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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…
By Khalid Bhatti 16/09/2010 Flash floods destroy lives, soaring price inflation means poverty The people of Pakistan are facing two floods at the same time. One is partly a natural…
By Rukhsana Manzoor 27/08/2010 “Criminal negligence” of government and the super-rich Poor women and children are suffering the most in the flood-affected areas of Pakistan. Starvation, water-borne diseases, lack of…
By Khalid Bhatti 14/08/2010 Small farmers and peasants to suffer the most The full economic costs of the devastation caused by the floods- the worst in many years- in Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa,…
By Khalid Bhatti 17/11/2008 The economic tsunami hits the masses hard The Pakistani economy is facing its worst crisis in a decade, with massive trade and budget deficits, plunging foreign…
By Khalid Bhatti 28/01/2008 Pakistan, even before the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, was gripped by a severe political and social crisis. There are country-wide protests against the price hikes…
Riots continued as political crises deepens At least 28 were killed including 3 politician linked to the outgoing administration of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia- and hundreds injured in 4 days…
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 12/10/2006 Time seems to have stood still in Balakot, the once picturesque town that was flattened to the ground by the October 8, 2005 earthquake in Pakistan…
Quake Survivors Caught in Limbo Time seems to have stood still in Balakot, the once picturesque town that flattened to the ground by the October 8, 2005 earth quake. While…
The king of Nepal, Shah Gianandra, fired his hand-picked Prime Minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba, and government cabinet, on 1 February. In dissolving the government, the King cited its failure to…
By Khalid Bhatti 08/02/2005 Eyewitness report from the Pakistani province of Baluchistan The situation in Pakistani province of Baluchistan has become so explosive and volatile that the Pakistani army is…