Punjab schoolteachers on the move Punjab schoolteachers have launched a struggle in defence of their rights and for improved working conditions. The Punjab government has not paid the allowances announced in the last budget and are now planning to privatise the schools which were put under state control in the 1970s.
Signal Staff workers of Pakistan Railways on the move After the successful mobilisation of stationmasters at Pakistan Railways, the signal staff have taken action for the improvement of their working conditions. Monstrously exploited, and working according to pay scales which have not changed since 1974, the workers are organising to struggle for their rights.
Pakistan: Threats to workers in struggle reinvigorate movement at Taunsa Barrage The workers of Taunsa Barrage upheld their end of the bargain. They agreed to return to work on the promise that all of their demands would be met within 48 hours. Not only have management not met these demands, they have hired thugs to threaten the workers and PTUDC activists.
Meeting in solidarity with Airbus workers in Multan The Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign Multan held a meeting yesterday in solidarity with the Airbus workers. Participants were informed about the struggle of Airbus workers in France and other European countries, and discussed the campaign demanding the nationalisation of the company.
A Belgian Marxist in Pakistan Maarten VH, active as a Marxist student in Belgium and now collaborating with the Editorial staff of Marxist.com, went to Pakistan recently and attended the conference of the Marxists of The Struggle. Here he gives some of his impressions about the situation in Pakistan.
Workers’ struggle at Taunsa Barrage led by PTUDC puts capitalist extortionists on back foot The workers of the Taunsa Bridge have won an important victory in their struggle for payment of wage arrears and improved working conditions. Most of their demands have been met, and the rest will be fulfilled within 48 hours.
Pakistan: Workers challenge the brutality of multinational corporation at Taunsa Barrage A bitter strike has erupted at the Taunsa Barrage in Pakistan, as workers are demanding payment of wage arrears and better working conditions. One worker, whose wife was in hospital delivering a child, was beaten when he asked for payment of his wages to pay for proper medical care. His wife ended up dying in hospital due to lack of funds to pay for care.
Veteran Pakistan Communist speaks to Marxist.com - Jam Saqi Jam Saqi, is the former general secretary of the Communist Party of Pakistan. He has joined The Struggle, the Marxist tendency in Pakistan. In this interview he explains how he became active and finally came to understand the limitations of Stalinism. He invites all genuine revolutionary workers and youth on the South Asian subcontinent to join the International Marxist Tendency and struggle for socialist revolution.
Pakistan: Lawyers’ Protest shows crisis of regime The lawyers of Pakistan by taking to the streets to oppose an arbitrary act of the dictatorship have demonstrated their desire to fight, and if properly led, they could go far further than the immediate issue, to a genuinely national revolutionary struggle for democracy. Instead of that, all the indications are that the lawyers' movement is beginning to weaken and subside. Why is this?
Kashmir: the brutality of the state exposes its weakness! After the brutal police attack on a peaceful rally in Kashmir on March 8, there were protests across the whole region. In Rawalkot the youth broke through police lines and successfully marched to the District Court. No amount of repression is going to stop the will of the workers and youth to fight for their rights.
Comrades in Kashmir have been released Following the repression and imprisonment of some comrades in Kashmir, we are pleased to announce that they have now been released. It seems that the campaign of pressure has been successful, but we do not know the details. A report will follow later on.
State repression in Kashmir continues amid mass rallies The state in Kashmir has shown its true colors by increasing repression on comrades arrested yesterday when they were protesting for the basic demands of the peoples of Kashmir.
Pakistan - March 8, International Working Women’s Day celebrated at Lahore press club The PTUDC and Bonded Labour Liberation Front organized a joint meeting to commemorate International Working Women’s Day. The two organizations also decided upon a joint statement of demands and common programme of struggle.
State repression against workers and youth in Kashmir A demonstration was called today to protest against the failure of the state’s reconstruction efforts in Azad Kashmir. The demonstration was brutally attacked by police. Several comrades have been injured and arrested.
Kashmir: a real beginning of class struggle! After waiting for more than a year for the government to act on the promises it made at the time of the earthquake disaster, the workers have finally lost their patience and come out in an all-out strike. This is just a taste of what is to come.
