Tag: Protesters
If you can’t beat ’em, ignore ’em
Anti-terror court shelves three cases against TLP chief Khadim Rizvi, aides for indefinite period
Rizvi has been declared proclaimed offender in 14 cases yet Punjab Police...
Present Faizabad sit-in reports or face contempt proceedings, IHC reiterates
Justice Siddique tells govt not to 'play hide and seek' with court
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday warned that it will...
Sit-in enters second day as protesters demand Rao Anwar’s arrest in...
ISLAMABAD: The protest, which demandS justice in the Naqeebullah killing case and began on Thursday in the form of a rally from Dera Ismail Khan and...
Protesters call for Rao Anwar’s arrest in their five-point charter of...
ISLAMABAD: The parliamentarians, elders and youths hailing from the terror-struck Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) have vowed that their protest sit-in would continue until...
Around 1,000 detained protesters in Iran unrest freed, 300 still in...
LONDON: The Iranian authorities have released most of the people arrested during December’s anti-government protests but around 300 remain in jail facing charges, Iran’s...
Russian police vow clampdown on election protesters
MOSCOW: Russian police will act "toughly" to prevent any violations of the law at protests ahead of the March 18 presidential election, a senior...
Honduran forces battle protesters as election chaos lingers
TEGUCIGALPA: Honduran soldiers and police clashed with protesters blocking roads across the Central American country on Saturday, as discontent continues to fester nearly two...
Myanmar: Police shot dead seven protesters in Rakhine
YANGON: Myanmar police shot dead seven demonstrators and 12 were injured in troubled Rakhine State, after a local gathering celebrating an ancient Buddhist Arakan...
Court moved for registration of murder case against Shehbaz, Rana Sana...
LAHORE: A petition has been filed in the session court for the registration of a murder case against the Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif and...
Teachers protest ends in Karachi after successful negotiations
KARACHI: The teacher's protest which was being staged at Burns Road ended on Wednesday evening after negotiations were held between them and the south district...
Jalali-led TLYR faction calls off Lahore sit-in after ‘deal’ with Punjab...
--Asif Jalali announces resignation from Tehreek-e-Labaik
LAHORE: The Maulana Asif Jalali-led faction of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYR), which had been holding a sit-in outside...
ATC releases 73 protesters arrested during Faizabad sit-in, transfers 47 others...
ISLAMABAD: As many as 73 detained men who had been detained during the 20-day Faizabad sit-in staged by religious parties in Islamabad have been...
Metropolitan staff clean after litter left behind by protesters
ISLAMABAD: Sanitary workers of Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) cleaned the Faizabad Interchange on Tuesday of litter and garbage as protesters cleared the area after their...
Islamabad admin decides to turn off Faizabad interchange lights to disperse protesters
ISLAMABAD: The administration of the federal capital has decided to shut off street lights around the area of Faizabad Interchange as the sit-in by protesters...
Faizabad protesters turn down govt’s offer to send law minister on...
ISLAMABAD: Leaders of the protesting Tehreek-i-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYR) on Sunday have turned down government’s proposal to send the law minister on leave...
Traffic chaos as capital’s main highway blocked for sixth day
No police official in uniform deployed visible in, around TLYR sit-in
ISLAMABAD: With nothing new, the Islamabad administration has abandoned the clerics to continue their...
Protests continue in Karachi over arrest of religious leaders
Members of different religious groups Monday (today) continued to protest against the arrests of, All-Pakistan Shia Action Committee (APSAC) Chief Allama Mirza Yousaf Hussain,...