Tag: Revolution

The Arab Spring is a rebellion on the cusp of becoming a revolution. It started as a sudden uprising ten months ago in Tunisia....

Masses poorer than Mubarak’s era When the angry mobs at Cairo’s Al Tehrir Square had entered into the final round of their path to revolution,...

Speakers at the seminar on ‘Media Role in Current Crisis in Pakistan’ lauded the media revolution in the country and emphasised the need to...

A Federico Macheda brace helped Premier League champions Manchester United canter to a 4-1 win over New England Revolution on Wednesday, as big money...

A talk on Arab revolution supposed to be held at the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) office on Sunday was cancelled because of...

Hundreds of Egyptian political figures, scholars and activists gathered in Cairo on Saturday, in the biggest post-revolt meeting of political forces aimed at “protecting...

Syrian protesters pledged on Wednesday to press ahead with their "revolution" in the face of sweeping arrests by authorities, as France called for sanctions...

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

CAIRO - Tens of thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square Friday, issuing calls to "save the revolution" that ousted president Hosni Mubarak and to rid of the country of the old regime.
The Youth Coalition Movement, an umbrella grouping those who launched the uprising against Mubarak, called this week for a new demonstration to demand judgement of the corrupt and those who fired live rounds on protesters. The young pro-democracy activists also want the country's

HAFIZABAD - Pakistan People's Party Punjab President Chaudhry Imiaz Sadfar Warraich has said that Nawaz Shrief cannot bring about a revolution by buying 40 MPAs. Addressing the opening ceremony of a newly established passport office in Hafizabad, he claimed the popularity of Palistan People's Party was increasing in the Punjab.
The party had won every by-election held in the province, he said and added it was a revolution. He further claimed the party would form its government in

LAHORE - MQM chief Altaf Hussain has said that members of the army are part of the 98 percent oppressed population, and invited them to carry out joint efforts to bring a revolution to change the lives of the "have-nots".
Altaf said this in a telephonic address to party leaders and workers from London during the inaugural ceremony of the party's new office, to be called the MQM Punjab House, in Muslim Town. Altaf said the looted money lying in foreign bank accounts should be

KARACHI - Pakistan is in dire need of an education revolution so that failures, shortcomings and sense of deprivation among people can be rooted out, said Sindh Industries and Commerce Minister Rauf Siddiqui on Friday while speaking as chief guest at the awards distribution ceremony of the University of Karachi (KU) Department of Mathematics' Information Technology Programme. "The education system of the country has been plagued by various shortcomings since the past 63 years, and

LAHORE - Forces loyal to Moammar Gaddafi smashed through the last line of defence protecting the rebel capital of Benghazi Tuesday and now appear poised to crush the revolt as hope for international intervention wanes. Fleeing refugees confirmed the fall of Adjabiya, a strategic city that rebel leaders vowed just one day earlier would mark the bulwark of the revolution's stand again Gaddafi, came in a matter of bullet strewn hours.
As nightfall approached, anxiety gripped

LAHORE - Pepsi Cola organised a Cricket Revolution - Ultimate Gaming Tournament, in order to provide an unmatched experience to the cricket crazy nation here. Gaming areas were set up at different bazaars, malls and colleges where the youth showed their skills in the amazing Pepsi Cricket Revolution Game.
The final round of the tournament was held across different zones in Lahore and over 50 gamers took part in the competition. Player with highest runs in five overs was selected

LAHORE - The Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign (PTUDC) held a protest rally against privatisation, price hikes, unemployment and the Balochistan operation on The Mall on Sunday.
The protestors holding red banners hindered the traffic flow by blocking the main road. They chanted slogans against the Balochistan operation and kidnapping cases and demanded the government save the labourers from capitalism by stopping privatisation. They appealed the labourers all over the world

LAHORE - Halib Jalib lived his life by his ideology, prominent lawyer Abid Hassan Manto reminisced at a seminar arranged by the Souh Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA) on the 18th death anniversary of the revolutionary poet Habib Jalib on Friday. Manto said that Jalib's poetry has an emancipatory effect when experienced by the common man. The occasion was graced by a number of Jalib's old companions with Manto accompanied by human rights activist I A Rehman, SAFMA Secretary General