Category: Reports
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Karachi: The struggle and resilience of Pakistan’s coastal fishermen
In Pakistan, particularly across the expansive coastal regions of Sindh and Balochistan adjoining the Arabian Sea, as well as along its rivers, fishing is a widespread profession, practised on both a small and large scale. This industry directly supports the livelihoods of over two million people, with even more involved indirectly. However, the fishing community…
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Economic Injustice in the Textile Industry: Yunus Mills’ Workers Demand Their Rights
On 27th July 2023, the workers of Yunus Textile Unit 2, located in the Landhi Industrial Area in Kohi Goth, staged a protest in front of the factory gate, demanding job restoration and complete payment of their dues. Recently, 18 laborers from the factory, including women, were dismissed without payment of their dues. Such forced…
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The new PTUS Summer Bulletin 2023 is out!
We have released a new bulletin for summer 2023, featuring articles and reports on the struggles of workers in Pakistan. You can download the bulletin by clicking on the following link: In the face of an unprecedented economic crisis, with inflation soaring to 47% and the dollar rising over 150% against the Pakistani rupee over…
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Textile Industry Crisis in Pakistan: Exploitation, Layoffs, and the Need for Unions to Protect Workers’ Rights
Currently, the textile industry in Pakistan is facing numerous crises, causing many companies to shut down. A survey shows that approximately 7 million workers have become redundant in this sector, which means 7 million families are affected as typically only one person earns for the entire family in Pakistan. The country is experiencing an inflation…
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May Day 2023: Pakistan’s Workers Unite Amidst Unprecedented Economic Crisis
Pakistan faces an unprecedented economic, social, and political crisis in its 76-year history, teetering on the brink of default. Inflation has soared to 47%, the dollar has risen over 150% against the Pakistani rupee in the last five years, and widespread industry closures have left millions of workers jobless. The state has shifted the burden…
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Closure of factories triggering unemployment crisis in Pakistan.
Each day, the economic crisis in Pakistan is becoming severe, and it is impacting every industrial sector and households. The decline in general economic condition is accelerated by an increase in foreign loans by the government, increasing current account deficit and continuous decline in value of the currency. The clouds of hyperinflation have devastated the…
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Mining disasters in Baluchistan
In July 2019, 11 miners who were stuck during a disaster in a coal mine located in the region of Degari Baluchistan, nine of them were announced dead, and two were in a serious condition. Three of the miners who were rescued earlier, among them, only two survived. Poisonous gas filled the mining chamber that…
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Ship recycling industry in Pakistan – State and mafia against workers
Pakistan ranks third in the world for shipbreaking and recycling. It is famous for recycling large vessels particularly oil and cargo. It is a dangerous work where workers manually use different iron welding machines to break down the vessels. The cut-out iron and parts are then removed by large cranes onto a beach scrap yard,…
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Imran Khan selling 200 state owned enterprises – Workers braced for retaliation
In a recent move by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government, Prime Minister Imran Khan on the behest of International Monetary Fund plans to sell 200 state-owned enterprises in Pakistan.
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Bail Granted to Rawal Asad
Today 6 March 2019 at around 15:00hrs, Multan court heard bail petition filed by lawyers of Rawal Asad. The judge briefly listened to the case and immediately decided to bail Rawal Asad. This is a great news for Rawal, his family, friends and all activists and supporters who were demanding Rawal’s release. There is a…
