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In an internationally unprecedented move, Pakistan has imposed a steep $830 ‘exit permit fee’ per person on each refugee who fled the Taliban regime in Afghanistan since 2021 and is in Pakistan awaiting resettlement to another country.
Actor Angelina Jolie in a recent Instagram post earlier (...)
, by Labour Education Foundation (Pakistan)
We post below the self-presentation of the Labour Education Foundation (LEF) Pakistan.
Established in 1993 as a non-government organization, Labour Education Foundation (LEF) is an initiative of renowned trade union leaders, human rights and women rights activists to organize, capacitate (...)
, by BEGAM Amana
Pakistani cricketer Abdul Razzaq, while referring to the Pakistan Cricket Board, declared that marriage to Indian actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan would never result in “good-natured” and “moral” children. Razzaq’s nauseating remarks, which he has since deemed as a “slip of tongue”, don’t exactly (...)
, by Afghan Reparations Collective (ARC)
What’s Been Happening? Millions at Risk.
The government of Pakistan announced a deadline for all “undocumented Afghans” – essentially Afghans seeking refuge but denied this status by the government – to leave the country by November 1, 2023. The demands were qualified through unproven (...)
, by PKRC
Lahore - Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee organized Peasant Women gathering in Lahore press club at the International Day of Action for Peoples’ Food Sovereignty against Transnational Corporations and International Day of Rural Women. Two hundred women participated in today’s gathering. (...)
, by SULEHRIA Farooq
Ever since Imran Khan’s dismissal as Pakistan’s prime minister, through a vote of no-confidence in April 2022, a section of leftish media outlets in the West have been busy unearthing a CIA plot behind the ‘regime change’ in Pakistan.
Of late, Intercept has joined the fray. In less than two (...)
, by LODHI Maleeha
Pakistan’s macroeconomic crisis, the most serious in its history, continues to warrant urgent and sustained attention.
As is well known, the roots of this crisis lie in chronic fiscal deficits and external imbalances that are responsible for its perpetual balance-of-payments problems, high (...)
, by DHAR Sushovan
Pakistan is on the precipice of a financial crisis. The population struggles to cope with ever-dwindling purchasing power, foreign reserves dwindle, inflation soars, and the country faces widespread unrest. Tensions are high as forthcoming elections loom, adding to the uncertainty. The (...)
, by TARIQ Farooq
The concept of super tax was reintroduced by the government on high-earning persons in tax year 2022. Slab-wise rates were prescribed for the tax year 2022 with a maximum rate of 4%. With regard to certain specified sectors, an enhanced rate of 10% was prescribed for tax year 2022 only and for (...)
, by Haqooq-E-Khalq Party
Huge Protest outside Governor House against rising electricity price and inflation
Lahore, Hundreds of political workers including women and children from Haqooq e Khalq party reached governor house after starting the march from Charing Cross. Police tried unsuccessfully to stop the (...)
Religious minorities observed the National Minorities’ Day across the country on 11 August for equal rights.
15 August 2023 - Religious minorities, including Christian, Hindus, and Sikhs, observed the National Minority Day across the country on 11 August for equal rights, and asked the (...)
, by SHEIKH Salman Rafi
The deal enhances the IMF’s economic and also political footprint, but leaves civil-military relations untouched and widens the gap between the elites and the masses
On 12 July, after almost a year of lengthy negotiations and numerous political and economic ups and downs that saw Pakistan (...)
, by SUBRAMANIAN Nirupama
In a work of deep introspection that is free of rhetoric, well-known Pakistani nuclear physicist and essayist, Pervez Hoodbhoy re-examines the history of his country, asking how it got to where it is now. He also seeks to provide a new framework for a more viable Pakistan.
In the prolonged (...)
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 JAN Ammar Ali
A lively discussion commenced on the Left after I posted a poster from our campaign which paid tribute to Imam Hussain (A.S). The poster was made by a working class comrade from the constituency who requested that I put it on my wall. It was no surprise to me that some elements, without trying (...)
, by BATOOL Syeda Sana
Pakistan’s mainstream media obscures violence against Shias and other minorities, but volunteers online are documenting the bloody reality facing their people
It was a regular day in March 2022 when every journalist in the newsroom I was working in simultaneously received a WhatsApp (...)
, by TARIQ Farooq
On July 12, 2023, the International Monetary Fund’s Executive Board approved a larger-than-expected conditional loan worth $3 billion for Pakistan. The loan, known as a Stand-By Arrangement (SBA), was hailed as a great victory for Pakistan by the present coalition government led by Prime (...)
, by NDURE Isatou
As the Pakistan Safety Accord reaches its six-month mark, labour unions and non-governmental organisation, the Clean Clothes Campaign, is urging major fashion brands and retailers sourcing from Pakistan to commit to the binding safety agreement.
The Clean Clothes Campaign says over 30 (...)
, by Dawn (Pakistan)
LAHORE: Electricity workers observed a martyrs day all over the country on Thursday to pay a tribute to the line staff who met with fatal accidents in the line of duty.
The workers held rallies and meetings under the aegis of the All Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Workers Union in Lahore, (...)
, by RENAUD Myriam
Consigned to jobs in sanitation and other hazardous fields, Christians, the largest religious minority group in Pakistan, face a difficult time in the country.
Two Christian Pakistani teenagers, one 18 and another 14, were arrested in their homes in Lahore in May 2023 on charges of blasphemy (...)
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