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Brutal attacks and repression fail to stop demonstrations The masses in Bahrain have overcome the fear to confront the repression and brutality of the regime. The government thought that it…
Thousands gather in Amman to demand reforms and change 01/02/2011 Demonstrations continue despite the announcement of increased wages, subsidies and political reforms Thousands of people gathered in Jordan’s capital,…
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…
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…
Military Led Government under immense pressure as Anger growing No body really thought on 9th March 2007 that the action taken by the government against the Chief Justice of Pakistan…
By Khalid Bhatti 01/08/2007 More than 250 TURCP (Trade Union Rights Campaign Pakistan) members and political and social activists attended a protest demonstration in late December 2006, organized by TURCP…
By Khalid Bhatti 20/10/2006 Around 3.5 million still ill-equipped, under-nourished and homeless On October 8, 2005, the people of Muzzafarabad (the sprawling capital city of Pakistani Administered Kashmir) resembled a ghost…
By Khalid Bhatti 29/08/2006 The town of Tharri Mohabat, in District DADU (Sindh Province), remained closed for three days in protest against feudal repression and police atrocities. All the shops…
General Strike and Demonstrations Ended but Political Crises Will Continue 18 days long general strike and protest demonstrations ended on Tuesday, as the King Gyanendra reinstate the Parliament which was…
Immigrant workers in Middle East are on the move Immigrant workers in the Middle East are fighting against the slave conditions they face and the non-payment of their salaries. Although…
By Khalid Bhatti 26/07/2005 More than 120 trade union activists and leaders of different trade unions attended a meeting organised by Trade Union Rights Campaign in the Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited…
By Khalid Bhatti 02/05/2005 Members of the Socialist Movement Pakistan (SMP) and the Pakistan Trade Union rights Campaign (PTURC) organised demonstrations and seminars in eighteen cities, while we participated in…