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PoJK government withdraws controversial ordinance after public protests an
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Sensing growing public resentment amid a shutter-down strike and massive demonstrations, President Barrister Sultan Mahmood announced withdrawal of the ordinance and government officials held formal negotiations, resulting in a written agreement.
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JKJAAC to Launch Long marches in PoJK After failed government talks
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
A ministerial team began preliminary talks with the core committee of the JKJAAC in Muzaffarabad late Thursday, after a widespread wheel-jam and shutter-down strike across the region. However, no substantial progress was achieved, prompting the civil society coalition to urge the public t
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PoJK to witness shutter down strike as protests erupt against 'controversi
Updated : 1 year, 4 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, 5 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, 7 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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HRCP exposes Pakistan's use of brutal force in PoJK protests, calls for ac
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The six-day-long protests, sit-ins, shutter-downs, demonstrations, and wheel-jam strikes began on May 8 against the Government of Pakistan and the PoJK government, demanding subsidised electricity and flour.
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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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Nagaland govt replies DCCI on charter of demands; appeals to call off 'ind
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), which is spearheading the ongoing 'Infinite Shutter Down,' to protest against extortion by underground groups, submitted a charter of demands to the chief minister seeking the addressal on five points.
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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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Life in Gilgit-Baltistan in PoK comes to standstill with complete shutter
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The lives of people in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's (PoK) Gilgit-Baltistan as a complete shutter down and wheel-jam strike was observed against an increase in the subsidised wheat rate and other grievances across the region, as reported by Dawn.
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