MIRPUR (AJK) The students of Mirpur University of Science & Technology continued their protest here the second consecutive day by boycotting their classes as a protest against the non-accreditation of their department by the Pakistan Engineering Council, the public-sector regulatory authority ...

  chitral   Former President Pervez Musharraf's All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) managed to win a seat each in the National Assembly and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Provincial Assembly from Chitral's NA-32 and PK-90 constituency, despite announcing a boycott of 2013 general elections. APML ...

islamabad - When the voters in large number came out on May 11 to favour parties of their own choice, the two political parties - Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) - boycotted the general elections while the former staged countrywide protests on the polling day.The ...

MQM leader Nabeel Gabol announced election boycott from NA-248 Lyari.Addressing a press conference in Karachi, he alleged PPP candidates from Lyari for hijacking polling stations, throwing out the polling staff and stamping the ballot papers.“Me and two other candidates contesting from ...

quetta - Chief of his own faction of the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), Nawabzada Talal Akbar Bugti has warned that if his reservations were not addressed and displaced people of the Bugti tribe were not rehabilitated, his party might boycott the elections.Addressing to a press conference in Quetta on ...

PESHAWAR - Zakha Khel tribe from Khyber Agency on Sunday threatened to boycott May 11 polls, if polling stations set up for Zakha Khel tribesmen in IDPs camps were not shifted to their respective areas.They announced boycott of May 11 elections in protest against shifting of polling stations to ...

quetta - Female teachers on Saturday took out a protest rally in Quetta, threatening to boycott elections if their demands were not met. Teachers’ leaders said female teachers were facing serious threats from banned outfits against performing duties at polling stations in different parts of ...

ISLAMABAD - In a move to have a safe exit from Pakistan, General (r) Pervez Musharraf's All Pakistan Muslim League announced on Friday boycott of the elections, alleging 'partial' attitude of the Election Commission and judiciary.After Dr Tahirul Qadri's Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), the APML is ...

All Pakistan Muslim League led by former dictator Pervez Musharraf on Friday announced boycott of the May 11 general elections.General Secretary of the All Pakistan Muslim league Dr Amjad disclosed the decision at a press conference along with Aasia ishaaq here.Dr. Amjad said the role of election ...

KARCHI  - Muttahida Qaumi Movement Deputy Convener Dr Farooq Sattar said that his party would never boycott the elections despite conspiracies were being hatched to sabotage MQM’s mandate in the upcoming general elections. Addressing a press conference at Khursheed Begum Secretariat, ...

RAWALPINDI– More than 300 vaccinators in Rawalpindi, hired to carry on health campaigns funded by international institutions, have threatened to boycott the upcoming anti-polio campaign for not getting their payments.All the preparations of the anti-polio campaign to be held from April 15 ...

QUETTA - Baloch National Front (BNF), an alliance of different Baloch nationalist parties, has announced to continue the boycott of all Urdu news channels and some daily newspapers in Balochistan for allegedly ‘promoting the state agenda and distorting the Baloch national struggle’.This ...

CHITRAL  - Elders of Kalash community from three valleys have demanded the chief election commissioner to give them their constitutional right of electing their own candidate in the upcoming elections, as per the Constitution of 1973. Addressing a news conference Wazir Zada, Luk Rehmat, Unat ...

KARACHI -  The lawyers on Monday completely boycotted the Sindh High Court proceedings and continued their strike during former president Musharraf hearing. In SHC, the judges were present at the chambers but could not hear the cases due to strike of lawyers.  Citizens whose cases were ...

Awami National Party (ANP) Friday voiced strong protest in National Assembly (NA) against promulgation of Sindh Local Bodies Ordinance, staged walk out and announced to boycott sitting session.Speaking on a point of order, Pervez Khan, ANP MNA, alleged President was mutilating the constitution by ...

 KARACHI (PPI) - 700 GAVI vaccinators announced boycotting polio vaccine drive beginning this month as a token of protest against non-payment of their salaries. Vaccinators Welfare Association Chairman Junaid Ahmed Shah, Maula Bux Chandio and Nabi Bux Jalbani made the announcement after ...

LAHORE – The civil judges of Aiwan-e-Adl District Courts were on Tuesday compelled to boycott the court work when some lawyers misbehaved with one of them after denial of relief on force.As per reports, the judges went on strike after some angry lawyers hijacked, locked the courtroom of civil ...

LOS ANGELES (BBC) Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has threatened to pull out of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) over a film rating given to the documentary Bully. The R rating means children under the age of 17 will not be able to watch the film, about bullying in US schools, without ...

BAGHDAD  - Ministers from Iraq’s Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc ended a cabinet boycott and returned to work on Tuesday, after a political crisis in December that had triggered sectarian bloodshed and threatened to shatter the country’s fragile government.“The prime minister ...

LONDON  - Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott has described England's performance in the 72-run Test defeat by Pakistan as one of the worst he has ever witnessed.Andrew Strauss's side were bundled out for 72 on the fourth day in Abu Dhabi as Pakistan clinched the series. Boycott told Test ...

WARBURTON - School teachers partially boycotted educational activities in the schools of district Nankana Sahib on the call of the SES Teachers Association District Nankana Sahib here on Friday. Association officeholders Rai Muhammad Asif of Govt Elementary School Punj Ahata and Muhammad Yasin ...

LONDON  - Until they start hitting big scores on the subcontinent, England cannot call themselves the best team in the world, feels former captain and opener Geoffrey Boycott. “If you can’t bat, you can’t win, and this was a pathetic, unexpected and shocking batting display ...

QUETTA - Lawyers boycotted court proceedings in Quetta and some other parts of Balochistan Wednesday to protest against the murder of their colleague Malik Sadiq.Sadiq was assassinated in Hub. The Balochistan Bar Association, High Court Bar Association and Bar Council gave the strike call. The ...

ISLAMABAD - Chief of his own faction of Pakistan People's Party, Aftab Ahmad Khan, has said that the government was wrongly claiming the endorsement of Parliament for its decision of Bonn Conference boycott, as they had brought the matter before the Parliamentary Committee on National Security ...

HAFIZABAD - More than 600 lady health workers and their 27 supervisors took out a rally to protest against non-payment of their four-month salaries, threatening boycott of polio drive here on Sunday. The workers and their supervisors thronged the old Civil Hospital premises and raised slogans ...

LONDON (Agencies) - A day after former England captain Alec Stewart ridiculed the ICC's 'Greatest Test team of all time; former opener and now noted commentator Geoffrey Boycott said the selection of the team is fundamentally flawed. "ICC's best-ever Test team is fundamentally flawed and pays ...

LONDON - Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott feels cricket-playing countries should combine to outvote BCCI's opposition to the Decision Review System in the ICC even though most of them are "frightened to death of India's financial power". "If a majority of the ICC countries believe that the ...

LAHORE Young Doctors Associations (YDAs) across the country have announced to close down Out Patients Departments (OPDs) at major public sector hospitals for indefinite period from today (Wednesday) to express solidarity with medics in Balochistan and protest against use of brute force against ...

ISLAMABAD - Like many others including dignitaries sitting in the galleries, I was also least interested in the opposition parties friendly fashioned boycott of President Zardaris address to joint sitting of the Parliament Tuesday. What really had surprised me the most was President Zardaris ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Saturday decided to boycott Geo and Jang Group for launching biased propaganda against the party ever since the present government assumed power. Addressing a press conference here, PPP Secretary General Senator Jehangir Badar said PPP had two ...