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PoJK to witness shutter down strike as protests erupt against 'controversi
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The newly introduced ordinance requires individuals to obtain permission from the administration in order to hold any public protest. This regulation has sparked widespread opposition, as it is seen as a restriction on citizens' rights to freely express their grievances.
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BNP-M leader Agha Hassan Baloch calls for protests across Balochistan agai
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Agha Hassan Baloch, leader of the Balochistan National Party Mengal (BNP-M), has declared a series of protests throughout Balochistan, beginning with a province-wide shutter-down strike on October 30.
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Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami announces nationwide shutter-down strike against
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Naib, Emir Liaqat Baloch announced that the religio-political party would hold a shutter-down strike across the country on August 28 to mount pressure on the government to provide relief to the masses, Geo News reported.
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Pakistan: Protests over electricity issues continue, nationwide shutter st
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Amir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, a senior leader of the radical political party, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, has called a nationwide shutter down strike amid the ongoing protests in Rawalpindi, The Express Tribune reported.
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PoJK: Awami Action Committee vows to persist in protests amid security for
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Protests against inflation turned violent on Friday as police cracked down on demonstrators in the capital, Muzaffarabad. The city was brought to a standstill as a wheel-jam and shutter-down strike paralyzed normal activities.
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PoJK: Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee announces shutter-down st
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
It announced the decision after the police reportedly detained as many as 70 activists in a bid to prevent a 'long march' announced by the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee to call on the government to comply with an agreement reached between the two in February.
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Pakistan: Shutter-down strike observed in Quetta to protest raid conducted
Updated : 2 years ago IST
All shops, markets, shopping plazas, and business establishments in key areas like Mission, Zarghoon Road, Masjid Road, Fatima Jinnah Road, Price Road, Liaquat Bazaar, Toghi Road, and other main business districts in Quetta remained closed.
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Shutter-down strike message to Pakistan to take demands seriously: Baloch
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The face of the ongoing Baloch protests in Pakistan Mahrang Baloch has said the shutter-down strike in the province is a message to the state to take seriously the demands of the ongoing movement against the Baloch genocide.
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Pakistan: Complete shutter-down strike observed in support of Baloch prote
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), which has been organising these protests, voiced its dissatisfaction over the government's response in a statement shared on social media, according to The Balochistan Post report.
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Pakistan: Baloch people carry out massive protests; block highways, hold s
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Baloch people carried out rallies and demonstrations against "state terrorism" and acts of forced disappearances, extra-judicial killings and fake encounters by the Pakistan government at multiple locations across the country.
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PoK observes shutter-down strike against "sky-high power tariff"
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
During the strike, all the businesses remained closed and traffic crawled near Mangla Dam, one of the largest multipurpose water bodies used for irrigation and hydroelectric power in the country.
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Shutter-down, wheel jam strike observed in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Shops in Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Rawalakot, Kotli and other major cities remained shut and trades and locals carried out protest marches with slogans against the Pakistan government.
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