India imposes internet restrictions as fresh protests erupt
NEW DELHI: Mobile internet was cut on Friday in parts of India’s most populous state and thousands of riot police were deployed as fresh protests erupted in Delhi and Mumbai against a…
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 the next year. Talking to the media,…
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 armed men in Padeedan town. The journalists Murtaza…
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 Maduro appeared prepared to begin a rationing program.…
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 the disputed South China Sea, the president’s spokesman…
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 up a committee to look into their grievances.…
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 of Balochistan, MNA Mohsin Dawar confirmed Saturday. “Extremely…
‘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 a government ministry in Paris with the help…
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 the “chilling warning” the verdict sends critical voices…
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 districts, a private media outlet reported Tuesday. They…
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 widescale protests after the acquittal of Aasia Bibi…
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 the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to…
VIDEO: Army lauded for airlifting Sikh pilgrims to safety amid Labbaik’s protests
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 67 British Sikhs on a pilgrimage to…
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 Muhammad (Peace be upon him). Addressing a “Hurmaat-e-Rasool”…
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 day after normalcy returned to the…
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 a vendor’s cart full of bananas amid…