ISTANBUL : Turkey warned on Monday it may bring in the army to help quell nationwide anti-government protests after a weekend of heavy clashes between riot police and demonstrators sent tensions soaring.The presence of soldiers on the streets would mark a major escalation of a crisis that has ...

LAHORE - PTI has warned the Punjab government of strong protests if it fails to present a pro-people budget on Monday (today), providing relief to the poor and middle class persons. Mehmood-ur-Rasheed, PTI leader and possible Opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly warned the provincial government ...

ISTANBUL- Thousands of angry Turks poured into the streets on Saturday to join mass anti-government protests, defying Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s call to end the worst civil unrest of his decade-long rule. Protesters blew whistles and waved flags inIstanbul’sTaksim Square, the ...

SAO PAULO: Demonstrators took to the streets of the Brazilian city ofSao PauloFriday for a second day of protests over higher public transportation prices. Scores of young protesters blocked traffic on an expressway in a western district before police intervened, firing tear gas and rubber bullets ...

ANKARA - Turkey's powerful populist leader Recep Tayip Erdogan shows no signs of flinching against masses of angry protestors who brand him a dictator, dismissing them as "a handful of vandals".Thousands have rallied, complaining that he is pushing conservative, Islamist-flavoured policies in ...

QUETTA- Newly-elected members of Balochistan Assembly took the oath on Saturday amid tight security and protests by different political parties against poll manipulation. The session commenced about half an hour late from its scheduled time with Speaker Matiullah Agha in the chair.Sixty-three out ...

QUETTA - Scores All Parties Conference members staged a sit-in outside the Provincial Election Commission office Sunday, protesting against what they called insult of the public mandate in the name of elections on May 11.JUI-Ideological central secretary Maulana Abdul Qadir Looni, PTI provincial ...

PESHAWAR - Electricity consumers on Sunday staged protests in various parts of the provincial metropolis against unscheduled hours long loadshedding in their respective localities and urged the government to stop these outages forthwith.Protest rallies were held on Charsadda Road, Badhaber, Mohmand ...

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 ...

  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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...