Tag: Protests

Two killed in southern Iraq as protests spread

BASRA: Two more demonstrators were killed in southern Iraq, officials said, as protests against unemployment spread on Saturday from the port city of Basra...

Rape of 7-year-old girl sparks angry protests in India

MUMBAI: Thousands of people took to the streets in central India this week demanding the death penalty for assailants who raped a seven-year-old girl...

Kasur protests minor boy’s disappearance

KASUR: Locals on Monday protested against the disappearance of a six-your-old boy, blaming lack of efforts by the police for his recovery. According to details, Faiq...

PTI workers protest party’s ‘seat adjustment’ with Jamshed Dasti

MUZAFFARGARH: Workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday protested against the alleged seat adjustment with Awami Raj Party leader Jamshed Dasti. The workers took to...

Tribesmen making attempts to resume sit-in against violent acts

PESHAWAR: Tribesmen who were forced to disperse late on Wednesday night by security forces are making attempt for resuming the sit-in protest against frequent violent acts...

Three decades on: Sikhs protest against Indian attack on Golden Temple

--Sikh community vows to continue Khalistan Movement that led to hundreds of deaths in 1984   LAHORE: Members of the Sikh community on Wednesday held a rally to commemorate...

PPP, PML-N threaten to take to streets if elections are delayed

Both parties agree to approach SC independently for ordering timely polls KARACHI: As the debate heats up after the passage of resolutions in the...

Indian forces martyr 10 Kashmiris

The deceased include a teenager and professor-turned-freedom fighter among others 10 martyred including five civilians SRINAGAR: Indian forces martyred five freedom fighters Sunday in...

At least 7 Kashmiris killed in fighting and protests

SRINAGAR: At least seven Kashmiris were killed in fighting in Indian-held Kashmir on Wednesday, sparking angry retaliatory protests and violent street clashes across the restive Himalayan...

Lahore Mall Road declared ‘red zone’ in bid to thwart sit-ins

Home dept terms protests, sit-ins at Mall Road ‘security risk’ Business community appreciate govt's decision Notification is to avoid political protests before elections, says intelligence...

Airstrike by Israel on Gaza border kills Palestinian

GAZA: A Palestinian was killed by an Israeli air strike on the Gaza border early Thursday, the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave said,...

Commuters hassled as TLYR sit-in enters second day

LAHORE: With the sit-in of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYR) continuing to add to the provincial capital's traffic mess on the second day, the...

LHC directs govt to legislate for ban on Mall Road protests

LAHORE: A Lahore High Court (LHC) full bench Monday directed the Punjab government to carry out necessary legislation in accordance with Articles 15 and 16...

Give them an inch and they’ll take a mile

--Extremist cleric Khadim Rizvi gives two-day deadline to govt for implementation of Islamabad agreement --TLYR activists stage sit-in in Lahore, threaten to expand protests across country if...

JKM protests Indian brutality against unarmed Kashmiris

--Country-wide demonstrations held against state terrorism in IOK   LAHORE: The Jammu Kashmir Movement (JKM) on Monday arranged countrywide demonstrations against the massacre of unarmed Kashmiris by...

Protests break out against inaction in Abida rape, murder case

FAISALABAD: Infuriated students and locals on Friday took to the roads of the city while protesting against the authorities’ inaction over the rape and murder...

Protests on Mall Road continue despite section 144

LAHORE: Despite Punjab government’s imposition of section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) 1898 on the Mall Road, in compliance with the directives of...