Tag: Protest

HAFIZABAD - The people of the city protested against the poor performance of Tehsil Municipal Administration Hafizabad and demanded the Punjab chief minister take notice of its failure to serve the masses.
The sewerage system of Jaganwala Road is not working properly and sewerage water has been standing on the roads for many days. The people of the locality informed the officers concerned many times, but to no avail.
Social circles protested against the negligence of the

KARACHI - The doctors of the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) who have been agitating for their demands for the past two days resumed their duties on Friday. CHK Medical Superintendent Prof Said A Qureishi told APP that the doctors have given a written assurance that they would not continue their protest as their security has been beefed up. "Basically, it was a partial strike that the doctors from gynecology wards had observed after a man allegedly abused their colleagues," he said. In

LAHORE - Farmers from the areas adjacent to the Indian border staged a protest on Friday in front of the Punjab Assembly against the high-handedness of border security agencies. A large number of farmers carrying placards and banners gathered at Faisal Chowk and chanted slogans against border area committees for canceling their land claims. Asal Grukey Burki resident Faiq Hussain alleged that the Burki border area committee had unlawfully cancelled their land claims (No. 1793 and

CAIRO - Hundreds of Egyptians holding up crosses and holy Qurans massed on Friday in Cairo's Tahrir Square to protest against sectarianism, following religious clashes that left at least 13 people dead. "Muslims and Christians are one," chanted flag-waving protesters in the swelling crowd, as others held up banners depicting an entwined cross and crescent. The rally comes day after Egypt's new military rulers met with representatives of Christian Copts in a bid to allay fears of a

KARACHI - Peeved by extortionists' harassment, the traders of Paposh Nagar's Sarafa Bazaar (gold market) took to the streets on Wednesday to demand justice and protest the law enforcement agencies' pathetic performance. The traders blocked the roads leading to the Board Office and Golimar Chowrangi. "Criminals have been threatening calls to us for the last two weeks and demanding huge sums of money," a trader told Pakistan Today requesting anonymity. "We have repeatedly informed the

DUBAI - Saudi Arabia came under renewed pressure on Wednesday to ease its ban on demonstrations, as Facebook activists called for a "Day of Rage" and a "Saudi revolution" later this week.
With the tightly controlled kingdom's security forces poised to crack down on any unauthorised demonstrations, US-based lobby group Human Rights Watch added its voice to demands for a relaxation of the protest ban. "Saudi Arabia should rescind its categorical ban on peaceful demonstrations," it

LAHORE - Citizens expressed anger over Pakistan cricket team's defeat at the hands of New Zealand. A wave of anger-filled text messages gripped the cellular space when Pakistani team's wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal dropped a few catches behind the stumps.
Citizens held a procession of donkeys in Sant Naggar, where they chanted slogans against the team, especially against Kamran Akmal and demanded he be called back.
Statuses on Facebook also kept speedily updating, as people

LAHORE - Christian Lawyers Association in Pakistan (CLAP) on Monday held a protest rally, led by Supreme Court Bar Association President Asma Jahangir, from Lahore High Court to Punjab Assembly Building in condemnation of former minister for minority affairs Shahbaz Bhatti's assassination. Protesters held placards and banners demanding the early arrest of the killers and for the protection of the minorities. The rally comprising around two dozen Christian lawyers was provided strict

LUANDA - Opponents of Angola's long-serving President Jose Eduardo dos Santos vowed to push through with a planned protest on Monday despite several arrests, including those of three journalists. Three reporters of the Novo Jornal daily, their driver and a rapper famed for his inflammatory lyrics against dos Santos were arrested overnight in Luanda, said one of the organisers, Mangovo Ngoyo, speaking by telephone from London. Following the arrests, organisers pushed back the

KARACHI - The Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) on Sunday announced staging a countrywide protest on March 11 against the murder of its leader Maulana Ahmed Madni, who was targeted in New Karachi along with his son on Saturday night. Addressing a press conference, ASWJ Central Information Secretary and Karachi President Maulana Aurangzaib Farooqui said that a small group, with the support of foreign forces, was responsible for killing ASWJ activists.

KARACHI - The Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) on Sunday announced staging a countrywide protest on March 11 against the murder of its leader Maulana Ahmed Madni, who was targeted in New Karachi along with his son on Saturday night. Addressing a press conference, ASWJ Central Information Secretary and Karachi President Maulana Aurangzaib Farooqui said that a small group, with the support of foreign forces, was responsible for killing ASWJ activists. He said that the group was trying to

MANAMA - Thousands of demonstrators massed Sunday at Manama's Al-Qudaibiya Palace, where Bahrain's cabinet meets, chanting slogans against the tiny but strategic Gulf state's government. White-helmeted police with riot shields stood behind one gate, looking on as the flag-waving demonstrators chanted "Down Hamad! Down Hamad!", in reference to Bahrain's King Hamad. "The people want to topple the regime!" the protesters roared, shaking their fists towards the light pink palace with its

LAHORE - The Punjab government promoted on Saturday 24 officers belonging to the Provincial Civil Service (PCS) and Provincial Secretariat Service (PSS) from BS-17 to BS-18.The board called its meeting after the officers belonging to the provincial service protested in front of the Services Secretary's office for not including their promotion cases on the promotion board's agenda

DHAKA - Thousands of employees and customers of Grameen Bank protested in Bangladesh on Saturday over the sacking of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus as head of the microfinance institution he pioneered. The 70-year-old economist was dismissed as managing director of Dhaka-based Grameen Bank by Bangladesh's central bank last Wednesday in what his supporters said was the culmination of a vendetta against him. Grameen Bank workers and customers formed peaceful human chains across the

ALGIERS - Algerian police and pro-government activists on Saturday foiled a sixth attempt by opposition protesters to march in the capital Algiers. A faction of the National Coordination for Change and Democracy (CNCD) had called the protest for 11:00 am (1000 GMT) in defiance of an official ban on demonstrating in Algiers. But several dozen demonstrators found themselves quickly surrounded by police. Counter-demonstrators carrying photos of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika chanted

LAHORE - Low gas pressure continued to irk consumers in the city on Friday. Annoyed by the continuing gas crisis, Gawalmandi residents staged a protest against the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Company Limited (SNGPL) in front of Lahore Press Club yesterday.
Protesters, holding placards, chanted slogans against SNGPL management. They blocked the road for sometime which resulted in a traffic jam. Irate gas consumers said they were facing problems in cooking food owing to low gas

LAHORE - The provincial service officers protested in the Punjab Civil Secretariat for not including the promotion cases of Provincial Civil Service (PCS) and Provincial Secretariat Service (PSS) officers on the agenda of the promotion board meeting held on Friday.
The provincial officers led by PCS Officers' Association President Rai Manzoor Nasir gathered in front of the services secretary's office to register their protest. They alleged that Punjab Chief Secretary Nasir