International news in brief
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Islamist parties have taken to the streets to oppose the ratification of a law which would penalise domestic violence in Pakistan.
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A long way to go on gay rights
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According to the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) seven majority Muslim countries still maintain the death penalty for homosexual activity.
London AWL forum: Where is Pakistan going?
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Date:
28 February, 2008 - 19:30
Location:
Union Tavern, 52 Lloyd Baker St, off Farringdon Road, London WC1
Description:
Speaker: Faryal Velmi
No to political Islam! Solidarity with Pakistani secularists, socialists, workers and women
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On Monday 5 January Salman Taseer, governor of Punjab (Pakistan's largest province) and a former Pakistani People's Party MP was shot 27 times by his bodyguard Mumtaz Qadri in Islamabad. Taseer was killed by Qadri because of his support for the reform of the long established blasphemy law which has led to people being incarcerated for insulting the prophet Muhammed.
Pakistan disaster - support the Labour Relief Campaign!
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The number of people affected by the floods in Pakistan has now reached 20 million. More than 650,000 houses have collapsed, mainly in villages.
Pakistani workers' strike wins victory
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On 29 July the nine-day strike by power-loom workers in Faisalabad, Pakistan, ended in complete victory.
Against both Islamists and empire
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The following (abridged) article by Farooq Tariq from the Labour Party Pakistan was first published on the International Viewpoint website on 28 October 2009.
Pakistan: Islamist violence on the rise
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On Wednesday 21 October four people were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a university in Islamabad.
This attack was the latest in a series on prominent, government, institutional and military “targets” in Pakistan, by jihadists associated with or in support of the Taliban in Pakistan. It was retaliation for the Pakistani military’s incursion, now a ground offensive, in South Waziristan.
Defend Pakistani socialist Tariq Mehmood!
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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 th
Help the refugees! Oppose both Taliban and army!
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This is an appeal by the Labour Relief Campaign launched by the Labour Party Pakistan. The purpose of the appeal to provide immediate help to some of the more than 1.5 million internally displaced people from the Malakand Division of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) in Pakistan.,