It now appears that the visit of President Zardari to Karachi is treathening to break the strike of PC Hotel workers. According to Riaz Ahmed, an academic that has been monitoring the strike, the following has occured: “PC workers camp visited by Pakistan Peoples Party Karachi chieftains Najmi Alam and Usman Ghani (also chief of… [Read more…]
March 4, 2010
by khawerkhan
It has been 9 days that over 150 workers at Pearl Continental Hotel Karachi are protesting against the sacking of 4 union and over 98 other workers. In protest they have occupied the basement of the 5-star hotel for the last 9 days and despite police raids and bullying and threats by security guards they… [Read more…]
March 3, 2010
by khawerkhan
The following first appeared as on Riaz Ahmed‘s Facebook. Strike: 150 Workers Occupy Karachi PC Hotel Over 150 workers of -star Karachi hotel Pearl Continental have occupied the basement for the last 8 days. About 50 workers have set up a camp outside the hotel. Armed guards of PC hotel have stopped media and other… [Read more…]
Ali Sajjad posted this on the Facebook Wall of the National Students Federation (NSF) last month: “International Socialists (Pak) website back online! Name changed slightly to www.worldtowinpk.net , now has a lot of new material and very soon some useful podcasts as well.“ We at TPM have been following the International Socialists for a bit… [Read more…]
December 31, 2009
by taraqqipasand
After a hiatus, TPM’s Amrika Edition is back with the second in our series of conversations with important figures on the Left in Pakistan with regard to current events and politics, as well as the place, state and direction of progressive politics in Pakistan and its society. The Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party (CMKP) was one… [Read more…]
The following video from the New York Times website is going around. [Click on the graphic to view the video on their own site.] http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/11/11/world/1247465633296/tuning-out-the-taliban.html This video is so hit-or-miss and done from one specific point of view! Firstly, Pakistanis, including Pakistani musicians, can walk and chew gum at the same time. They see that… [Read more…]
November 16, 2009
by khawerkhan
The small Left in Pakistan has been consistent in pointing out the futility of this war. This report by Al Jezzera confirms the fears of anti-war activists, the Army is destroying lives! To date no major Taliban commanders have been captured in any of the operations. The only exception is Muslim Khan, a particularly visible… [Read more…]
The following was carried by The News today, November 16th, 2009. You can read other tributes here, here, and here. The first and last require logging in to Facebook, but we’re working on fixing that; watch this space. The last one is significant as having been penned by a former student of his from a… [Read more…]
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March 5, 2010
by khawerkhan
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