Tag: Protest

Two-month ban imposed on pillion riding, rallies in Quetta

Authorities have imposed ban on pillion riding, rallies, protests and processions for two months in Quetta. According a notification issued by the Home Department of...

Tribesmen call for halt to U.S. drone strikes

Some 1,200 tribesmen Monday staged a demonstration in North Waziristan tribal region against the U.S. drone strikes and threatened to block the NATO supply...

Young doctors protest against Health Ordinance

Young Doctors Association (YDA) on Sunday staged a protest demonstration, rejecting the Essential Health Service Ordinance of 2011 and warned of a long march...

Moroccan king fails to win over youth protest movement

Morocco’s youth-based February 20 Movement on Saturday rejected constitutional reforms proposed by King Mohammed VI, calling for nationwide protests. “The plan as proposed by...

Protest against power cuts turns violent in Rawalpindi

Protests over prolonged power outages in Rawalpindi turned unruly on Friday, as police check posts were attacked and vehicles pelted with stones, injuring police...

Pakistan lodges protest against Indian navy actions

Pakistan lodged a formal protest with Indian authorities through the Indian High Commission in Islamabad on Friday against a serious maritime incident on June...

Tribesmen block Nato supply road to Afghanistan

Hundreds of tribesmen blocked Nato supplies and other traffic at a key crossing on the Afghan border, a day after a clash with Afghan...

Indian graft campaigner threatens new protest

A veteran Indian activist on Thursday threatened to launch another protest against corruption, accusing the government of trying to scuttle a proposed anti-graft bill....

Justice Nisar refuses to head commission

Justice Saqib Nisar has said that he was not consulted before his appointment as head of the investigation commission over the killing of Journalist...

Journalists end sit-in as SC judge Saqib Nisar named to head...

Journalist community ended protest sit-in in front of the Parliament House early Thursday following the announcement by Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq...

Journalist dies after student riot

A journalist died overnight after being hit in the head by a stone during student riots outside a press club, his family said Thursday. Jahangir...

Farmers protest acute water shortage

The growers along the Kunri and Nabisar minor canals in Umerkot district took out a rally and set up a protest camp in front...

Teachers protest against low education budget

Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association (PPLA) held a protest in front of the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday. The teachers kvetched that the Punjab government...

Journalists protest against Saleem Shahzad’s murder

Journalists protested outside the Parliament against the murder of Saleem Shahzad and threats being received by other journalists. As per details, the journalists will...

Police injures 8 young doctors, arrests 72

Eight young doctors were injured as a result of aerial firing and shelling by the police after a brawl between Police and Young Doctors...

India’s yoga guru ends anti-graft fast

Popular yoga guru Swami Ramdev on Sunday called off his eight-day-old hunger strike to denounce corruption after a prominent spiritual figure persuaded him to...

Citizens to protest extrajudicial killings

The Concerned Citizens of Pakistan (CCP) will hold a demonstration today (Sunday) at Liberty Roundabout in Lahore to protest against the extra judicial killings...