Tag: Riots

Punjab Police looted and damaged a train, banks, shops and CNG stations when protests went violent in different cities of the province. Tempers and...

With no respite in load shedding despite repeated assurances and appeasing announcements by the government, people across the country again donned their protesting costumes...

President’s spokesman Farhatullah Babar has called upon Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to avoid leading protest demonstrations on the issue of power load shedding,...

A British man hailed as a hero after he appealed for calm during the riots that killed his son last summer was handed a...

Protests against massive load shedding continued across the province for the fifth day running, as an angry mob torched LESCO’s regional office in the...

Kazakhstan elected a new parliament on Sunday just a month after deadly riots challenged the resource-rich but authoritarian nation’s status as the beacon of...

At least 10 people, including four children and three women, were killed in an exchange of fire between two groups and the subsequent violence,...

A team comprising senior officers of police and Sindh Police's Crime Investigation Department (CID) has been set up for the investigation into Sunday's firing...

Hazrat-e-buddhu bhi Gandhi ke saath hain. Zarra-e-khaq hain magar aandhi ke saath hain. There is little justice in translation. Akbar Allahabadi, the iconic 19th-20th century satirist,...

Police in China have detained 72 people after thousands rioted in an eastern manufacturing city in what began as a protest over taxes, local...

The episode over the higher secondary examinations in the Punjab becomes a case in point for more than one argument against the scheme of...

Are you one of those people who worry about evil computers taking over the world? Do you feel that basic pen-and-paper record keeping is...

Facebook and Twitter on Thursday will meet with riot-spooked British officials to discuss how social networks can play roles in keeping people safe during...

Pakistan, India and the main sponsors of the Indo-Pak Clash of Titans Soccer series have decided to dedicate the matches between the two sporting...

British Prime Minister David Cameron announced Monday a sweeping review of government policy to reverse a "slow-motion moral collapse" that he blames for last...

One of the major questions to have emerged during the London riots this week was whether they would have any impact on next summer’s...

Britain needs to tackle deep-seated social problems following riots and looting in English cities this week, the centre-right government said on Saturday, and a...