A protest by the Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) party in Karachi turned violent on Tuesday (local time) as police used shelling to disperse protesters at Numaish Chowrangi.
Irked over regular power cuts and shortage of water, a group of residents near Karachi's Isa Nagri staged a protest on Tuesday evening, blocking a major road and causing severe traffic chaos and jams.
Jamaat-e-Islami and various Islamic organizations staged mass protests across Karachi, highlighting the burden of high electricity costs and excessive taxation on citizens. JI Karachi Ameer Monem Zafar led the demonstrations, criticising the government's protection of Independent Power Produ
Thousands of commuters and motorists were caught in traffic jams on major thoroughfares as residents of Punjab Colony and Gizri held protests against ongoing power outages by blocking both lanes of the main road leading to Boat Basin and Sunset Boulevard.
People in Pakistan's Karachi staged a protest, blocking lanes of the road near Nasir Jump and burning tyres, setting up barriers to express their displeasure over a 10-day disruption in water supply, The Express Tribune reported.
Several members of the Jamaat-e-Islami Paksitan on Thursday organised a protest in Karachi, raising their concerns against the soaring inflation and unfair taxes imposed by the government.
The ECP took over 36 hours to announce the results of Karachi's 236 union committees, as the opposition accused the provincial government of "rigging and managing things".
Karachi [Pakistan], January 28 (ANI): The politics of Pakistan took a turn with an increase in violence in Karachi where a worker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) died due to police brutality. Several others were also injured.