Tag: Protests

It’s not just Ramadan that’s testing people’s patience!

Despite the Water and Power Ministry’s tall claims and government pledges and assertions of increase in power generation upto 14,650 MW, complaints of power...

Protest-hit Brazil ‘missed chance’ to improve services

Brazil "lost a great opportunity" to improve public services when it won the right to host the 2014 football World Cup, Rio de Janeiro's...

Tense Egypt set for mass rival protests

Supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi are set to begin an open-ended demonstration on Friday, two days before planned rallies against him, setting up...

Brazil Congress rejects controversial amendment

Brazil's Congress has rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that was a key grievance of protesters who took to the streets across the country. Demonstrators had...

Brazil protests cross the million mark

Hundreds of thousands of people have rallied across Brazil as part of a protest movement over the quality of public services and the high...

Protests roil Brazil despite fare rollback

Protesters in Brazil have continued to clash with police, even after authorities in two of the biggest cities rolled back the transit fare hikes...

Sao Paulo transport fare protest turns violent

Protests in Brazil against bus and underground fare rises have turned violent in the country's largest city, Sao Paulo, with violence also reported at...

Turkey protests continue as tourism woes grow

Thousands of angry Turks have taken to the streets to join mass anti-government protests which have stretched to over one week, defying Prime Minister...

Turkey protests continue

Protests have continued in Turkey as demonstrators defied a government appeal to end deadly unrest in which two people have died. On Tuesday, Deputy Prime...

Farid Khan laid to rest amid protests

Amid violence and curfew, slain PTI lawmaker Farid Khan was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard in village Darvezee Palosa, Hangu on Tuesday....

Power Ministry gets paltry Rs 10b as protests gather strength

  The Ministry of Finance on Monday released Rs 10 billion to the Ministry of Water and Power to ease load shedding across the country,...

Worldwide protests held against Monsanto

Protests against seed giant Monsanto have been held across the US and in dozens of other countries. "March Against Monsanto" organisers said they were calling...

Life threats! Imran bars UK workers from protesting outside MQM London...

As the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers have constantly been receiving life threats, Chairman Imran Khan has asked party workers in the United Kingdom to...

Power protests erupt as Finance Ministry releases Rs 15b to enhance...

    The Finance Ministry has released a sum of Rs 15 billion to the Ministry of Water and Power to ensure provision of fuel to...

PTI protests against MQM in KP, 3 workers injured in clash...

Workers and supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Monday staged a protest demonstration in various parts of the province against killing of party leader...

PTI, MQM anti-rigging protests continue

      The ongoing sit-ins by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Muttahida Qaumi Movement in protest against alleged rigging in general elections continued on Wednesday. The PTI protests in...

Fazl vows protests against KP’s mandate to PTI

  Alleging wide range rigging in general elections, chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (F) chief Fazlur Rehman has refused to accept the mandate given by the...