Tag: Shutdown
Complete shutdown observed in occupied Kashmir
SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, complete shutdown was observed against the ban by India on Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front led by Muhammad Yasin Malik for...
IOK observes shutdown after NIA summons Mirwaiz
--Local newspapers publish blank front pages in protest
Shops and businesses remained closed in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) on Sunday as a shutdown was observed...
Shutdown observed on second consecutive day in IOK
SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, a complete shutdown was observed on the second consecutive day on Thursday, against the raids by India’s National Investigation Agency...
IOK to observe shutdown on Maqbool Butt’s martyrdom anniversary
ISLAMABAD: In Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK), a complete shutdown will be observed on Monday to mark the martyrdom anniversary of prominent Kashmiri leader Muhammad Maqbool...
Trump climbs down in wall row, Congress passes bill ending shutdown
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday brought a temporary end to the longest government shutdown in US history, while dropping his previous insistence on...
US govt partially shut down in fight over Trump’s border wall
WASHINGTON: The US government was partially shut down early on Saturday in a fierce dispute over President Donald Trump’s demands that Congress assign $5...
Shutdown continues in IOK on second consecutive day
--Defying curfew, thousands attend the last rites of the martyrs
ISLAMABAD: A complete shutdown was observed for the second consecutive day on Sunday, to mourn the...
Shutdown continues on second day in Sopore against killing of youths
ISLAMABAD: A complete shutdown was observed in Sopore area of Baramulla district on the second successive day on Friday to mourn the killing of two...
Sindh’s children hospital at verge of shutdown amid govt’s delay in...
KARACHI: The Sindh Government Children Hospital (SGCH) has almost been shut down following the delay in the release of funds from the provincial health department, Pakistan...
Complete shutdown observed in IoK against four civilians’ killing
ISLAMABAD: A complete shutdown was observed on Thursday in the Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) against the killing of four civilians in the indiscriminate firing...
Occupied Kashmir shuts down to mark Afzal Guru’s death anniversary
ISLAMABAD: A complete shutdown was observed in India-held Kashmir (IHK) on Friday to mark the fifth death anniversary of Afzal Guru, who was executed in...
Senate passes budget bill to end US govt shutdown
WASHINGTON: The Senate has passed a two-year budget bill and sent the legislation to the House for approval in a bid to end a...
US federal employees to return after three days shutdown
WASHINGTON: US federal workers prepared to return to work Tuesday after Congress ended a three-day government shutdown, with President Donald Trump claiming victory in...
US lawmakers to launch bid for ending shutdown stalemate
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers will launch a last-ditch bid Sunday to end a budget impasse before hundreds of thousands of federal workers are forced to...
US government shutdown exposes ‘chronic flaws’, say Chinese media
BEIJING: China’s official news agency said in a commentary on Sunday that the shutdown of the US government exposed “chronic flaws” in the US...
US Congress approves short-term budget to avoid shutdown
WASHINGTON: The Republican-controlled US Congress on Thursday passed a short-term funding bill to keep the federal government running for four more weeks, averting a...
Complete shutdown in occupied Kashmir over killings of freedom fighters
SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, complete shutdown was observed on Wednesday to protest the killing spree unleashed by Indian forces in the territory.
At least two freedom...
