Tag: Protest

LONDON - Tens of thousands of Britons opposed to government austerity cuts were expected to join the biggest rally in the capital since protests against war in Iraq in 2003. Union leaders say more than 200,000 people angry at deep public spending cuts, rising unemployment, tax rises and pension reforms could join the demonstration on Saturday. Police fear simmering resentment could lead to a repeat of violence seen last December when student protests against higher university tuition

LAHORE - Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Officers Association of Pakistan has decided to launch a protest against the delay in the implementation of salary increase and in this connection they would only perform duties as stated in the rule book from March 30; no additional duties would be performed.
While addressing a press conference, Association President Ghulam Mustafa Khan Mirani said from March 30, all Operation and Technical and Administrative Units in all 42 airports of

MANAMA - Thousands of Bahrainis turned out for a sermon of a major Shia cleric on Friday ahead of "Day of Rage" protests planned across the Gulf Arab country despite a ban imposed under martial law.
Troops and police fanned out across the small islan state with a restive Shia Muslim majority after the Sunni Al Khalifa ruling family, confronted with popular demands for a constitutional monarchy, declared security is now the priority.
A pair of fighter jets was flying over

LAHORE - Minority members of the provincial assembly (MPA) from both the treasury and the opposition benches on Friday protested against the Holy Quran's desecration by US Pastor Terry Jones and labeled him a terrorist. They also demanded a formal apology from the US and urged the federal government to summon the US ambassador to Pakistan and seek an explanation on the issue. The minority MPAs were wearing black armbands and said that the incident had brought a bad name for all

FAISALABAD - The relatives and friends of a murdered cable operator gathered in front of the Faisalabad Press Club (FPC) to protest against the police inaction towards the arrest of an alleged killer. About two weeks back, cable operator Muhammad Shahbaz was killed by Qasim after a trivial altercation in Gulshan Colony under the jurisdiction of Gulberg Police Station. The victim's brother Abbas registered first information report (FIR) with Gulberg police but they were unable to

LAHORE - Punjab young doctors' protest entered 25th day on Friday while the patients were suffering lot of problem because of the strike.
Protesting doctors in Punjab have shut the outdoor services units of their respective hospitals demanding increase in their salaries and are conducting check-ups of their patients on the camps situated on roads.
On one side, the government is so angry upon the behavior of the protesting doctors, and on the other side, the private hospitals

LAHORE - Minorities Wing of the Pakistan People's Party staged a demonstration on Thursday outside the Lahore Press Club against pastors Terry Jones and Wayne Sapp, who desecrated the Holy Quran in Florida. Addressing the protesters, Christian leaders including central PPP leader Napolean Qayyum denounced the unfortunate incident in the strongest terms and urged the US government and the United Nations to take stern action against the two pastors for hurting the sentiments of people

BRUSSELS - Thousands of marchers converged on Thursday on the venue for a summit of European Union leaders, protesting against austerity measures being introduced throughout the bloc. The demonstrators responded to union calls to challenge leaders' moves to commit governments to a new 'Euro Pact' to be announced that seeks to moderate wages in a bid to make Europe's economy more competitive against global rivals. The summit, starting 1600 GMT, gathers the EU's 27 heads of state and

DAMASCUS - Some 20,000 people gathered in the Syrian city of Daraa on Thursday for the burial of victims killed by police gunfire the day before, chanting support for a rising anti-regime movement there, rights activists said.
One activist in Daraa, contacted by telephone, said the mourners made their way
from the Omari mosque, where protesters have been holed up for a week, to the burial grounds under pouring rain, chanting: "With our souls, with our blood, we are loyal to

Islamabad - Pakistani Muslims and Christians stage a protest beside a burning effigy of US pastor Terry Jones, in Islamabad. Pakistan has strongly condemned the "deliberate desecration" of the Koran by a US evangelical preacher in a church in Florida, calling it a setback for global efforts to promote harmony. The burning was carried out by pastor Wayne Sapp under the supervision of Terry Jones, who last year drew condemnation over his aborted plan to ignite a pile of the Islamic holy

LAHORE - The Jamaat-e-Ahle Sunnat Pakistan (JAP) will hold countrywide protests on Friday, March 25, to protest against the desecration of the Holy Quran in Florida, US. JAP Secretary General Riaz Shah called an emergency meeting of more than 500 clerics who will issue decrees which will be announced outside the Lahore Press Club on March 25. He said that JAP will also hold protests against Quran's desecration in the US.

DARAA - Thousands of Syrians marched in the southern town of Daraa on Monday after the funeral of a protester killed in the previous day's demonstration, a resident said. The resident said "a mass of demonstrators started to march from the cemetery towards Al-Omari mosque after the burial" of Raed Akrad, who was killed by security forces Sunday when they opened fire to disperse a protest.
"Just God, Syria and Freedom," and "Revolution, revolution" chanted the demonstrators,

BASRA - Thousands of Iraqis protested in the southern oil hub of Basra on Saturday against the presence of Saudi troops in Bahrain, which has highlighted Iraq's own sectarian divide after years of war. Anger has been mounting among Shias in Iraq, Lebanon and Iran over the movement of troops from Sunni Arab states to help Bahrain's Sunni royal family stifle pro-democracy demonstrations by majority Shias. Bahrain said on Friday more troops were coming from other Gulf states to help

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/KARACHI - Thousands of people took to the streets across the country on Friday to protest a US drone strike that killed 44 people this week and the release of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contractor Raymond Davis, who had been held for murdering two Pakistanis in Lahore on January 27.
Security was tight and the US embassy in Islamabad and its consulates in Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar were closed in anticipation of public anger, but fears of violence proved

QUETTA - Provincial ministers from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) walked out on the Balochistan Assembly (BA) session to protest against the objectionable remarks against PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif by a Pakistan People's Party (PPP)'s parliamentary leader.
The BA session began here on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Speaker Muhammad Aslam Bhootani. On a point of order, PPP parliamentary leader Mir Sadiq Umrani strongly criticised PML-N minister Sardar Sanaullah Zehri

LAHORE - Opposition in the Punjab Assembly joined the journalists in their protest on Tuesday against bullet injury to a television channel's cameraman, while he was sitting in a media camp in the assembly's courtyard on Monday.
Opposition's lawmakers in the assembly expressed solidarity with the journalists, who wearing black armbands, protested against the incident and demanded the authorities arrest these responsible at once. They also boycotted the assembly's proceedings. The

KARACHI - Despite the recent reinstatement of over 4,000 employees, the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has outsourced various departments to private companies and turning the restored workers practically redundant. Fearing that grounds are being prepared to lay them off, more than 1,000 KESC workers returned to the Karachi Press Club (KPC) to protest against the company's management, with many arguing that another round management-workers face-off is likely in the coming