Poverty, dodging the numbers
The number of people living in poverty has increased in last decade Lies more lies and official figures, best describe that how the government manipulate or sometime distort figures to…
Category: Pakistan
Privatization of education
By Khalid Bhatti 22/05/2016 Who will benefit? The planned handover of 5000 public sector schools in Punjab to Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) and different NGOs and protests and sit-in by the…
Punjab teachers protesting against the schools privatisation
By Khalid Bhatti 19/05/2016 Some demands met but privatisation will continue The protesting teachers called off their sit-in and protest at the Chairing Cross in front of the Punjab Assembly…
Now Beginning the Rise of Barelvi Extremism
By Khalid Bhatti 02/05/2015 Rise of Barelvi Extremism Since the hanging of Mumtaz Qadri, the killer of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, different religious-political groups belonging to the Barelvi school of…
The Politics of Corruption and Accountability
By Khalid Bhatti 29/04/2016 Pakistan is among the few countries in the world where everybody wants to make others accountable and answerable but when others raise question about the same…
Panama Leaks
A storm in the tea cup or beginning of the end? The Nawaz government is in the middle of another political storm. The present political crisis triggered by the Panama…
PIA Strike Continues Despite State Repression
Four workers killed, eight injured as security forces open fire on PIA protesting workers An all-out strike continued at the state-owned national air lines PIA (Pakistan International Airlines) for the…
The Slave Conditions of Domestic Child Workers
Poverty, misery, abuse and death In recent weeks, the death of five girl child domestic workers once again highlights the menace of rampant violence and abuse against the child domestic…
Pakistan: Health Workers on the Move
Fighting against the privatisation of public sector hospitals Hundreds of health workers organised a demonstration at Sir Ganga Ram hospital Lahore and later rallied on a nearby main road to…
Religious Extremism, Military Operations and Increased Intolerance
Revolutionary movement of the working class needs to finally defeat religious extremism and intolerance Pakistan’s armed forces launched massive military operations against the Pakistan Taliban and other reactionary, violent religious…
Hundreds take part in the rally organised by Socialist Movement Sindh against religious extremism and increased intolerance in Mir Pur Khas
Rally organised by Socialist Movement Sindh More than 400 including women and children participated in the rally organised by Socialist movement in Mir Pur Khas Sindh against religious extremism and…
Release Muhammad Hussain Bhatti President Employees Union CBA Kabir Wala Factory
Stop state repression and harassment of union leaders and members Withdraw all 28 false, baseless and fabricated criminal cases including terrorism charges against union leaders and members Stop gross violations…