Category: News
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Lahore: Metro Employees Forcibly Terminated Without Salary Payment, Employees Protest, Metro Service Suspended
The security company’s contract with Punjab Mass Transit Authority had expired and was awarded to a new company. Metro service employees work under various private companies, which are no less exploitative of employees. Workers are being paid less than the government-mandated minimum monthly wage of 37,000 rupees (132 USD). Cleaning staff and security guards are…
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Punjab Government’s Anti-Worker Policies Lead to Termination of 750 Water Management Employees… What’s the Solution?
750 employees working under the National Program for Improvement of Water Courses (NPIW-II) in Punjab’s Agriculture Department’s Water Management section, who had been employed on contract for twenty years, have been forcibly terminated by the Punjab government. Despite the government providing a written one-year extension to the National Program for Improvement of Water Courses 2,…
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Karachi: Bahria Town Employees Protest Against Non-Payment of Salaries and Dismissals
Over 600 workers were forcibly dismissed from Bahria Town company without three months’ compensation. Bahria Town is the country’s largest real estate company. All dismissed workers’ homes relied on their monthly salaries. One worker said, “I bought a home appliance on installment; now I can’t pay.” Another stated, “I’m the sole breadwinner; without my salary,…
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Crisis in Public Healthcare: Hospital Tragedies and the Privatization
Last month, three children allegedly died due to incorrect injections in the children’s ward of a government hospital in Khanewal, and a nurse was arrested for their deaths. After the nurse’s arrest, nurses in government hospitals across Punjab began protests. In these protests, nurses demanded their colleague’s immediate release and announced continuing the protest series…
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Gujranwala: WASA (Water and Sewerage Authority) employees forced to work at risk to their lives – administration remains apathetic
WASA (Water and Sewerage Authority) employees in Gujranwala are forced to work in the worst conditions, which severely endangers their lives. In October, an employee named Samson was martyred due to this, and no one cared about his heirs. WASA employees are victims of the worst oppression due to the unavailability of safety kits, lack…
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Quetta: Protest demonstration against the death of 13 workers in a coal mine in Harnai
Two days ago, an explosion in a coal mine in the Zard Alo area of Harnai district in Balochistan resulted in the death of 13 workers. On March 23, a protest demonstration was organized by the Red Workers Front and the Pakistan Workers Federation in front of the Quetta Press Club against this incident. The…
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Gilgit-Baltistan: Thousands protest in freezing cold against the end of wheat subsidy
Last fiscal year, 2023, the Gilgit-Baltistan government imposed heavy taxes on dozens of items. In response, the Traders Association, Hotel Association, and Transport Union protested against these taxes through their respective platforms. However, no significant movement emerged against these oppressive taxes, emboldening the current coalition government. In October last year, amidst a financial crisis and…
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Malakand KPK: Dargai’s industrial zone, a tale of exploitation
In the Dargai Industrial Zone, in various factories, the condition of the workers is no different from that of other workers in the country. The industrial zone houses factories producing steel, plastic, cooking oil, and cosmetics. These factories disregard labour laws and do not provide democratic rights to the workers. A worker from a steel…
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Lahore: State coercion unacceptable on the sit-in organised by AGEGA for the approval of government employees’ demands!
Thousands of lower-grade government employees across the province have been staging a sit-in outside the Lahore Secretariat since October 10th, led by AGEGA. This current protest is a continuation of the one that took place in July, where the employees are demanding improvements such as the proper disbursement of leave encashment, adjustments to anti-labour pension…
