Pakistan
Pakistan: A dictator gone, but not his policies
Submitted on 25 August, 2008 - 18:44
As General Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation — in an unscheduled nationally televised speech of one hour — private television channels showed an instant response of jubilation, welcoming the decision, in all four provinces.
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AWL Conference 2008: Farooq Tariq
Submitted on 16 May, 2008 - 11:22I am from the Labour Party Pakistan, although I am embarrassed to say “Labour Party” when I come to Britain! But it meets the objective reality in Pakistan, where there has been no such class-based party before.
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After the Pakistan election
Submitted on 7 March, 2008 - 20:12
At an AWL meeting in London on 28 February, Faryal Velmi spoke about Pakistan after the recent elections. In those elections the two main opposition parties — the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PML-N) — topped the poll and will have a dominant presence in the next parliament.
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Unexpected results in Pakistan election
Submitted on 22 February, 2008 - 12:43
The tumultuous political scene in Pakistan, took an unexpected turn on 18 February, when President Musharaf’s political party Pakistan Muslim League ‘Q’ took a battering in the general election.
As we go to press, unofficial results show the Pakistan People’s Party, the party of assassinated ex-prime minster Benazir Bhutto, has won 86 seats out of 256 National Assembly seats. The PPP won a clear majority in the southern province of Sindh and have enough seats to rule the federal government there.
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London AWL forum: Where is Pakistan going?
Submitted on 31 January, 2008 - 15:51
Union Tavern, 52 Lloyd Baker St, off Farringdon Road, London WC1
Speaker: Faryal Velmi
Why Pakistan is exploding
Submitted on 13 January, 2008 - 18:56
The new Pakistani general [Musharraf], he’s just been elected — not elected, this guy took over office. It appears this guy is going to bring stability to the country, and I think that’s good news for the subcontinent. (George W Bush, 1999)
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Pakistani socialists launch financial appeal
Submitted on 7 December, 2007 - 12:12
PERVEZ Musharraf has stood down as head of the armed forces and been sworn in a civilian President. Thus he has achieved what he set out to do by imposing a state of emergency on 3 November and sacking the judges who ruled his continuance as President was unconstitutional. Many opponents of his regime remain in jail. Although Musharraf has called elections for 8 January, he has not ended the state of emergency.
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Trade unionists jailed in Musharraf clampdown
Submitted on 22 November, 2007 - 12:56
At the time of writing it is three weeks into General Pervez Musharraf’s full-scale “emergency” military rule in Pakistan. Hundreds, perhaps thousands of lawyers, civil and human rights activists and trade unionists remain in jail.
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Support the left in Pakistan!
Submitted on 19 November, 2007 - 10:04
Why did Pakistan’s military ruler General Musharraf risk millions of dollars in military and other financial aid from the US and EU by declaring martial law on 3 November?
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Life underground for a Pakistani socialist
Submitted on 9 November, 2007 - 11:30
"It was agreed that I will not come out in the open but will be active in organising the movement until my arrest at my post. We will not accept the dictatorial measures, we will organise demonstrations and will ask comrades to be ready for more arrests...."
Other postings from Farooq Tariq's diary here.
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Pakistani unions call for democracy as activists arrested
Submitted on 8 November, 2007 - 19:28- Login or register to post comments
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Pakistan: more arrests
Submitted on 12 October, 2007 - 09:09
Repression of opposition groups, including the socialist Labour Party, Pakistan continues. At the end of September ten members, including General Secretary Farooq Tariq, were arrested, at a protest against General Pervez Musharraf filing nomination papers for a second presidential term.
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Pakistani socialist leader Farooq Tariq arrested - again!
Submitted on 5 October, 2007 - 12:54- Login or register to post comments
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Pakistan Wave of Arrests
Submitted on 27 September, 2007 - 13:21
Farooq Tariq is the General Secretary of the Labour Party Pakistan. He explains how he has been caught up in the government’s suppression of opposition parties.
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Musharraf regime on the rocks
Submitted on 14 September, 2007 - 16:46
General Pervez Musharraf’s eight year grip on political power in Pakistan looks increasingly precarious.
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Farooq Tariq released! News from Pakistan
Submitted on 28 June, 2007 - 12:18
From the Labour Party Pakistan, Tuesday 19 June 2007
Dear All!
Lahore: After 15 days of detention, Labour Party General Secretary General Farooq Tariq was released on Tuesday (19 June) from Kot Lakhpat Jail, Lahore.
