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The strike of power looms workers in Faisalabad enters the seventh day. Farooq Tariq (27\07\2010)

All factories are closed. Today on 27th July, women workers demonstrated in front of the district.... read more

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME: PAKISTAN: More than one hundred thousand power loom workers are on strike and the government failed to increase the wages according to its... read more


Stop repression against struggling  power loom workers in Punjab: More than 100,000 workers of power loom in Faisalabad district of Punjab province are on strike from today, July 20, 2010 for their demand of wage increase according to the announcement by.... read more


Two Labour Leader Mostansir Randhawa and his Brother Killed In Faisalabad: On 6th July while Mustansar was listening to a worker who had not been paid his wages by a textile boss, an unknown person with a Kalashnikov entered the front room and fired. Mustansar... read more


A Workers election Campaign against feudal and capitalists: On 1st May 2010, over 5000 industrial workers participated in a public meeting at Suddar in Faisalabad. Renowned Punjabi poet Baba Najmi.....read more

100 Years Ago: Women's Day (1910-2010)
Socialist Women Declare a Global Feminist Holiday:

by Megan Cornish(8 Mar,2010)
Global Research, March 8, 2010: In the process of accomplishing their own liberation, women will be essential to the liberation of humanity... read more


Financial Appeal: We had launched a finance appeal on in mid December 2009 to raise funds for the families of comrades who lost their lives in a tragic accident on 13 December in Baluchistan....read more

Appeal to support families of Comrades died in accident   A brief tribute 
organizing home based women workers till last.
Four LEF leaders died in road accident:
Najma Khanum,  Rehana Kausar and Abdul Salam Salam along with their driver Wahid Baluch lost their lives in a tragic traffic incident at Omara in Baluchistan on 13 December evening...... read more


Straggering 31 Billion Dollar corruption under Musharaf: LPP press conference, Farooq Tariq(23,nov 2009)
Labour Party Pakistan is of the firm view that the value of the national wealth plundered during eight years of General Musharaf regime is much higher than what is... read more

Pakistan: What to do about Religious Fundamentalism?Farooq Tariq (28 October 2009) let’s deal with the ISI [Pakistani intelligence agency] and the Pakistan military and let’s go recruit these mujahideen. Here is a…...read more

Whither Pakistan!:Farooq Sulehria (26 October 2009) 'Whither Pakistan?'. This is a question now a days repeatedly raised in media globally in the wake of high-profile suicidal attacks in last two weeks.....read more
LEF's Labour Conference: Industry – wise unions suggested: LAHORE, Oct 1: Need for developing a culture of resistance to anti-labour political and economic policies was stressed at a conference on ‘Challenges... read more

Myth of a 'legendary banker': (This article was sent to The News as a rejoinder but was not run by the said newspaper. We are publishing it on our website. )  Her 'Islamic' nature is comprised if 'Republic of...read more

Villains and clowns dominate Afghan electoral theatre: Unlike 2004 , global media are not buzzing round forthcoming Afghan presidential election scheduled for August 20. The coy little coverage one finds in mainstream... read more

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAM: Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-097-2009-13 August 2009PAKISTAN: A human rights activist faces terrorism charges for publicising the murder of Christians, while the mullahs who encouraged the...read more

Why Tariq Mehmood was arrested in Gojra? :On 9th August 2009, Tariq Mehmood, a human rights activists and general secretary Labour Party Pakistan Toba Tek Singh district issued a press release to the...read more

Please Protest:  Interwood Furniture Company's brutal actions against trade union: Today, 23rd May, few of the Interwood Furniture Company workers who are sacked from job due to unionization were gathering at some distance from the factory for going to the labour... read more

Union busting at Inter Wood Furniture Factory; Union members on hunger strike in Lahore: In a recent move, the notorious bosses of Inter Wood Furniture Factory in Lahore ordered closure of factory on morning of 15th May to break the will of workers who have... read more

Military Operation Cannot Eliminate Taliban: At the time when President Zardari was on US visit along with ISI head, a heavy military operation started in Swat. This operation is different in nature than the previous ones....read more

Relief Camp set up at Regal Chouck Lahore: Several social and labour organization have set up a relief camp at Regal Chouck Lahore today. They are appealing to all their members to bring food and related items...read more

Implementation of the Rs. 6,000 per month minimum wage for unskilled workers: A press conference was held in the premises of Lahore Pres Club on 29th October 2008, to launch the campaign for implementation of minimum wage Rs. 6,000 for unskilled workers... read more

Faisalabad Strike

 

Two Labour Leader Mostansir Randhawa and his Brother Killed In Faisalabad  

 Finance Appeal

  

Condolence Reference for our four beloved comrades
Condolence reference for our four beloved comrades Salam, Najma Khaum, Rehana Kausar and Abdul Wahid Baloch was held in Karachi on 8thJanuary 2010 in local auditorium. It was attended by large number of trade union representative affiliated with NTUF,... more     

            

 

       
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