The protesters had assembled in Tirah Valley to demonstrate against the death of a child killed by mortar fire from Pakistani forces. In retaliation, the soldiers began to shoot indiscriminately at the unarmed Pashtun demonstrators.
Earlier in the day, INDIA bloc MPs protested against the SIR and also the alleged "arrest of labourers in BJP-ruled states" while being outside Parliament at Makar Dwar.
Sonia Gandhi joined the protest, holding the large banner 'SIR-attack on Democracy,' and stood beside her daughter and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi. Other leaders like Pramod Tiwari, Manickam Tagore, also joined in.
Members of the INDIA bloc will hold a protest at 10.30 am on Wednesday at Makkar Dwar inside the Parliament complex, to oppose the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has called a high-level consultative meeting in Pakistan's Peshawar on Thursday to devise a strategy aimed at ensuring the success of its planned protest on August 5, which is being held to demand the release of the party's incarcerated founder, Imran Khan,
A resolution to this effect was passed at a meeting of the Core Committee of the party held here this afternoon. The resolution stated that the next protest dharnas against the land grabbing scheme will be held in Bathinda on August 4 and in Patiala on August 11, followed by similar protests
The Odisha units of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Yuva Morcha and Mahila Morcha on Tuesday staged a joint protest against Biju Janata Dal (BJD) corporator Amresh Jena and Congress NSUI Odisha president Udit Pradhan over their alleged involvement in separate rape cases.
While the federal government has not issued an official comment, Minister of State for Interior Tallal Chaudhry remarked that the sons were welcome to visit Pakistan and there would be no hurdle in issuing them visas "in less than 24 hours," provided they adhere to the law, Dawn reported.
Speaking on the protest, Karnataka BJP President BY Vijayendra said that due to the inefficiency of the state government, farmers across Karnataka have hit the streets due to a shortage of urea.
In a post on social media, Sammi Deen Baloch stated that she is presently on bail from the Balochistan High Court concerning seven FIRs. She asserted that she has consistently challenged each FIR lodged against her in court and requested the court to officially notify her through appropriate
His family claims that Ghani Baloch was taken into custody by Pakistani security forces on May 25. Since that date, they have experienced "no sign of our family's guiding light," expressing their feelings of "heartbreak, grief, and helplessness."