Tag: Protests
CNG debacle – APCNGA to launch protests from 13th
After the failure of negotiations with the government to end the gas load shedding and maintain a difference of at least 40 percent between...
IJT protests against gay rights function
Islamabad police arrested 25 protestors of Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) on Friday as they had tried to encircle the US embassy during a protest...
Sunni Tehreek protests against Karachi targeted killings
The Sunni Tehreek on Friday organised a protest against target killings in Karachi in front of the Lahore Press Club. Protesters chanted anti-government slogans...
China silencing Uighurs two years after protests
The Chinese government is silencing voices of dissent in the restive far western region of Xinjiang by jailing ethnic Uighurs who speak out two...
Pasban protests for Dr Aafia
Pasban Pakistan staged a protest in connection with the United States (US) National Day, in front of the Lahore Press Club on Monday. ...
IJT protests against LGBT function at US Embassy
The Islami Jamiat-e-Talba (IJT) on Monday organised a protest in front of the US Consulate to protest against the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender...
Syria’s Assad sacks Hama governor after protests
President Bashar al-Assad sacked the governor of Hama province on Saturday, a day after tens of thousands of protesters massed in the provincial capital...
Oman court jails 13 people after protests for jobs
An Omani court has jailed 13 protesters for up to five years in the industrial city of Sohar, site of demonstrations demanding better pay,...
MQM protests postponement of polls on 3 AJK seats
The activists of Muttahida Qaumi Movement demonstrated against the postponement of election in Karachi and Peshawar constituencies for Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday....
FESCO union protests end to free power facility
Faisalabad Electric Supply Company’s (FESCO) Labour Union has announced to launch a protest movement against the company’s decision to withdraw free electricity supply to...
PLF holds protests against Sanaullah
The People’s Lawyers’ Forum (PLF) held a protest against Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah for declaring Senator Dr Babar Awan as liable for murder,...
Street protests follow speech, opp says ‘revolt’ must go on
Protesters took to the streets across Syria on Monday to denounce a speech by President Bashar al-Assad they said did not meet popular demands...
Syria protests fired on, call for tougher sanctions
Syrian security forces opened fire on protesters in the western coastal city of Banias after Friday prayers, causing an unknown number of casualties, rights...
Protests continue against shortage of irrigation water
Hundreds of growers and land owners in the tail-end areas of different water channels of lower Sindh observed a demonstration and stage a protest...
Activists vow more protests, military heads for Syrian town
Pro-democracy activists in Syria vowed more protests against President Bashar al-Assad for Friday, as reports of more bloodshed and the deployment of a convoy...
PTI protests against NWA operation, drone attacks
Score of activists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Monday staged a demonstration against possible military operation in North Waziristan and continuation of US drone strikes...
Haideri named Senate Opp leader amid protests
Senate Chairman Farooq Naik on Monday issued a notification naming JUI-F leader Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri as the new Senate opposition leader, but the...
