KARACHI: Angry mobs gathered outside Bharia Town Karachi and set the main gate on fire. The protesters did not stop there and entered the premises of Bahria Town Karachi and started vandalizing the private properties inside the town. Exclusive Videos: Reportedly an angry/violent mob breaks into shops, sets motorbikes on fire in Bahria Town Karachi. Local […]
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Hazara sit-in enters second day
The protest arranged by Hazara community against the attack in the market of Quetta entered the second day today. The people of the community are demanding the government to make the perpetrators accountable. It was reported that almost 20 people were killed and 48 others were injured in the terror attack on Friday. The sit-in […]
Khursheed Shah takes a jibe at Prime Minister’s ‘chiken formula’ strategy
SUKKUR: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Khursheed Shah on Saturday took a jibe at Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent ‘chiken formula’ to eradicate poverty from the country with the help of poultry and said Pakistan was being laughed at over the “chicken and eggs statement”. Khursheed Shah while talking to media representatives in Sukkar said […]
ATC issues arrest warrants for Khadim Hussain Rizvi, others in Faizabad sit-in case
ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday issued arrest warrants of fugitive suspects Khadim Hussain Rizvi and others in Faizabad sit-in- case. The police said the warrants have been obtained from all respective courts. The ATC issued warrants charging the suspects of involvement in terrorist activities under five cases at Islamabad’s I-9 police station. The […]
JI to stage sit-in if govt fails to go ahead with FATA merger
LAHORE: Jamat-e-Islami (JI) Chief Siraj-ul-Haq, on Tuesday, announced that if the government fails to carry on the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) then his party would stage a sit-in in Islamabad. While attending a long march held in Islamabad, he said that the people of FATA want the merger […]
Pakistanis are blaming this guy for the Islamabad protests, and it’s serious
The Faizabad sit-in which slowly and gradually wreaked havoc on the entire nation and paralyzed the country by causing it to come to a standstill, paved way for major inconvenience to hundreds of locals trying to make life work in their daily day to days. And trust us Pakistanis to come up with something on […]
High Sparrows at Faizabad: Demanding a Walk of Atonement
The Faizabad sit-in urges me to recall a plot from an episode of Game of Thrones in which the Queen of the Seven Kingdoms is detained by the High Sparrow (protector of the Faith of the Seven). Charges against the Queen include violating the teachings of the Faith of the Seven by involving herself in […]
Islamabad operation: 6 killed in clashes between security forces, protesters on Saturday
LAHORE: At least six people were killed and hundreds wounded as law enforcement agencies finally launched an operation to clear Faizabad interchange from protesters on Saturday. The six killed were identified as Hafiz Mohammad Adeel, Jahanzaib Butt, Abdul Rehman, Mohammad Sharjeel, Zohaib Ahmed and Mohammad Irfan. The injured also include senior police officials, nine police officers […]
Protests spread to cities nationwide over Islamabad’s operation
LAHORE: Demonstrators took to the streets in major cities around the country on Saturday to protest massive crackdown by security forces in Islamabad to disperse the protestors who had staged the sit-in for weeks. Protesters have started gathering at key points across the country including Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Mirpur Azad Kashmir, Tando Allahyar, Jacobabad, Chakwal, […]