI: Nurses of Sindh under the banner of Sindh Nurses Alliance continued their protest and boycotted duties throughout the Sindh province on the sixth consecutive day on...

Punjab Assembly passes local govt bill amid opposition’s protest and walkout

-The Act would extend to the entire province except cantonments -District government will consist of general seats, seats reserved for women, peasants and workers, youth...

Heirs protest after youth dies due to doctor’s ‘negligence’

GUJRANWALA: Heirs of a youth, who allegedly died due to the negligence of doctors, held a protest demonstration on Tuesday. According to protesters, 30-year-old Asim Butt...

Protest against govt to continue in parliament: Khursheed

SUKKUR: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) senior leader Khursheed Shah on Sunday said that the protest against the federal government will continue in the Parliament. While...

Transporters protest against highway robberies

NAWABSHAH: Truck Owners Association members and supporters held a protest demonstration here on Wednesday against an armed attack on a truck by robbers on...

HWs hold protest for allowance, proper service structure in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Scores of Lady Health Workers (LHWs) on Monday staged a demonstration for their demands in front of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provincial assembly in Peshawar. Reportedly,...

University official’s ‘rude comments’ irk FCCU students

--Video shows Cheryl Burke shouting at students, giving them a ‘shut up’ call --Students criticise administration over unjustified fee hike --University administration deflects questions about chief...

Lawyers continue protest on second day

LAHORE: The lawyer's fraternity continued their protest for second day on Wednesday against registration of a case against Lahore Bar Association (LBA) Secretary General Maqsood...

Muzaffarabad residents protest against alleged police brutality

MUZAFFARABAD: A large number of people gathered in the main bazaar of the city on Wednesday to protest against the alleged killing of a young...

PBC announces countrywide strike on Thursday

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Wednesday announced full-day strike throughout the country to protest against the decision of National Judicial Policy Making Committee...

Citizens irked as teachers protest causes traffic woes near Punjab Assembly

Teachers from across Punjab gathered outside the provincial assembly. While demanding regularisation, the protesting teachers have termed condition of 15-day training before promotion as...

Imran rules out safe exit for Nawaz

--PM says Pakistani law restricts govt from giving special treatment to convicted prisoner --Dares joint Opp to stage protest in Islamabad, says Bilawal seemingly unaware...

Unpaid doctors protest, boycott OPD at ASH

KARACHI: House Officers of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) on Monday staged a protest demonstration outside the Medical Superintendent’s office and also boycotted OPDs in protest...

Protest held against Pakistanis’ killing in Afghanistan

WANA: The members of Wazir Grand Jirga staged a protest demonstration against the killing of eight tribesmen from North Waziristan in Afghanistan on Sunday. The protest was...

Nawaz tells PML-N workers not to stage protest on Mar 23

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has reportedly advised the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers against staging a protest for him on March 23. According to...

Tens of thousands of Algerians protest against Bouteflika

ALGIERS: Tens of thousands of Algerians defied heavily deployed riot police on Friday and resumed mass protests against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika posing the biggest...