Posts Tagged ‘Protest’

Troops shoot dead two protesters in Sibi

QUETTA – Two persons were killed and five others, including a TV cameraman, received injuries when security forces on Saturday opened fire on protesters in Sibi.
A large number of people blocked the National Highway near the bridge over River Nari in Sibi during the wheel-jam strike called by the Baloch Republican Party (BRP) to protest the killing of the wife and daughter of lawmaker Nawabzada …

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Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria killings

Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning the Syrian government’s deadly crackdown on protests for the second time.

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Van Persie scores hat-trick as Gunners shoot seven past Blackburn

LONDON: Robin van Persie scored a hat-trick as Arsenal recorded their first Premier League win of the year by thrashing Blackburn 7-1 at the Emirates Stadium here on Saturday. There had been reports of supporters protesting against Arsene Wenger ahead of the game but there was very little to complain as Arsenal romped to their [...]

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Shahbaz sends ‘protest’ to Centre

LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has written a letter to Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani complaining shortage of electricity and gas supply to Punjab by the federal government.
The letter has been sent as a protest by the Punjab government for ‘discrimination’ with the province of Punjab over the supply of gas and electricity, sources stated. …

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Syria marks anniversary of Hama massacre

BEIRUT: Syrian security forces fanned out in Hama on Thursday as protesters splashed red paint symbolizing blood in the streets to mark the 30th anniversary of a notorious massacre carried out by President Bashar Assad’s father and predecessor. The Hama massacre of 1982, which leveled entire neighborhoods and killed thousands of people, has become a [...]

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Iraq’s Sunni-backed lawmakers return to parliament

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s parliament reconvened Tuesday after Sunni-backed lawmakers ended their boycott to protest alleged persecution of Sunni officials, a development that could restore some stability in the war-ravaged country. Last month the Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc banned lawmakers and government ministers from parliament and Cabinet sessions after the Shia-led government issued an arrest warrant against the [...]

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One killed in fresh Bangladesh clashes

DHAKA  - One person was killed and at least 30 others injured Monday when police clashed with thousands of opposition protesters in Bangladesh’s northwestern city of Rajshahi, police said.It comes a day after four activists from the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) were killed when police fired on demonstrators in the southeast of the country.Tensions also ran high in the …

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Resuming Nato supply will not be tolerated: PDC

MULTAN: The participants of Pakistan Defense Conference held a rally on Sunday in Multan in which they criticised the government and vowed that they were ready to defend the country. Different parties also said that the masses will protest by surrounding the parliament in case of resumption of Nato supplies. Various political and religious parties [...]

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Three dead, over 100 hurt, in Bangladesh violence

Three people were killed and more than 100 injured on Sunday in clashes between Bangladeshi police and activists of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) trying to stage anti-government protests in defiance of a ban, witnesses said. Two people were killed in Chandpur, southeast of the capital and another in a town further south as thousands of BNP workers took to the streets, chanting …

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PM disapproves of drones return

DAVOS, Switzerland – Prime minister said on Saturday there was “a trust deficit” between Islamabad and Washington as he criticised the resumption of US drone strikes on country’s tribal belt.
Speaking the day after over 100,000 people massed in Karachi to protest the strikes, Yousuf Raza Gilani said they only served to bolster militants.
“Drones are counter-productive. We …

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Sindh shuts over 20th amendment bill

KARACHI – On the call of nationalist parties, a wheel-jam and shutterdown strike was observed across Sindh against the 20th constitutional amendment moved by the MQM in the national assembly for creation of new provinces.
Protest demonstrations were held in almost all the cities of Sindh while roads and businesses centres were closed. There were reports of some violent incidents and aerial …

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Walkout in Senate against drone hits

ISLAMABAD – Interior Minister Rehman Malik Tuesday indicated in the Upper House of the Parliament that the government would take up the matter of drone attacks in the United Nations after two opposition parties, including Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazalur Rehman (JUI-F) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), staged a protest walkout from the House over the issue.
JUI-F and JI staged a token walkout from the …

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MQM has reservations over Senate resolution against Musharraf

The Muttahida Qaumi Movemnet (MQM) has reservations over the resolution passed by the Senate against former president Pervez Musharraf and will protest against the move during next session , a private television channel reported on Tuesday. Report says, the MQM wants resolution against all the military dictators and their allies who had been ruling the country.

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Libya’s NTC Deputy Head Abdel Hafiz Ghoga resigns

The deputy head of Libya’s ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) said on Sunday he was resigning after a series of protests against the new government which the country’s leader warned could drag Libya into a “bottomless pit.” Late on Saturday, a crowd demanding the government’s resignation smashed windows and forced their way into the NTC’s local headquarters in Benghazi, in the most …

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Lights out

The ‘blackout’ faced by several internet users may have left them confused after a number of big names of the web, including Wikipedia, Google and Reddit went dark or altered their homepages. More than 7,000 websites were part of this protest, which was being held against the proposed US anti-piracy legislation that many believe goes [...]

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Wapda protest against sell-out, murders

LAHORE – Hundreds of workers, led by Wapda Hydro-Electric Central Labour Union and Lahore Electric Supply Company Engineers Association leaders, took out a rally from Lahore Press Club to Wapda House here on Thursday. Later they also staged a sit-in on The Mall against the proposed privatisation of the utility.
Protests demonstrations against the privatization of electricity distribution …

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Tunisia at crossroads

Ammar Garsalla is unlikely to achieve the fame of Mohammad Bu Azizi, the Tunisian street vendor whose self-immolation sparked the protests that led to the Arab Spring.
Garsalla, a 48-year-old father of three from the western town of Gafsa, died on January 9 in a hospital near Tunis after setting himself on fire to draw attention to his joblessness: the first Tunisian to die in this way since the …

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