Working Class Will Bring The Real Change
The slogan of the revolution has been misused so blatantly that it has lost its meaning in the context of the Pakistani politics. Every capitalist, feudal and religious politician in…
Category: South Asia
Political Situation in Pakistan
Brief Perspective The political, economic and social crisis has further deepened. The infighting among the different sections of ruling classes and state institutions has intensified. Tensions between civilian government, judiciary…
Work Places Or Death Chambers For Workers
Factory fire killed 300 workers, hundreds injured The garment factory inferno in Karachi’s Baldia Town, which took the lives of at least 275 workers, including a number of women and…
NATO attack
By Khalid Bhatti 03/12/2011 New crisis for US-Pakistan relations The latest episode in the so-called “war on terror” has provoked anger and disbelief not only from the population of Pakistan,…
Eyewitness account of Sindh floods
Hundreds of thousands displaced as flood worsens Heavy monsoon rains have continued to lash most of the Sindh and wreaked havoc in the Badin and Mirpurkhas districts and many other…
Sindh flooded again
Millions badly affected Around ten million people have been directly and severely affected in the twenty-one districts of Sindh province due to non-stop heavy rain and floods, caused by…
Bangladesh; Civil War, Independence and Military Quo
Bangladesh appeared on the world map as an independent country in 1971, some 40 years ago, after a 9 month long civil war (liberation struggle) in which nearly one million…
Airlines workers win
By Khalid Bhatti 18/02/2011 Four-day strike called off. Government accepted all three demands Thousands of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) workers ended their 4-day strike as the government accepted their demands.…
Victory for KESC workers
4,500 sacked workers reinstated After a five-day sit-in outside the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) headquarters, thousands of workers forced the management to reinstate 4,500 sacked workers. Thousands of workers…
Sacked workers vent anger in Karachi
Stand off continues as workers’ siege of company headquarters enters third day On Wednesday 19 January, the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation (KESC) sacked 4,000 workers without prior notice. Thousands of…
Can Pakistan Becomes a Theocratic State?
Religion, politics and working class After the murder of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, many questions have since been raised about the future of country and possible take over by religious…
Railway workers on the move
By Rukhsana Manzoor 22/01/2011 20,000 jobs under threat – protesting workers forced the authorities to retreat Thousands of railway workers took to the streets of Lahore against the planned retrenchment of…