Tag: Protest

At least eight killed in Syrian protests

At least eight people were killed during anti-regime demonstrations on Friday across Syria, including four in two different suburbs of the capital Damascus, the...

Egyptians protest, demand more and faster reforms

Thousands of Egyptians converged on Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday in what organisers called a “second revolution” to push for faster reforms and a...

Grammy protest continues

A coalition of musicians is demanding the Recording Academy restore more than 30 categories cut from the Grammy Awards, alleging the reductions unfairly target...

PARC workers protest sacking ‘on political grounds’

As many as 267 sacked employees of Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) Monday staged a demonstration against what they called their ‘unjustified’ termination from...

Lawyers protest against lawyers’ killing in Karachi

Lawyers held a nationwide protest and boycotted courts on the call of Pakistan Bar Council, Punjab Bar Council and the Lahore High Court Bar...

Single parents protest outside LHC

In yet another gathering to create awareness about the issue of children isolated as a result of divorce or separation, My Foundation for Separated...

Thousands protest against drone strikes

Thousands gathered in Karachi on the second day of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s protest sit-in against US drone strikes as party chief Imran Khan said on...

British-Pakistanis to protest against drone attacks during Obama’s visit

A cross-section of British-Pakistanis will hold a protest rally against drone attacks in Pakistan during US President Barack Obama’s visit to the British Parliament...

Protests staged in Karachi against power cuts

Karachiites could not get any relief despite the decision of KESC workers to end their hunger strike and hold talks with the management. The KESC...

Who wants to be a millionaire with KESC?

The row between the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) and some 4,500 workers has put Karachi through hell, with the dispute primarily being over...

Syria blasts US sanctions amid calls for Friday protests

Syria on Thursday denounced US sanctions imposed on President Bashar al-Assad and top aides, saying they were part of long-time efforts by Washington to...

People protest against KESC

Various protests were held here in different parts of the city against electricity shortage and unscheduled load shedding here on Thursday. According to details, severe...

Pakistan lodges ‘strong protest’ over NATO violation

The Pakistan army on Tuesday lodged a "strong protest" with NATO in Afghanistan over what it says was violation of Pakistani air space by...

Paramedics to go on strike for salary increase

Following the successful move by the Young Doctors Association, the All Pakistan Paramedics Staff Federation (APPMSF) Punjab chapter, demanding salary raise of grade one...

Mass grave found in Syrian protest hub: activists

Syria’s brutal crackdown against pro-democracy protests took a chilling turn on Monday with the discovery of a mass grave in Daraa, the town at...

Trade unions to protest for better wages

About 20 major trade unions of the country on Sunday decided to stage a sit-in at Faisal Chowk on May 24 for increasing wages...

Thousands protest in Syria after weekly prayers

Thousands of Syrians demonstrated after weekly prayers on Friday, activists and witnesses said, keeping up a two-month-old campaign of calls to end autocratic rule,...