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.…
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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…
Punjab governor’s assassination silences another liberal voice
By Khalid Bhatti 11/01/2011 Religious extremism on the rise The brutal murder of Punjab Governor, Salman Taseer, by a staff member of Punjab’s supposedly professional elite force, has exposed every…
8 million people affected by devastating floods
Feudal lords and politicians’ criminal decisions led to disaster More than 8 million people have been affected by the devastating floods in Sindh province, Pakistan. Many people believe that the…
Children Without Food in Flood-hit Areas Face Death
More than 100,000 (one hundred thousand) children left homeless by Pakistan’s floods are in danger of dying because they simply do not have enough to eat, according to UNICEF. Children…
Release the arrested trade union leaders
By Khalid Bhatti 25/09/2010 Stop terrorising the workers movement The four leaders of a cement factory in Lucky Marwat have been arrested under the Anti-Terrorism Act on 19th September in…
Who is to blame for this destruction?
More than 8 million people have been affected from floods in Sindh province. Many people believes that the destruction caused by the floods is the result of natural calamity but…
Protesting Nurses Hold All-night Vigil in Layyah
Protesting trainee nurses held an all-night vigil on Saturday 18th September outside the local press club to press the government to transfer health and district authorities accusing them of victimisation.…
Floods raise spectre of social unrest and polarization
By Khalid Bhatti 19/09/2010 Eradication of feudalism and capitalism would free millions The PML-N (Pakistan Muslim league) leader and Chief Minister of the largest province, Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif, continues…