Tag: Protesters

Dozens arrested as protesters attempt to reach LoC

--Protesters clash with police near Tatrinote village of AJK   Dozens of protesters have been arrested in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) after they attempted to...

36 missing persons’ relatives arrested from outside president’s residence

The police arrested 36 relatives of ‘missing persons’ from outside the residence of President Arif Alvi in Karachi on Wednesday after a First Information...

More protesters flood Sudan’s sit-in to demand civilian rule

Khartoum: Thousands of protesters demanding an end to military rule flocked to the sit-in outside Sudan’s Defence Ministry on Friday, in the biggest turnout...

Fear of army action as Sudan protesters toughen stand

Sudanese protesters have hardened their stand, demanding a transitional military council be scrapped and immediately replaced with the civilian rule as on Tuesday they...

Teachers on roads, PTI ministers go missing

--Govt plays waiting game with teachers --PPLA GS says they’re following Imran Khan’s ‘dharna model’ --Mehmoodur Rasheed says ministers not picking up his phone LAHORE: As the...

Police block opposition protesters as tensions rise in Venezuela

Riot police blocked protesters as thousands of people took to the streets Saturday with tensions rising between opposition leader Juan Guaido and President Nicolas...

ATC grants bail to 18 Labbaik ‘arsonists’

ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Tuesday granted post-arrest bail to 18 alleged arsonists involved in the nationwide protests by Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). The accused were earlier...

Aasia Bibi’s husband calls for her protection, criticises govt deal with...

LAHORE: The husband of Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman acquitted after eight years on death row for blasphemy, on Saturday criticised the government deal with...

Catalan protesters attempt to block transport to mark referendum anniversary

    BARCELONA: Hundreds of protesters attempted to block roads and train tracks in the Spanish region of Catalonia on Monday while students marched in Barcelona...

Gaza protesters halt fire after deadly flare-up with Israel

  GAZA CITY: Gaza militants halted fire Thursday after targeting Israel with some 180 rockets and mortars, provoking Israeli strikes across the enclave that killed...

Protesters in Iran attack seminary, break windows

TEHRAN: Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency says protesters attacked a seminary in the northern province of Alborz but were stopped by the police before...

Protesters loot aid agencies in S Sudan: UN

JUBA: Angry protesters on Monday forcefully entered and looted around 10 humanitarian agency compounds in conflict-torn South Sudan, said the UN refugee agency UNHCR...

Iraqi protesters call for downfall of politicians

BASRA: Thousands of Iraqis angry about poor services protested in southern cities and Baghdad on Friday, calling for the downfall of political parties as...

Iran protesters confront police at parliament

DUBAI: Protesters angered by Iran's cratering economy confronted police in front of parliament on Monday, with security forces firing tear gas at them, according...

Pro-EU protesters march in London, demand new vote on Brexit

LONDON: Thousands of anti-Brexit protesters marched Saturday in London to demand a new referendum on leaving the European Union, as a divided Britain marked...

Thai protesters vow to march for election this year

  BANGKOK: Pro-democracy activists protesting in the Thai capital on Saturday said that they will march on the country's seat of power later this month...

Battlefield sights as police hold crackdown against dengue workers

--Dozens injured, arrested in use of force against protesters on Cooper Road --Tear gas, water cannons used to disperse protesters aiming to besiege PA building   LAHORE: Provincial...