Teachers ended sit-in after negotiations with government
We will come back if demands not met School teachers ended on Monday their three-day sit-in at the Punjab Assembly in respect of Ramazan. Hundreds of teachers along with their…
Rising inequality between rich and the poor in Pakistan
Free market economy and neoliberal economic policies created huge gulf According to a recent survey conducted by a reputed audit firm exposed the inequality between the earnings of the CEOs of…
Budget 2016-17
Yet another pro- rich budget to accelerate the capitalist growth The budget The PML-N government presented yet another federal budget for fiscal year 2016-17. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presented the…
Poverty, dodging the numbers
The number of people living in poverty has increased in last decade Lies more lies and official figures, best describe that how the government manipulate or sometime distort figures to…
Austerity and Job cuts started to bite UAE
by Khalid Bhatti 23/05/2016 Thousands of jobs under the axe Abu Dhabi’ National Oil Co (ADNOC) which has around 55,000 workforce wants to reduce 5000 jobs till Dec 2016. ADNOC…
Privatization of education
By Khalid Bhatti 22/05/2016 Who will benefit? The planned handover of 5000 public sector schools in Punjab to Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) and different NGOs and protests and sit-in by the…
Punjab teachers protesting against the schools privatisation
By Khalid Bhatti 19/05/2016 Some demands met but privatisation will continue The protesting teachers called off their sit-in and protest at the Chairing Cross in front of the Punjab Assembly…
How long Saudi Arabian economy can survive the lower oil prices?
By Khalid Bhatti 06/05/2016 Will the diversification drive revive the ailing economy? Many experts and commentators are debating the all important question that how the Saudi arabian economy is going…
Binladin Group Laid Off 77000 Foreign Workers Since Makkah Crane Crash
According to the Saudi media outlets, the battling Saudi construction giant Binladin Group is under way to retrench 77000 foreign workers from different projects. One of the largest construction company…
Protesting Workers in Makkah Torched Company Buses in Rare Show of Anger and Frustration against Unpaid Wages and Retrenchments
The angry and frustrated construction workers belonging to Saudi construction giant Binladin Group set on fire nearly eight company buses in Makkah in the latest protest against unpaid wages and…
Now Beginning the Rise of Barelvi Extremism
By Khalid Bhatti 02/05/2015 Rise of Barelvi Extremism Since the hanging of Mumtaz Qadri, the killer of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, different religious-political groups belonging to the Barelvi school of…