Pakistan's War on Poor: Lahore Traders Left in Limbo as Govt Plans Demolition of 2,285 Shops

Pakistan's War on Poor: Lahore Traders Left in Limbo as Govt Plans Demolition of 2,285 Shops

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Traders in Lahore have won a reprieve after spirited protests forced authorities to halt the demolition of nearly 2,300 shops built on the historic Circular Garden, exposing the state's habitual disregard for citizens and heritage alike, Dawn News reported. World News | Pakistan's War on Poor: Lahore Traders Left in Limbo as Govt Plans Demolition of 2,285 Shops.

If govt doesn't give immediate relief on sugar, petrol, electricity prices then people will be on roads: JI Lahore

Lahore: Jamat-e-Islami (JI) Lahore on Sunday staged a large and intense protest against a fourth hike in prices of petroleum, sugar. Addressing the protest, the JI Chief Lahore Zia Uddin Ansari advocate said that the government has pressed the masses under the inflation as the government has increased the prices of petrol, sugar, flour and electricity. Zia Uddin Ansari said that the government told a lie to the masses announcing the decrease in …