Tag: sit-ins

LHC directs govt to legislate for ban on Mall Road protests

LAHORE: A Lahore High Court (LHC) full bench Monday directed the Punjab government to carry out necessary legislation in accordance with Articles 15 and 16...

Give them an inch and they’ll take a mile

--Extremist cleric Khadim Rizvi gives two-day deadline to govt for implementation of Islamabad agreement --TLYR activists stage sit-in in Lahore, threaten to expand protests across country if...

Protests on Mall Road continue despite section 144

LAHORE: Despite Punjab government’s imposition of section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) 1898 on the Mall Road, in compliance with the directives of...

HRCP alarmed over expulsion of Pashtun, Baloch students

PU spokesman says admin not to tolerate ‘dharna-style’ pressure   LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Monday expressed grave concern over the recent...

Issues of business community to be resolved through community policing: IGP...

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Inspector General Police (IGP), Dr Sultan Azam Temuri has said that a community policing model was being developed to make the city’s police...

‘Sit-in politics’ antagonistic to economic development, says Ahsan Iqbal  

Says Pakistan competing with sit-in-free economies of India, Bangladesh  ISLAMKOT: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Friday said that there was a need to give up...

Islamabad admin directs TLYR to call-off protest after IHC order

 Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui observes if a good deed is carried out wrongly, it becomes a ‘wrong act’ ISLAMABAD: Following the orders passed by...

No record of Rs695mn spent during PTI, PAT protests in 2014,...

ISLAMABAD: During a session of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) held on Wednesday, an audit report provided by the Interior Ministry revealed that Rs695mn...

Lock-downs, negative politics hinder development: CM

LAHORE: Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday said that progress and development in the country had been a problem for political opponents. He said that...

Power projects delayed due to sit-ins: Shehbaz Sharif

  Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said that a lot of work had been done under the leadership of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif...