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Release Rawal Asad !
Appeal for the release of Rawal Asad – an activist, socialist and social rights campaigner who is arrested by Police on fake charges of sedition and held in Jail for an indefinite period.
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Karachi: Thal Engineering workers protest in Karachi against Lay-offs
Thal Engineering Company is tier 1 supplier to major automotive brands such as Jaguar land Rover, Nissan, Honda, Toyota, Suzuki, Daihatsu and Daewoo. In a continued wave of sackings, a further 21 workers were fired from their job by the management. Resultantly, workers of Thal Engineering staged a protest in front of Karachi press club.…
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Anti-worker practices by Metro group of Germany in Pakistan
Metro Cash and Carry Pakistan belonging to German retail conglomerate Metro AG, the owner of retail chains like Metro, Makro, Real, Media Markt and Saturn, have opened their stores and operations in Pakistan since 2006 and from 2011 have partnered with the notorious Habib group which is famous for its anti-workers and hostile management. The…
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Pepsi-Co Faisalabad: brutality against workers, 175 forced sacking
Pepsi-Co Company took a revenge against workers who campaigned for the reinstatement of their sacked fellow workers through holding a large demonstration on 29 January 2018 in Faisalabad. Pepsi-Co administration fired 175 workers forcefully without any prior notice or following legal steps. The sacked workers are now protesting against administration’s brutality. The workers are saying…
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UCU national congress to vote on solidarity with Pashtun movement
Beginning on 30 May the University and College Union (UCU), the largest higher and further education trade union in the world, will be holding its national congress in Manchester. On the agenda, among many other things, is a motion submitted from the Kings College London branch of the UCU expressing solidarity with Pakistani workers and…
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Pakistan: PTM holds huge Karachi meeting despite severe crackdown
On Sunday 13 May, thousands attended a public meeting of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) in Karachi. Along with a huge turnout by Pashtuns, ordinary men and women from Baloch, Sindhi and Mohajir nationalities also took part. The meeting continued until late into the night as Manzoor Pashteen, the leader of the PTM, arrived late.…
