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Hundreds of people in Kashmir Friday staged peaceful protests against ‘blasphemous’ remarks against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and demanded exemplary punishment to the accused.Changing pro-Islamic slogans and holding banners, the peaceful protests were held in Srinagar, Baramulla, Kulgam, Anantnag, Ganderbal, Kupwara and other parts of the valley.In Srinagar, peaceful protests ...

Source link www.rferl.org PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar to protest power outages. The protesters chanted slogans against the government and blocked traffic for several hours on August 20. They complained that some areas in the city ...

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir Protests were held in several parts of the Indian-administered Kashmir on Monday after a video in which a Hindu man is heard making derogatory remarks against the Prophet Muhammad went viral social media.Protests were held in Lolab area of Kashmir Valley and in Reasi, Thathri, Doda ...

Source link www.rferl.org Hundreds of private schoolteachers rallied in the northwestern Pakistani region of Swat on August 17 to demand an immediate reopening of schools that were closed to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Last week, the federal government announced that schools will reopen from September 15, but ...

Representative Image: PTI Assembled under the aegis of Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chhatra Parishad (AJYCP), the agitators warned of more intense protests in the future. PTI Last Updated: August 17, 2020, 11:48 PM IST Thousands of protestors hit the roads across Assam on Monday, demanding the repeal ...

KARACHI, PakistanTens of thousands of Pakistanis marched on Sunday against a recent, controversial deal between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel meant to normalize bilateral relations, including opening embassies in each other's territory.Rallies and demonstrations were held in the capital Islamabad, port city of Karachi, northeastern city of ...

Members of the Sindhi community organised a protest outside Pakistani ambassador’s house here in solidarity with families of the victims of enforced disappearances in Pakistan. The protesters on Friday chanted slogans for the freedom of victims of enforced disappearances in Sindh. They held placards with pictures of victims of ...

Washington , August 16 (ANI): A US-based Sindhi organisation, along with Balochis and Pashtuns, on Saturday staged a protest against enforced disappearance outside the residence of Pakistan's Ambassador to the US, Asad Majeed Khan, in Washington. During the protest outside the Pakistani ambassador's house, Munawar Laghari, Executive Director of ...

Pakistan Police used force to stop the protesters, including family members of the missing persons and human rights activists, outside the Karachi Press Club on the eve of Independence Day. There are reports that five people were injured in the scuffle with the police. The Voice for Sindhi Missing ...

As he fights for his political survival, Alexander Lukashenko has taken a big gamble by cutting off the internet across most of Belarus. Belarusians seeking to protest against his government have been mostly cut off from the outside world: mobile internet has been throttled and popular messaging apps have ...