report in Dawn, December 11th, 2023GWADAR: On the eve of International Human Rights Day, a rally was organised in Turbat town by political workers, human rights defenders, and members of civil society. The participants strongly called for an end to the killings of missing persons in alleged fake encounters and urged the recovery of all disappeared political workers, students, and human rights activists. The rally commenced in front of Turbat Press Club, and thereafter, the…
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By Ansar Abbasi in The News, Nov 22, 2023ISLAMABAD: The US Embassy had conveyed to the Foreign Office on March 28, 2022 that the statement of the-then prime minister Imran Khan in a public rally about the cipher “was not playing well in DC”. This US reaction to Imran Khan’s statement was quick – the very next day of Imran Khan’s statement. Sources said the US Charge d’Affaires had also requested, on the very next…
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 28, 2023Police yesterday raided houses of BNP activists to arrest them as the party was preparing to hold a rally in the capital today. Mirpur police detained more than 100 BNP men from a building in Shenpara last night, said local sources. Imran, a sub-inspector of Mirpur Police Station, said the raid was going on as of 11:00pm. Over 200 people arrested in the capital on Thursday were sent…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Sept 17th, 2023QUETTA: Hundreds of thousands of people, including workers and supporters of the National Party, Haq Do Tehreek, and other parties, participated in a protest rally and staged a sit-in in Turbat town against the ban on trade activities at the Pak-Iran border areas on Saturday. Party leaders, workers and supporters marched in Turbat town, taking to various roads and streets while carrying placards and banners inscribed with their…
report in The Daily Star July 13, 2023The ruling Awami League has said there will be no election unless it is held under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The announcement came from a huge “peace” rally near Baitul Mukarram mosque yesterday. At another rally only a kilometre away, the BNP vowed to unseat the government through a one-point movement. Speaking at the “peace” rally, AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader said, “We, too, have a one-point demand.…
report in Prothom Alo, Jul 10, 2023Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) would make an announcement of one-point demand to oust the government from a rally in front of the party’s Naya Paltan headquarters in Dhaka on Wednesday (12 July). The party has sought a permission from the police to hold the rally. Different alliances and parties that are also waging simultaneous movement with the de facto opposition will also make the announcement of the one-point…
by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee in Prothom Alo, Dec 12, 2022The Awami League seems unruffled by the BNP’s 10-point demand announced at Saturday’s rally. The ruling party sees no issue that could be a cause for concern in the days to come, AL insiders said. The party leaders believe the “bubble of the BNP’s much-hyped divisional rallies had burst as it came up with the same old demands”. The AL, however, had been “worried” about the…