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BNP, Jamaat enforce 2-day countrywide blockade:

Report in The Daily Star, Nov 08, 2023After a one-day pause, BNP-Jamaat is going to enforce a fresh 48-hour nationwide blockade of roads, railways, and waterways starting 6:00am today amid the ongoing arrest spree of BNP leaders and activists. A bus was set on fire in the capital’s Malibagh area last night. Receiving the information at 11:03pm, two fire engines rushed to the spot and were trying to douse the fire, said Talha Bin Zasim,…

PBC urges Alvi to announce polls date, Announces countrywide strike on Sept 9

report in The Express tribune, Sept 6, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Tuesday passed a resolution, urging President Arif Alvi to fulfil his constitutional responsibility and announce a date for the general elections as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) insists on pushing the polls beyond the constitutional deadline in order to conduct fresh delimitation of constituencies. During a meeting, attended by chairmen and vice chairmen of the executive committees of bar councils…

One-point demand: BNP to hold countrywide marches on July 18, 19

report in The Daily Star online, July 12, 2023BNP will march in all city and district headquarters on July 18 and July 19 respectively to materialise their one-point demand. Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the programmes from the party’s rally at its Nayapaltan headquarters, where he announced their one-point demand — holding the next national election under a non-partisan interim administration. About the party’s programmes on those days, he said the party will…