Tag: Rallies

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas gathered his top diplomats in Istanbul on Saturday, rallying them on their quest for statehood as he accused Israel of...

Tens of thousands of Yemenis turned Friday prayers into rallies for and against President Ali Abdullah Saleh who is recovering from injuries sustained in...

Mexico won a sixth CONCACAF Gold Cup title by rallying to score four unanswered goals and defeat the United States 4-2 in Saturday’s championship...

US President Barack Obama stopped short of endorsing the New York state senate’s bid to pass a gay marriage law during a sympathetic speech...

The Islami Jamiat Talba (IJT) Hailey College wing held a protest led by IJT leader Wajid Ali on Wednesday. A large number of students...

Punjab Governor Latif Khosa on Tuesday said though peaceful protest was people’s democratic right, yet the administration must ensure smooth traffic flow and business...

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday gave another week to the Punjab government to file its reply in a petition challenging frequent protests on...

On the call of Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Syed Munawar Hassan, a large number of JI workers took out a rally in the city to protest...

DHAKA - Mushfiqur Rahim cracked a brisk half-century as Bangladesh recovered from early blows to post a competitive 229-7 in the second one-day international against Australia on Monday.
Bangladesh, electing to bat after winning the toss, were struggling at 88-5 before wicketkeeper-batsman Rahim hit an 80-ball 81 not out with the help of one six and nine fours.
Rahim's best came in the closing stages of the innings when he smashed two fours and a six off successive

LAHORE - The Muttahida Qaumi Movement's (MQM) effort to make inroads into Punjab bore fruit on Sunday when it managed an impressive show in the provincial capital where party chief Altaf Hussain announced a revolution through constitutional means.
It was MQM's third public meeting in the city and by far the biggest one with around 10,000 people participating in the event held under the auspices of the MQM Punjab chapter at Punjab Football Stadium. In his telephonic address to

CHARLESTON - World No 1 Caroline Wozniacki rallied to reach the semi-finals of the WTA tour event here Friday, clawing her way past Belgian Yanina Wickmayer. "In every match, she finds a way to get out of it and beat her opponent," Wickmayer said. "That's most important."
Wozniacki trailed in both the second and third sets, but won the last four games of the encounter to notch the 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 quarter-final win. The escape came a day after the top-seeded Dane needed two

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday sought replies from the Punjab government and the Lahore district coordination officer on a petition challenging the holding of rallies and processions at The Mall. The Mall Road Traders Association filed the petition and submitted that protests and rallies affected business activity on The Mall.
The petition read that different political and religious parties held protests on a daily basis, especially on Friday. The association

FAISALABAD - "If the Arab world suspends the supply of petroleum to America and the West to protest the the desecration of the holy Quran, no body from the West will dare to repeat such a condemnable act in future," said Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Deputy Secretary General Dr Fareed Ahmed Paracha. He was addressing a rally outside Chiniot Bazaar held to condemn the desecration of the holy Quran by American pastor Terry Jones in Florida. Fareed Paracha said that instead of learning a lesson

HAFIZABAD - Jamaat-e-Islami, Sunni Ittihad Council and Khaksar Tehreek took out separate rallies against the release of Raymond Davis. The first rally, led by Jamaat-e-Islami District Amir Dr Yaseen Ansari, was taken out from the JI office and terminated at Fawara Chowk where Yaseen Ansari, and Gurjanwala Kisan Board Divisional President Hakeem Muhammad Iqbal addressed the protesters. Sunni Ittihad Council started the second rally from Jaamia Masjid Al-Farooq Hafizabad that was led by

LAHORE - The Imamia Students Organization (ISO) held a rally against the killings in Bahrain and the release of Raymond Davis from the Lahore Press Club to the Punjab Assembly on Friday. Abdul Khaliq, an ISO office bearer, led the rally, in which the protestors chanted slogans against the Saudi Arabia's role in Davis' release.
Protestors said that the killings in Bahrain will not be tolerated at any cost and should be stopped immediately.
They asked the Muslims to support

SANAA - A Yemeni protester died on Sunday from gunshot wounds sustained in clashes with police in the southern port of Aden, and demonstrators gathered in the capital Sanaa for a new round of anti-government rallies. Four people, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed in various protests around Yemen on Saturday as an opposition drive to end President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 32-year-rule was met with increasing violence.
The United States, which sees Saleh as an important ally in

KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait braced for demonstrations against the government on Tuesday as youth groups promised to take their campaign to oust the prime minister to the streets of the oil-rich emirate. The Fifth Fence youth group has been using microblogging website Twitter to urge its supporters to join a rally coinciding with parliament's first meeting after a six-week break.
Opposition blocs representing Islamists, liberals and nationalists have separately demanded Prime Minister