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Roads blocked, no phone service as protests against Asia Bibi’s acquittal continue LAHORE – Country-wide protests being held by the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) against entered the third day on Friday, grinding major cities to the standstill. The religious party, which is headed by Khadim Hussain Rizvi, took to the streets since the supreme court acquitted Asia Bibi, a Christian woman facing death sentence over blasphemy charges. Situation in Lahore Major areas, including Charing Cross at the Mall Road, Data Darbar, Shahdara Chowk, Bhatta Chowk, Askar X, roads connecting to the Lahore airport and others are blocked for traffic. Protests against the court ruling continued through the night while the mobile phone service is partially suspended in the city. norbert almeida ✔ @norbalm  ·  7 h # Lahore & # Islamabad 08h15 update protests continued through the night and reports indicate phone networks are shutting dow...

Death by overwork on rise among japan's vulnerable workers What is Japanese Karoshi? Karōshi (過労死), which can be translated literally as " overwork death " in  Japanese , is occupational sudden  mortality . The major medical causes of karōshi  deaths are heart attack and stroke due to stress and a starvation diet. Japan is witnessing a record number of compensation claims related to death from overwork, or “karoshi”, a phenomenon previously associated with the long-suffering “salary man” that is increasingly afflicting young and female employees. Labor demand, with 1.28 jobs per applicant, is the highest since 1991, which should help Prime Minister Shinzo Abe draw more people into the workforce to counter the effect of a shrinking population, but lax enforcement of labor laws means some businesses are simply squeezing more out of employees, sometimes with tragic consequences. Claims for compensation for karoshi rose to a record high of 1,456 in the year to end...

India inaugurates World's biggest statue amid outcry from local groups NEW DELHI - India on Wednesday inaugurated the world´s biggest statue with pomp, fireworks and tight security amid an outcry among local groups over the cost of the 182 metre (600 feet) high reproduction of an Indian independence hero. Activists said about a dozen of their leaders had been detained before Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially opened the tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, with an air force jet flyover, helicopters showering flowers on the statue and fireworks in the green, orange and white national colours. "Today is a day that will be remembered in the history of India ," said Modi who hailed Sardar Patel´s "strategic thinking" in bringing together the disparate country after independence in 1947 and the Statue of Unity as "a symbol of our engineering and technical prowess." But around the statue in a remote corner of Gujarat state, more than 5,0...

Chinese bus manufacturers to set up assembly plant near Lahore KARACHI: Chinese bus manufacturers are planning to set an auto assembly plant near Lahore to capitalise on the incentives offered to the new investors under the Pakistan Auto Policy 2016-21, official documents revealed. King Long United Automotive Industry in joint venture with Shine Autos plans the assembly plant to produce commercial vehicles, both buses and trucks at the plant. “Initially, the JV plans to produce three types of commercial vehicles, including commercial vehicle with capacity of 15 passengers, buses with capacity of 58 passengers, and mini truck of different capacities,” the document noted. An official said for this purpose, the joint venture requires 100 acres of land near Lahore and contacting the concerned authorities in Pakistan to help them in this regard. “The project would attract an investment of approximately $200 million,” the official estimated. It may be recalled that Master Mot...

MeToo movement: KRK fires women staff from all his offices, says it was wife’s order Old habits die hard and same goes for KRK. The man who is known to create buzz with his bizarre tweets has once again catalysed a debate. In his latest tweet, he announced that he fired all the women employees from his offices and would also avoid interacting with women from now on. Blaming the MeToo movement for this derogatory act of him, he showed his criticism. The revolutionary movement that created a lot of buzz in our country recently is facing support and criticism both from the industry. After revealing tons of sexual harassment stories from Bollywood, the actors have made their stand very clear regarding it. The women got encouragement and spoke about their own experience whereas men became more aware that they do not indulge into any such sin. But emerging as an exception, Kamaal Rashid Khan aka KRK did not take that in a positive manner and splashed irrational tweets from hi...