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Pakistan: Outrage against government over inflation, unemployment in Gilgi
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Ghizer [Gilgit Baltistan], December 22 (ANI): Unprecedented inflation and a sharp uptick in the unemployment rate in the illegally occupied Gilgit Baltistan have triggered massive protests across different districts of the region.
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Pakistan: Protests over deaths of cops, suspect in alleged encounter turn
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Larkana [Pakistan], December 21 (ANI): A week-long protest over the December 13 incident, in which two policemen and a suspect were killed in an alleged encounter, turned violent on Monday.
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Gwadar protest compels Pak authorities to deploy thousands of additional p
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 21 (ANI): Months of long sit-ins and the protests in Balochistan have rattled the Imran Khan-led Pakistan government and forced the authorities to deploy thousands of additional police in the region, a news article in Policy Research Group read.
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MP govt to introduce Bill to recover damages to public property from riote
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 21 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh government will introduce a Bill in the State Assembly, which allows the recovery of damages to public and private properties during strikes, protests, communal riots, or any congregation of people, from perpetrators, informe
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Karnataka: Sec 144 extended in Belagavi till Dec 22 post vandalism of stat
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Belagavi (Karnataka) [India], December 20 (ANI): In the wake of protests after the desecration of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Sangolli Rayanna statues in different parts of the state, the Karnataka Police has extended the prohibitory order placed under section 144 Code of Criminal Pr
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Bangladesh community in Washington DC protests for recognition of 1971 gen
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 19 (ANI): To commemorate 50th Victory Day, Bangladesh community members in the Washington DC Metro Region held a demonstration in front of the White House on Saturday demanding recognition of genocide perpetrated by the Pakistani Army in 1971.
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Section 144 imposed in Belagavi in wake of protests after Chhatrapati Shiv
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Belagavi (Karnataka) [India], December 18 (ANI): Section 144 CrPC has been imposed in Belagavi for two days beginning Sunday morning following protests after reports of vandalisation of statues of Chhatrapati Shivaji and freedom fighter Sangolli Rayanna.
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Minorities' protests more frequent, widespread in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 18 (ANI): Amid the already deteriorating conditions of the minority communities in Pakistan, the protests in the country has become more frequent and widespread, said a Canada-based think tank, adding that religious minorities in the country are on the edge and
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Protests held across Pakistan over ongoing gas crisis
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 18 (ANI): Protests were held across Pakistan on Friday against the Imran Khan government over the ongoing gas crisis amid growing inflation.
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Protests in Pakistan's Gwadar against Belt and Road Initiative project con
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Gwadar [Pakistan], December 17 (ANI): Month-long protests in Pakistan's port city of Gwadar have upped the ante against the Belt and Road Initiative project making damaging prospects for Chinese investment.
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Gwadar protesters end sit-in after Pakistan govt accepts 'all demands'
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 16 (ANI): Following month-long protests in Gwadar, the residents of port city in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Thursday called off their sit-in after negotiations with the government.
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UN rights office urges Colombia to reform policing of protests
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], December 16 (ANI): Colombia must urgently reform how it polices protests in the wake of demonstrations earlier this year in which several people were killed or injured, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report published on Wednesday.
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