Karachi, Angry people of violence-hit Lyari area of Karachi Friday clashed with police in protest against raid allegedly by Crime Investigation Department (CID) police on house of Peoples Aman Committee’s leader Uzair Baloch. One Hanif was killed and his teenage daughter Afshan and another child wounded in hand grenade attack by miscreants at his home in Hass Pora building in limits of Napier Police Station
Karachi, Karachi Transport Ittehad said it would observe a wheel-jam strike on April 10 against recent hike in fuel prices. In this regard an emergency meeting is being held here on Sunday in which different bodies of public and good transport would participate to finalize the strike program.
Islamabad Hundreds of protesting lady health workers (LHWs) Monday faced action at the hands of Islamabad Police when they were trying to go to the Supreme Court of Pakistan to submit a request for taking suo moto notice against the concerned authorities for creating unrest among them. When the protesting LHWs reached the police barrier near Nadra Headquarters, a heavy contingent of police, including a squad of female commandoes, pushed the participants of the rally back. During scuffle with police, some unpleasant scenes were witnessed.
Karachi The business community has announced that it will observe a shutter-down strike in the city on Saturday against the increasing harassment of the traders by the criminals demanding extortion money. The strike call was given by the All Karachi Tajir Ittehad (AKTI) — a representative body of small traders of the city — and supported by the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM). Meanwhile, the MQM also announced that it would hold a peaceful protest across Sindh on Saturday against the partisan and autocratic attitude of the PPP MPAs in the Sindh Assembly on Friday.
LAHORE THE Lahore High Court on Friday ordered police to remove hurdles and barricades erected before the offices of different top officials of police, including the office of inspector general of police. Justice Manzoor also came hard on top police officials, chief traffic officer and …
LAHORE THE Lahore High Court on Wednesday sought reply from the Punjab government on a petition seeking directions for regulating demonstrations and protests in the province, especially in Lahore, and administrative action against the Punjab Paramedical Alliance president over the death of an old woman …
Karachi Both sides were determined to do what they had come to do; Pasban wanted to stage a rally outside the American consulate against Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s detention and her deteriorating health in jail in the United States, while police had orders not to let …
LAHORE A FEMALE heart patient died after an ambulance carrying her to Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) was stuck in a four-hour traffic jam on the Jail Road as a result of protest demonstration by the Punjab Paramedical Alliance for their demands on Wednesday. The …
Karachi A Shia doctor and a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activist were shot dead as the latest spate of sectarian and target killings continued in the city on Saturday. Dr Jaffar Mohsin, 55, was targeted outside his house in Federal B Area’s Block-12 in the …
PESHAWAR: A policeman deployed at a barricade on the Ring Road near Landi Akhun Ahmad allegedly shot dead the driver of a trailer on Friday when he gave him Rs80 as bribe instead of Rs100. The enraged drivers and their helpers as well as relatives …
