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, by SHEIKH Shabbir
Gen Asim’s 6-canal project is paused, for now. First the Sindhis stood against it and now India has added insult to injury after announcing the suspension of the Indus Water Treaty signed by Gen Ayub and Nehru in 1960. On the other hand, the golden crop harvest in Punjab is on the cards, but (…)
, by Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee - PKRC
On April 17, 2025, as part of the global observance of International Farmers Day, thousands of small-scale farmers, landless peasants, and rural workers across Pakistan mobilised under the call of the Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee (PKRC).
In 17 cities and rural districts, demonstrations (…)
, by Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee - PKRC
On April 13, 2025, the Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee (PKRC) with the support of Haqooq e Khalq Party organized coordinated protests in over 30 towns and cities across the country. Thousands of peasants, small farmers and tenants came together in these protests to oppose the corporate (…)
, by Haqooq Khalq Party, Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee - PKRC
In Protest Against Corporate Farming, Unfair Water Distribution & Demand for Minimum Wheat Price of Rs. 4000 per 40kg
On April 13, farmers from across the country will take to the streets in protest. These protests are being organized on the call of the Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee (…)
, by Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee - PKRC, TARIQ Farooq
The Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee (PKRC) has called upon its member organizations to hold nationwide protests on April 13 against corporate farming, the construction of six canals from the River Indus, and to demand a Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs. 4000 for 40 kg of wheat.
The (…)
, by TARIQ Farooq
Ramazan is a religious month for the Muslim community.
However, the month is also known for helping those who are in need the most. The space for solidarity for most the downtrodden in this month has been taken over by the religious fundamentalists in the name of charity.
For a few years, we (…)
, by TARIQ Farooq
Thousands of farmers gathered in Bhit Shah, Sindh, to protest against Corporate Farming initiatives & the proposed canal projects on river Indus. The conference, organized by the Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee with the support of three other members of PKRC from Sindh, saw participation (…)
, by Anjuman Mazareen Punjab, Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee - PKRC
Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee and Anjuman Mazareen Punjab held a press conference today, making a major announcement.
Small Farmers & Landless peasants declared that they will not vacate their land and are prepared to fight against the government’s impunity to forcefully take over (…)
, by Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee - PKRC
A joint meeting of representatives from Sindhiyani Tahreek, Sindh Awami Tehreek, Sindh Hari Tehreek, Sindh HariPoriyat Committee, Hari Jeddojehad Committee, Haqooq e Khalq Party & Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee (PKRC) convened in Hyderabad on October 1, 2024.
The meeting strongly (…)
The marriage of cotton and South Asia dates back to 6000 BC. The great Indus Valley Civilization spread from modern-day northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India, and it is here that cotton was spun for the first time. Mehergarh, or modern-day Pakistan, was an arid plain where the (…)
, by Dawn (Pakistan)
LAHORE: Many farmers and members of civil society demonstrated near Charing Cross on The Mall to call on the government to declare a climate emergency in order to address the climate crisis.
Locals of Khuda ki Basti, and students from various city-based educational institutions were also (…)
, by BALOCH Shah Meer
Activists were shot and beaten at demonstration to stop property giant Bahria Town building on indigenous land they say was taken with force
Muhammad Anwar was not aware of any danger when he took the day off work to join his friends at a demonstration on a construction site of a powerful (…)
, by Dawn (Pakistan)
MUZAFFARGARH: A good number of farmers gathered outside the Tandliawala Sugar Mills on Monday and Tuesday and locked the main gate over non-payment of sugarcane due for the last three months.
On Monday, farmers also held a sit-in outside the gate and slept there overnight in protest while the (…)
, by Crofter Foundation
Introduction of Crofter Foundation:
Crofter Foundation is registered social organisation founded in 2017 and working for peasants and small-scale farmers working to:
(i) improve rural income and livelihoods of small-scale farmers;
(ii) improve household food and nutrition security and (…)
Farmers in Pakistani Punjab plan to take to the streets next month, hoping to generate some of the noise that their Indian counterparts have created.
As India’s protesting farmers remain camped outside New Delhi, four months into their demonstration against the three agriculture laws passed (…)
, by DARR Amber
ON Sept 24, 2020, the Indian parliament enacted three laws: Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act 2020, Farmers (Empowerment & Protection) Assurance and Farm Service Act 2020, and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020. Although the government’s rationale (…)
, by Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT)
Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) and Roots for Equity held a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on February 10th, 2021 to protest against the decision of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research to start the registration process for granting intellectual property rights (…)
, by Dawn (Pakistan)
LAHORE: The city’s smog levels reached extremely high levels on Friday, as had been forecast.
A reading of 506 AQI was recorded at 2pm. The Met department said that visibility was so bad that the minimum reading was 600 metres only, while maximum visibility was 1,200 metres, whereas in normal (…)
, by SAEED Tariq
TOBA TEK SINGH: The district administration with the help of a heavy contingent of police retrieved 125 acres out of 800 acres agriculture land at Chak 405-JB, 64 years after it was illegally occupied.
About 800 acres state land was fraudulently registered in the name of the late Noor (…)
, by ALI Zahid
As soon as a farmer in central Punjab would set fire to the remnants of his harvested rice crop, government officials sitting in their offices became aware of it. With the help of modern technology, they reached that farmer in less than an hour and initiated government action against him.
In (…)
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