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PTI protests against Zehra’s assassination

FAISALABADThe PTI office-bearers and workers here protested against the murder of PTI Sindh Vice President Zehra Shahid and alleged that the MQM was involved in her assassination. PTI local leaders Hamadullah Niazi, Faizullah Kamoka, Farrukh Habib from Tota Pehalwan condemned the murder and ...

pti rally protests murder
May 20, 2013

PTI rally protests murder

  islamabad A large number of angry workers and supporters, mostly the youth, organised a peaceful demonstration in the heart ofIslamabadon Sunday to record their protest against the cold-blooded murder of their leader Zehra Shahid inKarachi. The protesters, mostly the females, gathered in ...

power outages provoke protests
May 20, 2013

Power outages provoke protests

peshawarTo vent their anger against hours long loadshedding, electricity consumers on Sunday staged protest demonstrations, blocked roads and burnt tyres, and asked the government to stop power outages, otherwise authorities concerned will be responsible if any untoward incident happened in this ...

PTI protests against Zehra’s assassination

FAISALABAD - The PTI office-bearers and workers here protested against the murder of PTI Sindh Vice President Zehra Shahid and alleged that the MQM was involved in her assassination.  PTI local leaders Hamadullah Niazi, Faizullah Kamoka, Farrukh Habib from Tota Pehalwan condemned the murder ...

ASWJ protests misprinting of electoral symbol

GUJRANWALAAhle Sunnat Wal Jamaat staged a protest here in front of DCO office, denouncing the misprinting of electoral symbols over ballot papers by the Election Commission of Pakistan.Reportedly in PP-97, Fan was allotted to Asim Raza, a candidate of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat by ECP but erroneously ...

bnp protests rigging
May 16, 2013

BNP-M protests rigging

quettaBalochistan National Party (Mengal) staged a demo in Quetta and other towns of Balochistan on Wednesday against alleged rigging in May 11th polls.BNP-Mengal Vice President Dr Jahanzaib Jamaldini, Sanaullah Balochistan and Agha Hassan Balochistan alongwith dozens of activists staged a demo ...

anti rigging protests soar
May 15, 2013

Anti-rigging protests soar

quetta Various political parties on Tuesday continued their protests and held rallies against what they called massive rigging in the May 11 election. PML-N candidate for PB-2, Saher Gul Kilji led a protest rally taken out here against irregularities in the Saturday’s electoral process. The ...

Protests in various parts of Balochistan against ‘rigging’

QUETTA - Protests were underway in various parts of Balochistan on Monday against alleged rigging in polls on May 11th while some parties are demanding reelection in different constituencies.The protests against the polls continued in districts of Naseerabad, Jaffarabad, Quetta, Duki, Loralai, Qila ...

PM sworn in as opposition protests Malaysia poll

KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak began a second term Monday after the coalition which has ruled for 56 years held on to power in elections branded as fraudulent by a bitter opposition.Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim called for a rally in two days’ time to protest at a victory ...

MWM protests Hujr Ibn Adi’s shrine destruction

The Majlis-e-Wahdat-ul-Muslimeen Pakistan on Sunday held a demonstration outside the Press Club against destruction of shrine of Hujr Ibn Adi in Syria by Al-Qaida groups.A large number of protesters including women and children participated in the protest. Addressing the protesters, the speakers ...

Protests mark Hollande’s first year anniversary

PARIS : Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Paris on Sunday to mark Socialist President Francois Hollande’s first year in office by accusing him of turning his back on the left. On the eve of the anniversary of his May 6 win last year over right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy, the ...

Indian attack on Pak prisoner fuels protests

sialkot/new dwlhi/muzaffarabad - our staff reporter/ agencies - Sanaullah Haq, a Pakistani prisoner, died at a hospital in Indian city of Chandigarh on Saturday after being attacked by an inmate at a jail in Held-Kashmir a day ago in what appears to be a retaliatory attack from the neighbouring ...

afaq protests anti haqqiqi moves
May 02, 2013

Afaq protests anti Haqqiqi moves

karachi - Muhajir Qaumi Movement-Haqqiqi Chairman Afaq Ahmed has vowed to continue his sit-in protest for indefinite period at Dawood Chowrangi, Landhi against restraining Haqqiqi from election campaign by the law-enforcement agencies.He took out a rally along with hundreds of his workers and ...

apml protests musharraf arrest
April 20, 2013

APML protests Musharraf’s arrest

PESHAWARActivists of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) on Friday staged a protest demonstration against the arrest of their party chief former dictator Pervez Musharraf.The protest demonstration led by APML Provincial Secretary Information Syed Shuakat Shah along with scores of party activists and ...

ppp minister protests ticket denial
April 18, 2013

Ex-PPP minister protests against ticket denial

Karachi - Former minister of Pakistan People Party staged protest outside the Bilawal House against denial of ticket to him. Hundreds of supporters and workers of PPP gathered outside the Bilawal House in favour of former PPP minister Akhater Jadoon. They staged a sit-in protest and chanted slogans ...