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Pakistan: the struggle continues
Submitted on 28 June, 2007 - 11:33
BY Mike Rowley
Pakistan is going through a period of heightened struggle against the military-based government of Pervez Musharraf. The current struggles began in earnest on 14 May when a general strike shut down Pakistan’s major cities, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi and Quetta.
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Pakistani socialst leader freed
Submitted on 28 June, 2007 - 11:31
Farooq Tariq, general secretary of the socialist group Labour Party of Pakistan, has been released from prison following his detention without charge by Pakistani security forces. Released on 19 June after a 16-day detention, Tariq describes his imprisonment as “one the of worst jail experiences I’ve had during my 30 years of political activism”.
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Pakistani socialist leader arrested
Submitted on 8 June, 2007 - 14:17
From the Labour Party of Pakistan.
Lahore: Farooq Tariq, General Secretary of the Labour Party Pakistan, was arrested on 5 June at his residence without warrants. On Thursday 7 June he was sent to Bahawalpur Jail after the issue of three-month detention order by the home secretary of Punjab. Farooq Tariq's detention is a part of recent state crack down on political activists and workers, against the backdrop of the lawyers' and media workers' movement against the Mushrraf regime.
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Pakistani workers’ leader freed
Submitted on 18 May, 2007 - 17:54
Farooq Tariq, general secretary of the Labour Party of Pakistan, a significant revolutionary left group which opposes Pakistan’s military regime, its US backers and political Islam, was arrested for four days earlier this month.
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Farooq Tariq arrested
Submitted on 7 May, 2007 - 13:56
Letter from Labour Party Pakistan
The General Secretary of the Labour Party Pakistan, comrade Farooq Tariq was arrested from his Lahore office by a heavy contingent of Punjab Police at 1:30 p.m on Friday 4 May. He has been taken to Garhi Shahu police station, Lahore, where he is being detained.
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Protests against Pakistan’s dictatorship
Submitted on 19 April, 2007 - 19:41
By Sacha Ismail
London and Washington's favourite military dictator, General Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan, has been in power since 2000 and “constitutional” president of Pakistan since 2002. This year, he plans to have himself re-elected for another five term, and is determined to crush anyone who gets in his way.
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Solidarity 3/110 - pages 5/6. Russia; Pakistan; France; USA
Submitted on 18 April, 2007 - 21:34
Political repression in Russia
Whose "other Russia"?
Protests against Pakistan's dictatorship
Activist left makes impact on French poll
Irish nurses' action
Why does the USA breed violence?
Workers news Round-up
Submitted on 4 June, 2006 - 10:48
South Africa
Hundreds of thousands of workers in South Africa supported a one-day general strike in protest against job losses on 18 May.
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Workers' news round up
Submitted on 12 April, 2006 - 17:03
By Pablo Velasco
Pakistan
Six Pakistani left parties and groups have united to form Awami Jamhoori Tehreek (AJT — the People’s Democratic Movement), which has the potential to become the fifth-largest political group in Pakistan. The AJT aims to contest the 2007 elections.
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Pakistan earthquake: Mobilise labour movement solidarity!
Submitted on 4 November, 2005 - 09:54
By Farooq Tariq, general secretary, Labour Party Pakistan
According to the latest official figures, over 53,000 are confirmed death after the 8 October earthquake. Unofficial figures for the death toll are over 100,000 and more seriously injured.
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Musharraf and his rivals
Submitted on 21 October, 2005 - 18:25
It is too early to know what effect the earthquake will have on the volatile political conditions inside Pakistan, but it is certain to exacerbate existing trends. Cathy Nugent reports
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Solidarity with Pakistani workers
Submitted on 21 October, 2005 - 18:24
According to socialists and trade unionists, current Pakistani government estimates of casualties (40,000) from the 9 October earthquake are far too low. The figure could rise to 100,000 or more.
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Thousands killed by earthquake - and capitalism
Submitted on 14 October, 2005 - 19:34
The earthquake in Pakistan has killed 35,000 people, and made about two million homeless. Or rather, not just the earthquake. The earthquake, plus inequality, poverty, and undemocratic rule.
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Pakistani workers fight privatisation
Submitted on 27 June, 2005 - 22:38
By Amina Saddiq
For three weeks in May and June Pakistan saw an upsurge in class struggle, with the military regime forced to seize physical control of the country’s state-owned telecom corporation and arrest over a thousand telecom workers in order to force through its privatisation plans. The Employees’ Union has now signed a deal with the government allowing privatisation to go ahead, but a rank and file organisation of telecom workers is still opposing the privatiation.
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