What the voters want
For former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, voters want respect for their votes and elected representatives. So he has launched a movement for the sanctity of the vote. The PML-N will…
Tag: Political Parties
Reluctant to reform
The celebration that ensued after senators like Krishna Kumari, Anwar Lal Dean and Behramand Tungi, who belong to modest family backgrounds, were elected has been overshadowed by the allegations of…
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…
Protests begin as “Day of rage” called for 11 March
Protests begin as “Day of rage” called for 11 March 04/03/2011 Founders of new activists’ party detained Rukhsana Manzoor and Khalid Bhatti, SMP (CWI in Pakistan) Below we publish extracts…
Crushing defeat for pro-Musharraf parties, landslide for opposition
By Khalid Bhatti 21/02/2008 The results of parliamentary elections came as a big surprise for Musharraf and his allies. President Musharraf was expecting a big victory and he repeatedly expressed…
Martial law imposed
Khalid Bhatti 05/11/2007 On Saturday 3 November, General Musharraf imposed martial law across Pakistan. Under the guise of a state of emergency, he declared a new Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO)…
New Twists and Turns in Pakistani Politics
Threats of Emergency and Martial Law is not over yet Pakistan is among the few countries in the world where political predictions are extremely difficult to make, because political situation…
Violence Erupted in Karachi as Political Polarization Increasing
50 killed and more than 150 injured in Political Violence On 12th May 2007 Karachi saw the worst political violence in Pakistan in many years, over 50 people killed and…
May day 2007
By Khalid Bhatti 03/05/2007 Workers want fightback by union leaders against neo-liberal policies of the military May Day is the most important activity for the working class in Pakistan. Hundreds…
Violence erupts in Baluchistan Province after killing of nationalist leader
By Khalid Bhatti 04/09/2006 The Pakistani province of Baluchistan has been shut down by a strike and violent protests since the killing of Akbar Bugti (who was the Chief of…
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…