Rival protests planned in Venezuela after polls

CARACAS AFP The opposition planned more protests Tuesday against the confirmation of late leader Hugo Chavez’s political heir as president-elect, but faced the prospect of rival demonstrations from the declared winner’s side.Thousands of opposition supporters crammed the streets of ...

brp protests poll process
April 15, 2013

BRP protests against poll process

QUETTA - The Baloch Republican Party (BRP) and Baloch Republican Students Organisation staged a demo in front of Quetta Press Club on Sunday against the election process in Balochistan.The protesters, including women and children, carrying placards and banners chanted slogans stated “no votes ...

Qadoosi-led demo protests ‘unfair’ PTI nominations

ISLAMABAD – As many as 400 charged workers of PTI gathered in front of Imran Khan’s house in Bani Gala and protested against what they said the “discrimination” in the nominations process of for general elections.Rahat Qadoosi, one of the prominent politicians of Rawalpindi, ...

PPP women wing protests tickets to blue-eyed

PESHAWAR - The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) KPK Women Wing office-bearers have threatened to resign from their offices in protest against giving priority on women reserved seats to blue-eyed while ignoring the deserving workers.Sources said that awarding tickets to allegedly undeserving ...

tax dept employees hold protests
April 10, 2013

Tax dept employees hold protests

LAHORE - The tax department employees on Tuesday held protest rallies all over the country asking FBR bosses to give representation in the management of employees Foundation.The protest rallies were held simultaneously in all offices of FBR across the country under the banner of FBR Union in all ...

bba protests colleague abduction
April 09, 2013

BBA protests against colleague’s abduction

QUETTA – The Balochistan Bar Association and other lawyers’ organisations in the province boycotted the court proceedings and took out rallies on Monday against govt’s failure in recovering former Balochistan advocate general Salahuddin Mengal, who was abducted on April 3 from ...

Putin to face rights protests at German trade fair

BERLIN - Rights groups and opposition leaders called for a strong turnout at planned protests against Russian President Vladimir Putin when he arrives in Germany for a trade fair Sunday.Activists and critics said Putin should be held to account for a recent crackdown on non-governmental ...

Teachers, parents threaten protests

 RAWALPINDI - Students of government schools from class 1 to 10 in Rawalpindi district could not get free textbooks for their next classes so far due to slackness of concerned authorities.Teachers, parents and students deplored concerned authorities for delay in distribution of free textbooks ...

Protests erupt in Delhi over assault on schoolgirl

NEW DELHI  - Hundreds of protesters clashed with police on Friday outside a New Delhi hospital where a seven-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted at school was admitted earlier in the day, police said.Angry youths hurled stones at buses and police, who then used batons to break up the ...

Protests erupt as India hangs Guru

NEW DELHI – On the basis of a conviction declared by many as ‘unjust’, India hanged a Kashmiri man on Saturday for his alleged role in an attack on the country’s parliament in 2001, sparking clashes in the valley between hundreds of protesters and police.Muhammed Afzal Guru, ...

Protests disrupt CIA director nominee’s hearing

WASHINGTON - The Senate hearing to confirm the top White House counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan as CIA director was briefly recessed on Thursday after several protesters in the chamber staged a noisy demonstration against US drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen.The Chairperson of the Senate ...

Protests if killers of workers not arrested: ASWJ

KARACHI – The Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), formerly known as the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, on Sunday demanded the government take notice of killing of their workers, warning that they will initiate a protest drive across the country for an indefinite period if killers were not arrested ...

Protests staged in Balochistan against gov rule

QUETTA - Political and religious parties with stakes in Balochistan’s dismissed government took out rallies on Sunday in different towns of the province to protest against the imposition of governor’s rule and demand restoration of the provincial government.Terming the governor’s ...

Protests, rallies blast Quetta carnage

KASUR - Hundreds of people on Sunday staged protests and sit-ins and blocked roads by burning tyres across the district in protest against the Quetta carnage that left over 100 innocent people dead.In Pattoki, led by Madrasa Sulman Farsi Principal Allama Abdul Razaq Alvi, over 300 people staged a ...

Protests cripple train service

KARACHI – Thousands of passengers suffered agony as train services remained suspended for several hours due to protest in Malir area of Karachi on Sunday evening against the killings of Shia Hazara community members in Quetta.According to details, several up and down trains remained stranded ...

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