Historic Victory for PTCL Workers
10 Days Strike Force the Government to retreat PTCL Privatization Postponed for indefinite period The government has announced to postpone the privatization of PTCL for indefinite period, to end the…
Category: South Asia
King’s Coup Worsens Crisis
The king of Nepal, Shah Gianandra, fired his hand-picked Prime Minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba, and government cabinet, on 1 February. In dissolving the government, the King cited its failure to…
Deepening Crisis in Baluchistan Province
By Khalid Bhatti 08/02/2005 Eyewitness report from the Pakistani province of Baluchistan The situation in Pakistani province of Baluchistan has become so explosive and volatile that the Pakistani army is…
Bangladesh Political Chaos, Islamic Fundamentalism and Poverty
The recent 36 hours strike that ended yesterday, 7th Feb., once again exposed the chaos that exists in the political system of Bangladesh. This was the 12th strike call given…
SMP organises solidarity demonstration with ZOO Papier
Rukhsana Manzoor 07/02/2005 Lahore, more than 50 people came to the solidarity demonstration organised by the SMP, the CWI section in Pakistan. All the main trade unions had representatives at…
Political crises and General Musharraf’s ‘democracy’
By Khalid Bhatti 16/01/2005 Opposition parties divided but regime relies on US imperialism The leading Pakistani journalist and political commentator, Ayaz Amir, writing in ‘Dawn’ (3 January 2005), explains the…
Stop privatisation or face a black out
By Khalid Bhatti 14/01/2005 More than 3000 workers of Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation [KESC] organised a protest rally against the proposed privatisation of this state owned corporation which supplies power…
Balochistan province conflict flares up
By Khalid Bhatti 12/01/2005 A recent armed clash between armed nationalist activists and the Pakistani security forces in the city of Sui once again proves that the situation in Balochistan…
Musharraf’s hypocrisy won’t end violence to women
By Rukhsana Manzoor 03/11/2004 National Assembly in Pakistan passes a Bill on ’honour killings’. It declares that anyone committing such a crime will be guilty of “intentional murder”. The government…
Socialist Movement receives enthusiastic welcome on May day
By Khalid Bhatti 17/05/2004 The newly formed Socialist Movement distributed a four page leaflet and attended Mayday activities in nine different cities right across Pakistan, including Lahore, Rawalpindi, Hyderabad, Quetta,…
A Change Of Face Will Not Solve Social And Political Crisis
Pakistani has its third Prime Minister in two months. Many people say that Shaukat Aziz, the new Prime Minister, won the elections not with the power of the vote, but…
Workers fight Musharraf’s regime
By Khalid Bhatti 27/02/2004 Compared to five years ago, the railway colony of Lahore where all railway workers live and work has an air of demoralisation and fear. The military…