Tag: Rally

SANAA = At least seven people were killed including four policemen who clashed with a dissident army unit, as hundreds of thousands of anti-regime protesters rallied across Yemen on Wednesday. "Police attacked an army checkpoint in Amran province," 170 kilometres (105 miles) north of Sanaa, "killing one officer and wounding two soldiers," a military official told AFP. The four policemen died as the security forces traded fire with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades in the

BEIJING - A 21-year-old Chinese man who attended a proposed pro-democracy "Jasmine Revolution" protest in Beijing was sentenced to labour re-education, in the first confirmed punishment for the Middle East-inspired gatherings that were squashed by wary authorities. The man, Wei Qiang, was sentenced to 2 years in a labour re-education camp. He was a former art student who did some work at the studio of the detained artist-activist Ai Weiwei, according to two friends of Wei, who

DAMASCUS - Syrian students rallied in Damascus on Monday to express solidarity with protesters killed over the weekend, as the army moved in on the flashpoint town of Banias. France and Germany, meanwhile, slammed the deadly assaults by security forces on anti-regime protesters and called on President Bashar al-Assad to make good on his promises of reform.
"Students rallied in solidarity with the victims of Daraa and Banias, chanting 'We will sacrifice our soul and blood for you

LAHORE - PML-N senior leader Khawaja Saad Rafiq has called MQM's public rally "a flop show," saying Altaf Hussian's "London-brand" revolution took its last breath at football ground of Gaddafi Stadium forever. It was not a Jalsa (public meeting), rather a Jalsi that pricked the imaginary publicity bubble that the MQM fantasised, he added.
Saad said the public meeting was a joint show of the MQM and PML-Q, but failed to create any ripple. He said the public meeting could not make

LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Shopping Festival organised a cycle rally on Sunday, which provided Lahoris a maiden opportunity to watch around 100 cyclists race on city roads.
The rally started from the LCCI and culminated at the Lahore Expo Centre. Punjab Industries Secretary Dr Shujaat Ali was the chief guest while Guard Auto Zone Project Director Shehryar Ali Malik was the guest of honour. Ali said that the festival had given a new lease of life

LAHORE - The Muttahida Qaumi Movement's (MQM) Isteqam-e-Pakistan Convention, scheduled to be held at Qaddafi Stadium on Sunday, was shifted to the Football Stadium at the 11th hour due to security concerns, traffic problems and traders' protest against closure of their shops and food outlets along the outer wall of the stadium.
Security has been kept as the highest priority as the MQM gets ready for its biggest showdown in Lahore. The Punjab government, showing deep concern over

LAHORE - Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Secretary General Senator Jahangir Badr on Saturday said that PPP Co-chairman President Asif Ali Zardari would make a final decision on whether or not the PPP would attend the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)'s meeting today (Sunday).
On Saturday, an MQM team led by Farooq Sattar met Jehangir Badr at his residence and invited the PPP to attend MQM's Istehkam-e-Pakistan rally today. Badr welcomed the call but made it clear that a final decision

LAHORE - The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) on Thursday accepted the invitation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) to attend its rally in Lahore on April 10. The recent contacts between the PML-Q and MQM are seen as an attempt to counter the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in Punjab and Lahore, as the ruling Punjab party is a common enemy for the PML-Q and the MQM at the moment.
Political analysts also forecast a potential political alliance between the two parties.

LAHORE - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) held Istahqam-e-Pakistan rally from the party office at the Punjab House to the shrine of Hazrat Ali Hajvairi on Tuesday to gain the street power before its big show scheduled on April 10. MQM Rabta Committee member Saif Yar Khan who has been assigned to look after party's affairs in Punjab led the rally.
Dozens of people on motorcycles, cars, vans and jeeps were carrying banners, party flags and Altaf Hussain's portraits and chanting

LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), as part of its ongoing Lahore Shopping Festival (LSF), will arrange a vintage car rally today (Tuesday) to create awareness amongst the younger generation about classic car models.
The rally will start from Liberty Chowk at 3pm and after passing through Main Boulevard and Jail Road, will culminate in front of the LCCI Building, Tahir Malik, chief executive Trafco Tracking and sponsor of the colorful event said while

BAKU - Azeri police arrested dozens of opposition activists who tried to stage a protest rally in the centre of the oil-producing Muslim country's capital Baku on Saturday. Riot police seized protesters and pushed them into buses near Fountains Square in Baku, where the opposition had wanted to hold a rally but failed to receive approval from authorities. One of the opposition leaders said after completion of the protest that about 1,000 people had taken part and more than 200 were