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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi defended PTI’s planned September 27 march to Islamabad, calling peaceful protest a constitutional right. He alleged attacks and abductions involving provincial ministers and warned that routes connecting KP with the rest of Pakistan would be closed. The federal authorities have also announced security measures ahead of the planned mobilisation. Read More…
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Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) launched its protest march towards Islamabad on Sunday, with Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman warning that the campaign could escalate into a movement to oust the government if the petroleum levy is not abolished. Speaking in Karachi, he said caravans from across the country were heading to the capital, demanding relief from rising fuel costs and what he described as poor governance. Read More…
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PTI said Sunday that party founder Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan had been detained after Lahore’s deputy commissioner ordered her arrest or detention for 30 days under the Maintenance of Public Order law. The order also named Muhammad Ameer and cited concerns over public safety and order. The development comes ahead of PTI’s planned September 27 nationwide protest. Read More…
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Families of Pakistani sailors held by Somali pirates aboard the MT Honour 25 were briefly detained while protesting in Karachi on Monday. The Palau-flagged tanker was hijacked off Somalia months ago, with crew members from several countries still captive. Relatives say ransom negotiations have made little progress and have repeatedly protested for their release. Police later freed the detained demonstrators, according to family members and an official. Read More…
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WASHINGTON: A large demonstration was held outside Madison Square Garden as RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat attended a “Universal Oneness” event. Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Dalit and civil-rights groups criticised his appearance, accusing the RSS of promoting majoritarian politics and discrimination against minorities. Organisers described the gathering as a celebration of Hindu culture and “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”, or the world as one family. Protesters, however, said the message conflicted with the RSS’s record in India. Read More…
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Defend Our Juries, a UK activist group, has condemned the move by Scottish prosecutors to attempt to sentence seven Palestine Action protesters with “terrorism charges” after they damaged Trump’s Turnberry golf course. The group said “it’s now all too clear why the White House has designated Palestine Action as a global terror organisation, alongside Al Qaeda. It’s because members of Palestine Action upset the President in March 2025 by making a mess of his golf course”. Read More…
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India’s Independence Day on Saturday was marked by widespread strikes, boycotts, and protest demonstrations across Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) as well as several northeastern Indian states, with multiple regional groups observing the occasion as a "Black Day". According to media reports, calls for a complete shutdown and boycott from political, community, and political parties in IIOJK, the Sikh community, and various northeastern regions have raised significant questions regarding the official Indian government narrative of "One India." Read More…
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Japan on Thursday summoned Russian Ambassador to Japan Nikolay Stanislavovich Nozdrev to protest Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to the disputed Iturup Island. Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi asked Nozdrev to convey Tokyo's protest to Moscow "as soon as possible," Kyodo News reported. Putin visited Iturup earlier on Thursday during a trip to Russia's Far Eastern Sakhalin region, marking his first visit to the island chain off Hokkaido. Read More…
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Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) staged nationwide protests on Friday against inflation, higher fuel prices, the petroleum levy, and taxes, with demonstrations, sit-ins, and rallies disrupting traffic on major highways and roads in several cities. In Karachi, the party’s protest led to severe traffic jams and congestion at many places. According to the traffic police spokesperson, traffic pressure was reported on both carriageways between Lasbela Chowk and Numaish Chowrangi, on roads linking Tibet Centre with Numaish Chowrangi, and on both sides of the road between Numaish and Shahrah-e-Quaideen. Read More…
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Several Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders and supporters, including the party's Sindh chapter General Secretary Dr Masroor Sial, were arrested following a protest near Fawara Chowk on Abdullah Haroon Road in Karachi on Wednesday. Clashes between police and PTI supporters erupted when the latter gathered near Fawara Chowk to stage a protest seeking the release of their incarcerated leader Imran Khan. Read More…
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