GILGIT: Demanding service structure and clear rules for their promotion, hundreds of male and female teachers of government schools staged demonstrations in the seven district headquarters of Gilgit Baltistan and announced boycott of classes across the region till June 10. The GB Teachers Association had given the call for protest. The teachers, who had also brought their students on roads, said that if their demands were not accepted they would continue their protests. The protesters…
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Demonstration: SHO killed, three injured in tear gas shelling : The Express Tribune, June 6th, 2014.
MUZAFFARABAD: A police officer was killed, while three protesters were injured due to tear gas shelling in Charhoi. PML-N leader Munsifdad Khan and members of civil society were protesting against the transfer of tehsil headquarters offices to newly-constructed buildings some five kilometres away from Charhoi city when the protest turned violent. Mirpur Station House Officer Raja Jameel reached the spot to negotiate with protesters when they started pelting stones on the police. In retaliation, the…