Tag: baluchistan
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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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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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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…
