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…
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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…
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,…
Socialist Movement holds succesful education school
By Rukhsana Manzoor 31/08/2006 The Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI) and the CWI in Kashmir held a very successful joint Summer School (cadre education school) in the beautiful mountains of Kashmir.…
TURCP leads struggle against feudal repression and police atrocities
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…
Local elections expose Musharraf’s sham of democracy
By Khalid Bhatti 29/10/2005 The article below was written in early October. As a result of the earthquake, its translation into English was delayed, as well as its posting on…
PTCL Unions Action Committee Betrayed the Workers
PTCL Struggle: Almost all the leaders of action committee have announced to accept the process of privatization on 3rd August in a press conference. They have accepted this privatization in…
The struggle against privatisation of Pakistan Telecoms
For over 6 weeks, 65 000 telecommunication workers were involved in a bitter struggle against the Pakistan Telecommunications Company Ltd (PTCL) and the government in an attempt to defeat the…
Telecommunications strike shows important lessons for Pakistani working class
By Khalid Bhatti 06/06/2005 Workers need to remain vigilant over further privatisation attempts On Friday, 4 June, representatives of the Pakistani government signed an agreement with the nine-union strong Action…
PTCL Trade Unions pulled out of negotiations
The PTCL trade unions action committee has decided to boycott the negotiations with management. The action committee has taken this decision after the failure of negotiations today. The action committee…
Solidarity Protest with Telecommunications Workers in Lahore
Ten unions announce support for Telecommunications strike The Trade Union Rights Campaign-Pakistan organised a protest demonstration against the privatisation of Pakistani Telecommunications Company Limited and also showed their solidarity with…
Telecommunications are not for sale!
By Khalid Bhatti 17/05/2005 The Anti Privatization Campaign launched by an alliance of nine unions in the telecom sector has received a tremendous response from workers throughout the country. Workers…