Amid the economic crisis in Pakistan, the Karachi University Teachers Society (KUTS) announced it would stage a strike for an indefinite period from Friday over the non-payment of dues, reported Geo News.
With just a day to go for the special session of Parliament Union Minister Anurag Thakur has said that he wants opposition to participate in the discussion because they had wasted most of the last session by boycotting it.
After the INDIA bloc decided to boycott shows of 14 television news anchors, Aam Aadmi Party leader and minister Atishi said that the party spokesperson has the freedom to choose the channel they want to go to.
Bihar Chief Minister and JD-U leader Nitish Kumar on Saturday made a veiled reference to the boycott by INDIA bloc of shows of 14 television news anchors and said he is not against anyone and “those who are with us must have felt that something is happening”
Boycott of media and journalists is not new; it is just a rehearsal, as the Congress party had done the same thing in 1975, said Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday, addressing a media conference in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh.
We have not boycotted or blacklisted anyone. This is a non-cooperation movement, and we will not cooperate with anyone spreading hatred in society, said Congress leader Pawan Khera.
Teachers at the Karachi University (KU) on Thursday boycotted evening classes on campus in protest against non-payment of their remuneration which has been withheld for more than a year, Dawn reported.
Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal on Friday defended the decision of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc to boycott the shows of 14 TV anchors and some people in the media are supporting the government and destroying the face of opposition."
BJP national spokesman Sambit Patra on Friday launched a scathing attack against the Opposition bloc - INDIA for announcing a boycott of 14 journalists. The decision to boycott 14 TV anchors was taken by the INDIA bloc's media committee on Thursday.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday condemned the decision of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) to boycott certain shows of journalists and called their mindset as 'highly repressive, dictatorial and negative'.
In his post on X, JP Nadda also came down heavily on Congress, alleging that the grand old party has several instances of ‘silencing’ those with differing views.