Tag: Protest

LAHORE
Students enrolled in recently introduced four-year bachelor honours program by the Higher Education Department (HED) at three boy colleges have been facing have been threatened and forced by student union members to join protests against the four-year programme.
HED recently introduced the four-year program at the three boys' colleges including Government MAO College, Islamia College Civil Lines and Science College Wahdat Road. These incidents raise concern about the

PARIS
French protestors blocked key sites and clashed with police Thursday as unions called for further mass nationwide protests against President Nicolas Sarkozy's bid to raise the retirement age.
With no fuel left in more than a quarter of petrol pumps, police are playing what unions dubbed a game of cat and mouse with protestors at depots and refineries in a bid to prevent the country grinding to a halt.
"By taking the French economy, businesses and daily life

LAHORE: Students and teachers from different colleges and activists of Islami Jamiat Taliba on Tuesday staged a rally against the establishment of Board of Governors in 26 public colleges of the province.
Protesters marched from Regal Square to Assembly hall and blocked the mall road for more than two hours. The rally was jointly organized by the Joint Action Committee (JAC), Punjab Professors & Lecturers Association (PPLA) and Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT).
Dozens of students

Flay Punjab govt, UHS for changing admission criteria at eleventh hour
Varsity spokesman says entry test weight age given according to LHC judgment
LAHORE
"It's quite annoying that this year, the entry test was taken just 20 days before the announcement of result, unlike last year, when entry test was conducted after three months.
Asma Jamil
997 marks out of 1100 in the intermediate exams
"According to students, only 3,162 students out of the total 8,000

CCPO spokesman denies protest at Police Lines Qila Gujjar Singh
700 lower cadre police officials' salaries were delayed
LAHORE
More than 100 constables and lower cadre officials from the Lahore Police protested inside Qila Gujjar Singh Police Lines on Tuesday against senior officials for delaying their salaries, said sources from the Lahore Police Operations Wing. However Rai Nazar, the capital city police officer's (CCPO) spokesman denied any such protest.