Two ‘floods’ devastate working people and poor
By Khalid Bhatti 16/09/2010 Flash floods destroy lives, soaring price inflation means poverty The people of Pakistan are facing two floods at the same time. One is partly a natural…
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Women and children most at risk in flood-hit areas
By Rukhsana Manzoor 27/08/2010 “Criminal negligence” of government and the super-rich Poor women and children are suffering the most in the flood-affected areas of Pakistan. Starvation, water-borne diseases, lack of…
The economic impact of devastating floods
By Khalid Bhatti 14/08/2010 Small farmers and peasants to suffer the most The full economic costs of the devastation caused by the floods- the worst in many years- in Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa,…
Baluchistan at tipping point
By Khalid Bhatti 11/11/2009 No end to the violence Among the maladies that inflict Pakistan at this time, the crisis in Baluchistan is, arguably, the most critical. Some analysts might…
New wave of terrorism unleashed
By Khalid Bhatti 28/10/2009 No end to the violence as guerrilla war escalates A recent avalanche of attacks, killing more than 160 people, has opened the flood gates of a…
Swat Valley nightmare
By Khalid Bhatti 12/08/2009 In April 2009, the Pakistani government announced that it would carry out military action against Pakistani Taliban militants in the Swat district in the North West Frontier…
Pakistani economy on the brink
By Khalid Bhatti 17/11/2008 The economic tsunami hits the masses hard The Pakistani economy is facing its worst crisis in a decade, with massive trade and budget deficits, plunging foreign…
Gas field privatization
By Khalid Bhatti 12/11/2008 Workers to shut down oil, gas fields across the country Workers in oil and gas fields have decided to shut down all fields in Pakistan. The…
Pakistani Women, religious extremism and traditions
Rukhsana Manzoor 27/10/2008 Five women shot, wounded and buried alive The grotesque story of five women in the Jaffarabad district of Baluchistan, who were apparently shot, wounded and then buried…
PPP strengthens its grip on power but country plunged into crisis.
By Khalid Bhatti 23/10/2008 Urgent need of a mass working class party Within a few months of the new government taking power in Pakistan the country has been plunged into…
General Musharraf resigns as president
By Khalid Bhatti 20/08/2008 Will this end the country’s political crisis? The Pakistani masses have now seen the back of another military dictator as General Musharraf finally resigned as President…
Telecom workers win strike with 35% increase in the wages
By Khalid Bhatti 31/07/2008 Telecom workers win strike with 35% increase in the wages 8,000 contract workers’ ‘regularisation’ confirmed A two week long strike and protest movement by telecom workers…