Polio Health Workers Under Fire
Low wages, nonpayment of salaries and increased militant attacks According to WHO, 33 polio workers have been killed and nine others injured between July 2012 and January 2014. Polio teams…
Category: South Asia
Comrade Hameed Chanah under attack
False police case registered Comrade Hameed Chanah, provincial organiser Progressive Workers Federation of Pakistan Sindh province is under attack and facing severe hardships as the result. His only crime is…
The Unrest in Bangladesh Garment Industry
Dozens of people were bloodied and hospitalized. The officers were cracking down on protests at two garment factories inside this industrial area in western Bangladesh. But they were also protecting…
Bangladesh Garments Industry : A Country within a Country called Export Processing Zones
Exports and profits continue to rise but workers left behind Three decades ago, Bangladesh created a network of export zones to attract foreign investment with tax incentives and other benefits.…
Pakistan Perspectives : Political Situation
Political Situation Finally, Pakistan experienced for the first time that a democratic government has handed over the power to the other democratically elected civilian government. The interim government has handed…
Economic and Social Crisis
The inflation is still high. Prices of food items and essentials are continued to rise. In last four years the prices of elecricity, gas, petrol, food and other daily use…
Stop victimization and union busting of lady health workers
By Khalid Bhatti 15/06/2013 We will defend our rights and continue fighting The local health authorities in Digri, District Mir Pur Khas of Sindh province has started vicious campaign and…
PML-N Emerging As The Largest Party In The Next Parliament
Hung parliament expected as no party seems getting the simple majority to form the government, PPP and PTI will finish second and third respectively The countdown has already begun. It…
Pakistan General Elections 2013
Big landlords, capitalists and influential families are calling the shorts In the electoral politics of Pakistan, the political parties, ideology and programme matters little in the final outcome of the…
Who Is Who In The Pakistani Politics?
Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) This faction of Pakistan Muslim League (PML) was formed in 1993 when PML was split into two main factions. This centre right party is led…
The Life Under Constant Threat
SMP lost three members in sectarian violence in Quetta An eye witness report from Quetta Baluchistan Pakistan has become a killing field of people from different communities in recent years,…
Elections 2013, will it change anything?
No political voice for working class Finally, the democratic nightmare is over for the masses in Pakistan. The PPP led coalition government which came to power after the 2008 general…