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Lahore: APCA Protest for Approval of Demands
On October 31, as part of weekly district-level protests across Punjab, APCA (All Pakistan Clerks Association) joined with various organizations in Lahore to protest against the black law of Leave Encashment, privatization of government schools, and other workers’ demands in front of the Civil Secretariat Lahore. The central rally started from the McLeod Road office…
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Faisalabad: Allied Hospital’s 220 Employees Terminated Without Payment of Three Months’ Salaries
Firewall Security Company has forcibly terminated 220 employees of Allied Hospital without paying three months’ salaries. It is being reported that the company’s contract has expired. Workers were already facing severe difficulties due to extremely low salaries of PKR 25,000-35,000 (USD 89-125), but then they started receiving salaries with delays, and for the past three…
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Punjab: Teachers’ Protest Movement Against Government School Privatization – What Should Be Done?
The teachers’ movement against privatization of government schools in Punjab continues under the Grand Teachers Alliance Punjab. The Grand Teachers Alliance was recently formed by the leadership of various teachers’ organizations. According to leaders, the purpose of forming this alliance was to create a joint platform to address school privatization and other issues facing teachers.…
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Karachi University: A Place of Torment for Teachers, Students, and Employees!
Despite being one of the country’s largest and most important educational institutions, Karachi University has become a source of problems and hardships for its students, teachers, and employees (both permanent and temporary). The economic crisis, which is a continuation of the global crisis in Pakistan, has become irreparable. IMF-like imperialist institutions are pressuring local rulers…
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Hyderabad: WASA Workers Deprived of Salaries
For the past 8 years, WASA (Water and Sanitation Authority) workers have been facing difficulties in receiving their salaries. Workers have to stage protest demonstrations approximately 10 to 30 times annually to receive their wages. When workers raise their voices, the administration pays two months’ salary as a token gesture to temporarily halt the protests.…
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Report: Pakistan’s Growing Crisis of Bankrupt Economy!
The Ministry of Economic Affairs has informed Parliament that over the past five years, from July 2018 to June 2023, the state has acquired external loans of $57.27 billion. These figures don’t yet include any IMF loans. Currently, Pakistan is making annual payments of approximately $25 billion on these loans, most of which is interest…
