Bollywood industry to shut down on February 23 The Film Federation of India (FFI) has wished-for a nationwide strike of the film industry on February 23, 2012 in order to protest against the proposed service tax of the Central Government. The Central Government of India is planning to levy service tax but the filmmaker doesn’t […]
Feb 2 2012 | Posted in
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Professors and Lecturers stand for their demands; boycott classes for second consecutive day Rawalpindi: (Wednesday, January 11, 2012) protesting for their rights and demanding of the government to enforce four point mechanism for promotion, the professors and lecturers in Rawalpindi continued to boycott the classes for second consecutive day. Amid the protest launched by the […]
Jan 11 2012 | Posted in
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Frequent Kidnappings and Killings; Hindus in Quetta demand protection from Government Quetta, Friday, December 23, 2011: Members of the Hindu community staged a protest demonstration in front of the Baluchistan Assembly today against increasing incidents of kidnapping for ransom in the province. The protestors took out a procession from Arya Samaj temple on Masjid Road […]
Dec 23 2011 | Posted in
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Violent street protests against the shortage of gas supply all over the country struck the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Monday, when a huge crowd blocked the Islamabad Expressway. The mass gathering rallied to block one of the most-used roads in the city from 11 a.m. and petered out after eight hours of […]
Dec 21 2011 | Posted in
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Sindhi nationalist leaders say they will not let the Government Issue a new ordinance The Sindh Dost Rabita Council chief Barrister, Zamir Ghumro, along with the Sindhi nationalist leaders, including Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz leader Bashir Qureshi and Jaey Sindh Mahaz leader Riaz Chandio, yesterday held a joint press conference at the Hyder Manzil against […]
Nov 3 2011 | Posted in
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PTI stages a protest rally at Parade Avenue in Islamabad against the drone strikes Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) staged a protest rally at the Parade Avenue in Islamabad against the drone strikes yesterday on October 28, 2011 and it was addressed by the Chairman PTI, Imran Khan. It was an anti-government and an anti-US rally which […]
Oct 29 2011 | Posted in
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Lecturers boycott classes to demand increment in their salaries all over Punjab Lahore, October 28: Lecturers of different institutions of Punjab have boycotted the classes of over 500 colleges in order to force the government to fulfil their demands. Their major demand is to get increment in their salaries, which was promised to them by […]
Oct 28 2011 | Posted in
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Retired Pakistan Railway pensioner dies while waiting for his pension; protest continues The unrelenting financial crisis at Pakistan Railways (PR) has finally claimed a pensioner’s life while he waited overnight to receive his pension. According to the reports Mahmood Khan, who was a former railway employee, passed away while waiting for his pension. Khan, […]
Oct 26 2011 | Posted in
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Government still struggling to pull Pakistan Railways out of the crisis Farhatullah Babar, who is the current spokesperson of the office of President of Pakistan, has revealed president’s plan for the restoration of Pakistan Railways (PR) that is going through deep crisis. Railway employees were not getting their salaries and pensions for the past […]