The Life Under Constant Threat
SMP lost three members in sectarian violence in Quetta An eye witness report from Quetta Baluchistan Pakistan has become a killing field of people from different communities in recent years,…
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Elections 2013, will it change anything?
No political voice for working class Finally, the democratic nightmare is over for the masses in Pakistan. The PPP led coalition government which came to power after the 2008 general…
PPP strengthens its grip on power but country plunged into crisis.
By Khalid Bhatti 23/10/2008 Urgent need of a mass working class party Within a few months of the new government taking power in Pakistan the country has been plunged into…
General Musharraf resigns as president
By Khalid Bhatti 20/08/2008 Will this end the country’s political crisis? The Pakistani masses have now seen the back of another military dictator as General Musharraf finally resigned as President…
Telecom workers win strike with 35% increase in the wages
By Khalid Bhatti 31/07/2008 Telecom workers win strike with 35% increase in the wages 8,000 contract workers’ ‘regularisation’ confirmed A two week long strike and protest movement by telecom workers…
50,000 Telecom workers join countrywide strike
By Khalid Bhatti 22/07/2008 16 workers injured in clashes with paramilitary forces Thousands of telecom workers employed by PTCL workers are on the strike. PTCL is the largest telecom company…
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…
Mass opposition to military and Musharraf regime after Benazir killing
By Khalid Bhatti 02/01/2008 Pakistan People’s Party leadership ’bequeathed’ and no change in policy indicated The Pakistan People’s Party central executive committee and federal council meeting in the house of…
Socialist Movement condemns the killing of Benazir Bhutto
By Khalid Bhatti 29/12/2007 Pakistan People’s Party leader killed in suicide attack; political crisis and chaos deepen further Benazir Bhutto, leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), was killed in…
Bhutto’s return, Religious Extremism and Democracy
Huge welcome rally disrupted by suicide bombings Finally Benazir Bhutto came back from 8 years self imposed exile on 18th October. She was greeted by the massive PPP crowd at…
Crisis continues in run-up to presidential elections
By Khalid Bhatti 30/09/2007 The political tension between the government coalition and opposition parties is on the rise, following the announcement of presidential elections, to be held on October 6, 2007.…
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…