The protesters expressed grave concerns over the religious freedom violations and stifling state of freedom of expression in Pakistan and called upon the European Union to assess Pakistan’s compliance with its human rights obligations before extending its Generalized System of Preferences (G
Hundreds of thousands of locals gathered in the Skardu area in Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (PoK) protesting against the Pakistani government demanding an immediate release of their leader and top Shia cleric Agha Baqir Al-Hussaini.
Pakistan’s Gojra Saddar police on Tuesday registered two cases against 158 people for protesting against inflated power bills and blocking the M-4 at two points between Gojra and Toba Tek Singh interchanges on Monday, Dawn reported.
As rest of the Kerala celebrates Onam, Congress MP K Suresh and leaders from Kuttanad in Alappuzha are observing a hunger strike outside the secretariat in solidarity with farmers protesting for allegedly not getting the price of paddy procured from them.
Adding to the ongoing protest on inflated power bills, political party activists joined the common citizens in staging demonstrations in the provincial capital and other regions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reported The News International.
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.
Farmers in Karnataka's Mandya are staging a protest a day after the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) passed an interim order asking Karnataka to release 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu daily for the next 15 days till September 2.
Caretaker Information Minister of Pakistan, Murtaza Solangi, stated on Monday that the energy ministry has prepared recommendations to address the problem of exorbitant power bills, which has led to nationwide protests, and that they will be presented in the federal cabinet meeting on Tuesda
Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said that it was time to review the national power supply policy which he stressed was in favour of certain classes and exploited the poor.