There is no NCOC for TLP. This unfortunate point was brought home repeatedly in the last three days; as violent cadres of the TLP unleashed mayhem across the length and breadth of the country. In the absence of a National Command and Operations Centre for such situations — recall the centralized control and decisive action […]
America has a complicated history of racial violence. Questions of race, white supremacy, and the divisive nature of politics have recently come to the fore again with the rise of racially motivated acts of violence. In May of last year, the Black Lives Matter movement spread worldwide, and millions of people took to the street […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday concluded his two-day official visit to Bangladesh, a trip that sparked both violent protests and enthusiasm that relations between the two neighbors will continue to grow. Four people were killed after police fired on protesters; who they said attacked a police station in the Bangladeshi city of […]
Police and demonstrators in Barcelona clashed for a fifth night on Saturday, with thousands taking to the streets across Spain to protest against the jailing of a controversial rapper for glorifying terrorism and insulting royalty in his music and on Twitter. Thousands gathered in Barcelona on Saturday; including families and elderly protesters at the city’s […]
Police opened fire on protesters in the Myanmar city of Mandalay on Saturday, leaving at least two dead; according to volunteer emergency workers cited by Reuters and AFP news agencies who have reporters on the ground. One of the victims was shot in the head and died at the scene; according to Frontier Myanmar; a […]
Thousands of people in Myanmar participated in protest marches over the weekend, decrying the military coup. tensions escalated, police confronted one of the rallies and reportedly fired shots in the air The incident, which reportedly happened in the border town of Myawaddy on Sunday, shows the fragility of the situation. The mass protests – the […]
An Indian state blocked mobile internet across most of its districts on Friday, following clashes between protesting Indian farmers and groups of men shouting anti-farmer and pro-police slogans. Mobile internet in 15 of 22 districts in Haryana state bordering the capital New Delhi will be unavailable until 1700 local time on Saturday, according to a […]
Earlier this month, Shafqat Mahmood declared to open universites on Feb 1st. Students have been protesting for online exams ever since. The students demand that either universities take online exam or postpone the finals. These include students of Islamabad’s National University of Modern Languages, and Multan’s NFC Institute of Engineering and Technology. They have been […]
Despite Prime Minister Imran Khan’s request to move ahead with the final rites of the slain miners and an assurance that he would visit them “very soon”, Balochistan’s Shia Hazara community continued to protest for a fifth straight day on Thursday in Quetta, refusing to bury those who were brutally killed over the weekend in […]
NEW DELHI: Leaders of protesting Indian farmers began a one-day hunger strike on Monday against agricultural reforms they say threaten their livelihoods, stepping up pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to withdraw the legislation. Farmers have been demonstrating for nearly three weeks against the deregulation of the agriculture sector that will allow them to […]
