Tag: Protest

Radio Pakistan DG forced to leave office by furious employees: report

Following the government’s announcement to shelf the leasing of Radio Pakistan headquarters, furious employees still protested and did not allow the Director-General Shafqat Jalil...

Bike drivers of Uber, Careem, Bykea hold protest against companies

LAHORE: Motorcycle drivers of the three popular ride-hailing companies Careem, Uber and Bykyea held a demonstration on Wednesday to protest against their economic problems...

Govt backtracks on decision to lease Radio Pakistan building

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Information Ministry on Wednesday backtracked on its decision of leasing the Radio Pakistan building following mass protests from the employees and mainstream political...

Gridlock on Canal irks commuters

--University of Sargodha’s Lahore Campus students stage protest against non-issuance of degrees --Jam owing to LCCI elections adds to miseries of citizens LAHORE: Residents of the city...

Info minister’s decision to lease out Radio Pakistan HQ triggers agitation

ISLAMABAD: Following the protest of Radio Pakistan's employees on Monday against the shifting of the national broadcaster's headquarters, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Monday...

Roads blocked in Lahore during PM Khan’s visit

Many major roads in Lahore were blocked on Sunday during Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to the metropolis, leading to massive traffic jams. Despite PM...

Religious group’s protest brings life to standstill in Barki

--Protesters claim police named innocents in FIR of Bhangali village clash --Police sources say situation neutralised following successful negotiations LAHORE: Life in and around the Barki Road...

Economists sign accord to protest Atif Mian’s ouster

--The letter already has more than 90 signatories, including 26 economists from Pakistan and eight Nobel Prize winners Eminent economists and Duke University Professors Dani...

Women protest abuses in Cameroon Anglophone separatist fight

BAMENDA: Hundreds of women gathered for an angry protest in Cameroon on Friday against abuses committed in months of fighting between the government and...

PTI supporters protest against Atif Mian’s inclusion in EAC

– ‘We are willing to face economic crunch but we do not want Dr Atif to stablise our economy’ LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s...

Gulf between PMS, PAS officers widens over DMO’s death

--PMS officers claim RY Khan district monitoring officer died due to ‘callous attitude’ of PAS servants --Write to CM over demotivating factors for PMS officers   LAHORE: Officers...

Relatives protest over murder of woman ‘by in-laws’ in Lahore

The relatives of a woman who was allegedly burnt alive by her husband and the in-laws held a protest against the Raiwind police on...

Wilders cancels blasphemous caricatures contest

--PM Khan calls for restraint as TLP heads to capital ISLAMABAD: Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders on Thursday announced cancelling his plans to hold the blasphemous...

Paramedics protest against blasphemous caricature contest

KARACHI: Sindh Paramedical Staff Welfare Association (SPSWA) on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club against blasphemous cartoons’ competition in the Netherlands...

Rickshaws set ablaze in protest against LPG price hike

LAHORE: Rickshaw drivers on Tuesday protested against the increase in Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) prices by burning their rickshaws. The Awami Rickshaw Union set ablaze two rickshaws...

Turkish mothers’ protest banned over ‘terror exploitation’: minister

  ISTANBUL: Turkey banned a weekly rally staged since the mid-1990s by mothers protesting against the disappearance of their sons and relatives on the grounds...

Hindus protest against encroachment of cremation site in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: Members of the Hindu community from different parts of Hyderabad held a sit-in outside the local press club against police and some influential...