Tag: Protests

Thousands in Madrid protest against violence on women

MADRID: Thousands took to the streets of Madrid Saturday to protest violence against women, just as Spain reels from a grisly trial over an...

Educational institutes to remain closed on Monday, Tuesday in Punjab

ISLAMABAD: In view of the prevailing law and order situation in the country, Punjab Education Minister, Rana Mashood has announced that educational institutes will remain...

COAS phones PM Abbasi, says protests should be handled peacefully

ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa called Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday to discuss the security situation...

Kenyan police fire teargas to break slum protests after four murdered

  NAIROBI: Kenyan police fired teargas to disperse a crowd that was protesting on Sunday against the overnight murder of four people in a slum...

Faizabad sit-in: About time state shows some spine

IHC tells capital admin to clear Faizabad sit-in by any means necessary, as Islamist protesters threaten interior minister of 'Salmaan Taseer-like' fate Orders...

Students might face difficulties reaching exam venues due to protests

ISLAMABAD: Students taking O/A level examinations in Islamabad might face difficulties in reaching exam venues due to the ongoing protest by the Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool...

No record of Rs695mn spent during PTI, PAT protests in 2014,...

ISLAMABAD: During a session of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) held on Wednesday, an audit report provided by the Interior Ministry revealed that Rs695mn...

Educational activities resume at QAU amid strict security

ISLAMABAD: Educational activities were completely restored on Tuesday at Islamabad’s Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) after twenty days under police surveillance. According to details, the security personnel...

Protests erupt in Occupied Kashmir following search operation

Clashes erupted between Indian forces and youth during a cordon and search operation launched by the latter in Manghama village of southern Pulwama district...

Florida protesters keep white supremacist leader from delivering speech

FLORIDA: Hundreds of protesters shouted down white supremacist leader Richard Spencer on Thursday at a university in Florida, forcing him to leave the stage...

Parents of APS martyrs protest against Imran Khan

PESHAWAR: The parents of the Army Public School massacre’s martyrs protested on Saturday against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, announcing to hold a...

QAU students continue protests in favour of expelled fellows

ISLAMABAD: The issue of expelling of some students has resulted in the closure of Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) on the second consecutive day, amid protests...

Protests continue against persecution of Rohingya Muslims

DERA BUGTI: Protests continued on Tuesday across the country over a military campaign in Myanmar that has forced tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims...

Activist to hold national general strike across US to protest Trump

'These protests are too easily ignored and forgotten by those who wish to ignore and forget them,' claimed one of those backing the...

In pictures: In challenge to Trump, women protesters swarm streets across...

Women took to the streets in unexpectedly large numbers in major US cities on Saturday in mass protests against US President Donald Trump, in...

Anti-Trump protesters head to Washington

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration, but hundreds of thousands of protesters are also expected in Washington next...

Thousands of US students carry protests against Trump into second week

Demonstrations protesting the US presidential election victory of Republican Donald Trump entered their second week on Monday, with thousands of students chanting phrases like...