ISLAMABAD  - Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, confirmed to central leaders of his party on Wednesday that he will address the participants of protest demonstration to be held in D-Chowk on May 24 through video link.It would be Imran's first public speech after the general ...

mardan - Hundreds of PTI activists staged a protest demonstration in front of the Civil Secretariat on Tuesday against the alleged rigging on NA-9 Mardan-1 constituency. The angry activists chanted slogans against the local administration, Election Commission and judiciary. Addressing to the ...

BAHAWALPUR - More than 300 protesters broke into Mepco complex in Rahim Yar Khan and rampaged through the building against the unscheduled electricity loadshedding. The irate protesters ransacked office record, broke doors, windows, flower pots and furniture here on Monday.According to details, ...

BAHAWALPUR - More than 300 protesters broke into Mepco complex in Rahim Yar Khan and rampaged through the building against the unscheduled electricity loadshedding. The irate protesters ransacked office record, broke doors, windows, flower pots and furniture here on Monday.According to details, ...

ATHENS - Hundreds of demonstrators on Saturday paraded the coffin in central Athens of a Pakistani immigrant who was stabbed to death earlier this week, praying and opening the casket to show his face in protest at racist attacks in the country.About 3,000 immigrants and human rights activists ...

BAGHDAD - Thousands rallied in Sunni-majority areas of Iraq on Friday, calling for the ouster of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in the latest of ongoing protests that have deepened a political crisis.Demonstrators in Baghdad and other cities also demanded the reform of anti-terror laws they say are ...

KARACHI - A sit-in was held outside Bilawal House here on Sunday to protest the targeted killings of Shias in the country, particularly the blasts in Quetta. The protesters demanded the president and prime minister take concrete steps to stop ongoing sectarian violence in Balochistan. They said the ...

RAMADI - Tens of thousands of protesters opposed to Iraq's prime minister blocked the main highway to Syria and Jordan for the sixth consecutive day on Friday, a move the premier slammed as "unacceptable."Demonstrators called for Nuri al-Maliki to resign after he criticised protesters in a call for ...

KARACHI – Various parties of Shias on Friday staged sit-in at Numaish Chowrangi, MA Jinnah Road on Friday evening till indefinite time against what they called ‘Shia genocide’ across the country and in favour of military operation in Karachi.  Thousands of citizens have ...

DUBAI - Thousands of Shia demonstrators in a village near the Bahraini capital on Friday demanded the premier’s ouster in the first officially sanctioned protest since a ban at the end of October, witnesses said. “Get out, Khalifa!” they chanted, referring to Sheikh Khalifa bin ...

CAIRO - More than 10,000 protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi swarmed the square in front of his Cairo palace on Friday evening, breaking through barbed wire barriers protecting the compound.A cordon of soldiers prevented the crowd from nearing the palace’s main gate, but ...

CAIRO  - Hundreds of supporters of President Mohamed Mursi protested on Sunday outside Egypt’s top court, forcing judges to delay the potential scrapping of an Islamist panel that drafted a disputed constitution.The Supreme Constitutional Court then declared it was beginning an ...

BANGKOK (AFP) - Thai police fired tear gas and detained dozens of demonstrators as clashes erupted at the first major street protests against PM Yingluck Shinawatra’s government. The violence, while relatively small scale, appeared to mark a new phase in Thailand’s long-running ...

CAIRO (AFP) - Thousands of people across the Middle East protested on Friday against Israel’s aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip, with some chanting “death to Israel” and others calling for the bombing of Tel Aviv.In Cairo, several thousand protesters gathered outside Al-Azhar ...

ARACHI - A large number of fishermen, farmers and herdsmen participated in a rally to mark the World Food Day as week of action on food sovereignty (October 9-16) has been started, globally. Organised jointly by Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (Piler) and Pakistan ...

 SADIQABAD - The Jamiat Ahle Hadith Pakistan, Fatima Fertilisers’ workers and the Government Institute of Commerce, Sadiqabad took out separate rallies as a protest against the anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims” made in the US. The activists, workers and the teachers ...

KARACHI – Thousands of people rallied across Pakistan on Sunday to denounce an anti-Islam film with protesters burning US flags and effigies of President Barack Obama, and calling to sever ties with Washington.At least one person was killed and eight injured in Karachi when police opened fire ...

ISLAMABAD – Security forces clashed with angry protesters outside the US Embassy in Federal capital as hundreds of people demonstrated across Pakistan on Friday to denounce an anti-Islam movie, burning US flags and calling for the film-maker to be killed.The clashes occurred as demonstrators ...

MULTAN/HAFIZABAD/MUZAFFARGARH - The blasphemous film produced by an American Jew sparked strong reaction in entire South Punjab region as a string of protest demonstrations took place on Friday. The activists of different religious, political and social parties brought out rallies in Multan, ...

NEW DELHI  - Indian protesters angry at a controversial allocation of coal fields were baton charged by police and sprayed with tear gas during a demonstration in the capital New Delhi Sunday.Police also fired water cannons to disperse the protesters as they marched towards the residences of ...

MULTAN/SARGODHA/HAFIZABAD - The activists of Majlis Wahdat Muslimeen, Azadi Alqudus Committee and Imamia Students Organization marked Friday as Youmul Quds as they brought out a rally and staged a demo at Ghanta Ghar Chowk. The rally started from Shah Gardez and ended at the Chowk where the ...

HAFIZABAD - A shutter-down and wheel-jam strike was observed here and a violent rally was taken out by the activities of political, religious and labour parties against worst power loadshedding during the holy month of Ramazan. They protested against worst outages in the area particularly in nights ...

LAKKI MARWAT - All Employees Coordination Council, Lakki Marwat chapter, has threatened to stage a sit-in on Lakki-Tajazai road to protest against the local administration’s failure to arrest a man who tortured a head clerk of Education Department.In a meeting held in the district ...

At least three persons were killed while eight others were injured in gunfire opened by the guards of Riaz Fatyana, MNA, when the enraged people protesting against prolonged durations of load shedding headed towards his residence located in Kamalia. The incident occurred when the protesters ...

BUREWALA - Because of more than 22-hour unscheduled loadshedding, the irked people including traders, social and political workers took control of the local grid station, suspended the power supply to other cities and restored it to the local areas on Monday.Vehari Anjuman Tajran President Muhammad ...

VEHARI – Police registered Friday five FIRs against protesters – one against those who attacked the Mepco office and the others against protesters who set on fire vehicles, political and other offices during the Thursday’s protests against power outage. As per detail, people ...

BANDAR ABBAS  – In an unexpected act of civil dissent, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was confronted by residents protesting about their economic plights, during a trip through the southern Iranian city of Bandar-Abbas last week.Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ...

MOSCOW - Russia’s opposition expressed concern on Tuesday that Vladimir Putin was resorting to old tactics to crush dissent after riot police detained hundreds of protesters challenging the legitimacy of his presidential election victory.After three months of peaceful anti-Putin protests, ...

NEW DELHI - Hindu activists on Friday disrupted shooting for Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow’s movie on the hunt for Osama bin Laden, protesting the use of Indian locations to portray Pakistan. Members of the hardline Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) stormed the set in Chandigarh - the northern ...

MALE  - The ousted president of the Maldives, credited with bringing democracy to the Indian Ocean island resort, said on Wednesday he was forced out of power at gunpoint, prompting clashes between police and angry supporters.Police tried to break up the protests with tear gas and baton ...