Following Pakistan Interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar held an emergency meeting on Sunday over inflated-power bills, consumers continued to stage protests in the country on Monday as the government would hold another round of meeting today to discuss the issue, reported Dawn.
Amaravathi police has detained Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders who were on their way to sand dunes in a protest against alleged looting of Rs 40,000 crore worth of sand in the past four years
They sat on dharna at the BJP office demanding the appointment of 882 selected candidates and warned to hold indefinite strike if demands are not met. The candidates were also making allegations of breach of promise against the BJP-led state government.
In an order issued on Sunday, the party's secretary general Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari directed workers to protest at the city union council and tehsil levels.
Every day in Pakistan, more people are joining the nationwide protest against excessive electricity prices. As a form of protest, people are taking to the streets and burning their banknotes, ARY News reported.
Amid country-wide protests over inflated power bills, Pakistan Interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar held an emergency meeting on Sunday over the rising issue of electricity rates and inflated consumer bills, reported Dawn.
Pakistan police baton-charged the people protesting against increasing cases of enforced disappearances of Baloch people on the main Mauripur road in Karachi, according to the organisers, reported Dawn.
A youth, allegedly attacked by some unknown miscreants last week, succumbed to his injuries at the Government Medical College and Hospital in Jammu on Saturday, officials said.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) blamed the Pakistan Muslim League-N party for the expensive electricity and also warned that the raye might jump around Pakistani Rupee (PKR) 85 per unit in the next few months.
Pakistan caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul-haq Kakar called an emergency meeting on August 27 after the nationwide protests erupted and hashtags against the massive electricity bills started trending on social media
Following the surge in electricity bills carrying seven different levies, caused widespread protest in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reported The News International.