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US Consulate in Peshawar suspends operations amid security concerns
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The move comes amid ongoing disruptions and traffic diversions around the US Consulate General offices in Karachi and Lahore in view of the prevailing security situation due to countrywide protests over the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the US-Israeli attacks against
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Baloch protesters, lawyers targeted with police brutality, fabricated char
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Peaceful Baloch protesters and lawyers faced violence, arrests, and false charges in Karachi by Pakistan's police amid countrywide protests against the brutal treatment and torture of Baloch Yakjehti Committee(BYC) central leadership and other detainees held at Hudda Jail, Quetta.
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Pakistan: Imran Khan might be tried in military courts over May 9 cases, s
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Notably, countrywide protests erupted on May 9 last year after the paramilitary Rangers whisked away Imran from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in a corruption case.
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Protests against tax hike, inflated electricity bills erupt across Pakista
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The boiling frustration over inflated electricity bills and recent hike in taxes exploded into a countrywide protest with traders leading from the forefront
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Pakistan: Farmers body announces nationwide protests from May 10
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Farmers body, Kissan Ittehad on Sunday announced to begin countrywide protests from May 10 amid the wheat crisis in the country, ARY News reported.
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf holds nationwide protests against election 'riggi
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday staged countrywide protests against alleged rigging in general as well as by-elections and for the release of its incarcerated founder, Imran Khan amid reports of police crackdown on the party's activists in parts of Punjab.
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Iran executes man for killing policeman in 2022 nationwide protests linked
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Iran has executed a man who ran over and killed a police officer and injured five others during countrywide protests in 2022 in Tehran, according to Al Jazeera.
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Pakistan caretaker govt struggling to find solution to 'electricity price
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The development comes as the Pakistan caretaker government continues to hold talks for the third consecutive day in a bid to find ways to give relief to the protesting people.
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Pak govt announces countrywide protests over Holy Quran desecration on Jul
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The decision was made during a meeting that Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif presided over to talk about the problem of the Holy Quran's defilement in Sweden.
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Adani row: Congress to hold countrywide protest tomorrow
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A report by a US-based Hindenburg Research surfaced on January 24, claiming that the Adani Group had weak business fundamentals, and was involved in stock manipulation and accounting fraud, among others.
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Pakistan Long march paused till Imran Khan recovers; protests to continue
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Saturday urged his followers to continue protest against three people whom he accused of plotting assassination plan, PTI would stage a countrywide protest at 5 pm today.
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Eight injured in Iran prison blaze, state media says Evin unrest not linke
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], October 16 (ANI): At least eight people were injured in a fire at Tehran's Evin prison on Saturday, state news agency IRNA reported amid the ongoing protests over the death of 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini.
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