Tag: Protest
Ugandans protest surge in violence against women
KAMPALA: Hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of Uganda's capital Saturday demanding police action to stop a spate of kidnappings and murders of...
Rescue workers still unable to recover bodies of three minors
RAWALPINDI: Rescue workers were unable to locate the bodies of three minors who had swept away in a local canal while families of the children...
Party workers hold protest ‘welcome’ for Imran at Bani Gala
A number of disgruntled Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers on Thursday “welcomed” party chief Imran Khan with a sit-in outside his Bani Gala residence following his return...
Rights bodies hold demonstration to mark World Day Against Child Labour
KARACHI: Various child rights organisations on Tuesday gathered outside the Karachi Press Club and staged a demonstration against child labour in the country to mark the...
Islamabad police round up PTM supporters for holding anti-Taliban protest
--Police say arrests were made after protesters chanted 'anti-state' slogans
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police have rounded up a number of Pashtun activists, mostly belonging to Pashtunkhwa Milli...
Missing persons’ families hold protest in Larkana
LARKANA: Affected people took out a rally here on Wednesday at the end of 72-hour hunger strike staged for the recovery of missing persons.
The...
PM Abbasi announces GB Order 2018 amid protests, shutter down strike
Premier says legislation will give equal rights to people of region like other provinces
India summons Pakistani diplomat to protest against order changing...
Thai court frees leaders of coup anniversary protest on bail
BANGKOK: A Thai court on Thursday freed on bail a group of activists who led a protest in Bangkok on the anniversary of a...
JUI-F threatens to close down Indus, Pak-Afghan highways over KP-FATA merger
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) has threatened to close down the Pak-Afghan Highway and Indus Highway on May 22 in protest against the Federally Administered Tribal...
Govt loses Rs180m as visually impaired persons’ sit-in enters seventh day
--HRCP calls on government to meet legitimate demands of protestors
LAHORE: The protest demonstration being carried out by 10 visually impaired persons’ for employment rights, regularisation and...
Visually impaired persons’ protest enters 6th day on Kalma Chowk
LAHORE: The visually impaired persons' protest for employment rights, for regularisation and an increase in allowance entered its sixth day on Thursday here at...
16 black actresses stage glamorous protest at Cannes to denounce racism
CANNES: Sixteen black and mixed-race actresses staged a glamorous red carpet protest at the Cannes film festival Wednesday to denounce everyday racism in the...
‘No flats policy’: Kristen Stewart ditches heels on Cannes Red Carpet
CANNES: Cannes Film Festival is all about making fashion statements, while some chose to do that, there were others like Kristen Stewart making political statements...
Romania: Thousands stage anti-corruption, government protest
BUCHAREST: Thousands of people have gathered in Romania's capital to protest a contentious judicial overhaul they say will make it harder to prosecute senior...
Thousands of Poles protest against ruling conservatives
WARSAW: Thousands of anti-government protesters marched in Warsaw on Saturday demanding "independent" courts following a judiciary overhaul which has sparked a row with the...
Uber, Careem drivers protest unfair treatment
--Drivers of ride-hailing companies claim they are not earning enough
LAHORE: Hundreds of fed up drivers working for Uber and Careem held a rally to...
PPP workers stage protest for water shortage, load shedding
MIRPURKHAS: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) workers staged a protest outside the Karachi Press Club on Wednesday against unexpected load shedding and water shortage.
The protest...
