Tag: Protests

Fazl sees snap polls within one month

--JUI-F protesters continue to block highways across country   ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Friday claimed that election would be held before...

Protests held in Larkana, Naundero against journalist’s murder

LARKANA: The journalists of Larkana and Naundero held protest demonstrations in their respective towns against the brutal killing of their colleague Ali Sher Rajpar by...

Venezuelans plan protests over power and water as rationing looms

CARACAS: Venezuelans on Monday prepared to hold protests over continued shortages of power and water following angry demonstrations as the government of President Nicolas...

Philippines protests over Chinese vessels in disputed waters

MANILA: The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest over the presence of more than 200 Chinese boats near an island occupied by Manila in...

LHWs end sit-in after govt promises to address concerns

LAHORE: Lady health workers (LHWs) from across Punjab on Thursday called off their sit-in protest at Faisal Chowk after the Punjab government promised to set...

PTM leader killed in ‘police crackdown’ on Loralai protesters

A senior member of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) was killed in a police crackdown on a sit-in being held in the Loralai district...

‘Yellow vests’ storm French ministry as protests turn violent

PARIS: “Yellow vest” protesters returned in force to the streets of France this weekend, clashing with police in several cities and smashing their way into...

Myanmar activists jailed over anti-war protests, says lawyer

YANGON: A court in Myanmar's restive Kachin state has jailed three activists for defaming the military, their lawyer said on Saturday, as campaigners slammed...

Lawyers continue protesting for LHC regional benches on seventh day

Lawyers in Sahiwal, Sargodha, Faisalabad and Gujranwala continued protesting on the seventh consecutive day, seeking the establishment of high court benches in their respective...

Threats to army, judiciary cannot be tolerated: Bilawal

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday said that the threats, made by leaders of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) during...

Police submit report to Interior Ministry over TLP’s KP protests

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Police on Wednesday submitted a report to the Ministry of Interior over protests that had engulfed the country in...

VIDEO: Army lauded for airlifting Sikh pilgrims to safety amid Labbaik’s...

British High Commissioner Thomas Drew has thanked Pakistan for rescuing British Sikh pilgrims amid the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) led protests across the country. At least...

JI warns countrywide protest campaign amid Aasiya Bibi verdict

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Amir Senator Sirajul Haq has warned that his party would launch a countrywide protest campaign against the blasphemers of Holy Prophet...

Khadim Rizvi, 500 others booked for rioting, disrupting peace

--FIA, PTA directed to investigate ‘propaganda’ inciting hate on social media --Normalcy returns to country as Labbaik suspends nationwide protests against Aasia Bibi’s acquittal   LAHORE: A...

VIDEO: Mob loots young vendor of his fruit

--Info Minister Fawad Ch requests Punjab govt to trace boy, compensate for his loss A mob allegedly belonging to the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) has looted...

Old tweet ‘comes back to bite’ PM Khan

As Prime Minister Imran Khan reached China amid Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan’s (TLP) nationwide protests, an old tweet of his has gone viral over the social...