Tag: Protests

Protests proof of govt failure: Nawaz

President of PML-N, Nawaz Sharif while criticizing the performance of the government has said that nationwide protests is a proof of its failures. There is...

No let up in outages, protests rage on

Though the government claims that the power shortfall has come down to 5,800MW after electricity generation resumed from Tarbela on Friday, there was no...

LCCI fears country-wide power riots

The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has expressed grave concern over the power riots in Faisalabad and feared that the violent protests may...

Power cuts: Protests continue in several cities

Due to shortage of fuel to power stations, power shortfall on Wednesday surged to 8,200MW across the country which caused prolonged loadshedding of 15...

Quebec protests resume after mass arrests

Thousands of protesters returned to the streets across Quebec late Thursday in defiance of a new law regulating demonstrations and despite the arrest of...

Two vehicles set ablaze in Nawabshah & Sukkur

A truck driver was burnt to death when unknown miscreants set ablaze two vehicles in different areas here late Tuesday night. According to details, unidentified...

Sindh observes strike on nationalists’ call

A province-wide strike was observed on Wednesday across Sindh on a call given by nationalist parties in protest to the violent incident during a...

Karachi protest: police blocks Red Zone

People of Lyari took out a rally from the locality on Tuesday, prompting law-enforcers to seal the Red Zone of the metropolis, causing severe...

People up in arms against load shedding; shortfall reaches 7000MW

People have risen up in arms against unscheduled and excessive duration of loadshedding as the electricity shortfall crossed 7000 MW on Wednesday. There...

Protests gain momentum as shortfall hits 6,500MW

The Pakistan Electric Power Company has once again increased load shedding for domestic and commercial consumers in order to facilitate the textile sector, sources...

Protests called over US bounty on Hafiz Saeed

Right-wing, religious and extremist groups on Wednesday called for nationwide protests to denounce a US bounty on the man who founded the group blamed...

POL prices slashed, to be reviewed fortnightly

The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Tuesday announced a nominal reduction in the recent hike in prices of petroleum products. According to...

Power shortfall down to 2,800MW after protests

Electricity shortfall has reduced to 2,800MW amid demonstrations against power outages across Punjab. According to a PEPCO spokesman, the total power generation has reached...

Power protests persist

Violent demonstrations against massive electricity blackouts remained in full swing across Punjab on Wednesday as well, reports said. Reportedly the most affected cities remain Lahore,...

Outages, protests know no end!

Protests against power outages and excessive bills continued in the city and on Wednesday, the protestors attacked a customer care centre of Lahore Electric...

NO MORE!

Two people were killed in Lahore as protests in Punjab and Balochistan against chronic power outages entered the fourth day on Monday, just as...

Protests against excessive power outages

Prolonged loadshedding in Punjab has forced people to come out on streets and protest. The electricity shortfall has increased to 6500MW forcing power shutdown in...