Tag: Pakistan
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Punjab: Privatisation of Health Department rejected – Thousands across the province holding protests!
On March 25, the Grand Health Alliance held a protest rally in Lahore. This rally was organised against the Punjab government’s privatisation of Basic Health Units and Rural Health Centres. Under this government decision, thousands of employees are being forcibly removed through outsourcing. As a result, these employees have been compelled to protest. This government…
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Karachi: Successful strike by Artistic Milliner workers for implementation of wage increase notification
The Sindh government issued a notification to increase the minimum monthly wage to 37,000 rupees (132 USD) in all private industries and factories from 1st July 2024. However, despite this, most factories in Karachi are still paying workers a minimum wage of merely 32,000 rupees (114 USD), or even less in some places. Workers across…
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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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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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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…
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Ongoing State and Religious Oppression on the Christian Community After the Jaranwala Incident
On August 6, 2023, a tragic incident occurred in Jaranwala, a rural area near Faisalabad, where dozens of churches and homes belonging to the Christian workers and labourers were set ablaze. The arson was carried out by local leaders and religious organizations under false allegations of blasphemy, all in plain sight of the police. Thousands…
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Lahore: Electricity Workers Protested Against Unjust Electricity Rates and Taxes
On 28 August 2023, Electricity workers from the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) staged a demonstration in front of the Lahore Press Club, in collaboration with the Red Workers Front, to protest against unjust high electricity bills affecting the public across the entire country. It’s important to note that the management and administrative officials…
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Beaconhouse School System exploiting staff and teachers
Beaconhouse Schools, funded by DFID UK in Pakistan, are exploiting its teachers and staff. We received a report from its branch in the Gujranwala district where teachers are asked to work more than their contracted hours with the non-payment of overtime. Teachers are handed over take-home work even after working for extended hours in schools. …
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Gwadar women movement
Gwadar has become the centre for protests by workers since the arrival of the Chinese CPEC projects in the area. Countless protests have happened in Gwadar for many years. Gwadar houses CPEC’s major seaport that connects with China through major rail and roads throughout Pakistan. Despite significant infrastructure projects in the area, locals are deprived…
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Multan: Lady Health Workers won their fight for pay and conditions
Lady health workers who are visiting houses and providing immediate medical support to women across the country were protesting for many months for their pay, security, and working conditions. They were often met with police brutality during protests. But they showed their determination and courage to stand for their rights and demands. At last Health…
