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Australia Pakistan Solidarity: August 2009
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Saturday, August 22, 2009. Crisis in Nepal's capitalist democracy. Crisis in Nepal's capitalist democracy. Http:/ directaction.org.au/issue14/crisis in nepalese capitalist democracy. Escalating US proxy war in Pakistan. Escalating US proxy war in Pakistan. Http:/ directaction.org.au/issue12/escalating us proxy war in pakistan. Since late April, more than 15,000 Pakistani troops have engaged militarily with 3000-4000 Taliban fighters in Pakistan’s Swat valley in North-West Frontier Province. The...The Pak...
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Australia Pakistan Solidarity: November 2008
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Friday, November 7, 2008. Washington escalates Pakistan's civil war. Washington escalates Pakistan's civil war. The FC’s offensive into Bajaur began in early August. By October the FC claimed control over 70% of the region. Pakistani officials announced that “1500 militants” had been killed but only 73 Pakistani FC soldiers had died. No official figures regarding civilian casualties have been released but eyewitnesses report high civilian casualties from Pakistani airstrikes. On a number of occasions the...
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Australia Pakistan Solidarity: August 2008
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Monday, August 25, 2008. Arundhati Roy on Kashmir. Kashmir is in crisis: the region's Muslims are mounting huge non-violent protests against the Indian government's rule. But, asks Arundhati Roy, what would independence for the territory mean for its people? Friday August 22 2008. Land transfer was viewed as the thin edge of the wedge. It triggered an apprehension that it was the beginning of an elaborate plan to build Israeli-style settlements, and change the demography of the valley. Massive protests a...
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Australia Pakistan Solidarity: January 2010
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Friday, January 29, 2010. Building Progressive Space: LPP Appeal. Building progressive space: we need your support now. Labour Party Pakistan holding its fifth congress on 27-29 January 2010. On 29th January an international workers peasant’s conference is planned at famous Dhobi Ghat Ground Faisalabad. Over 30,000 are expected to attend. The space for progressive politics has been saturated by the conflict of right wing parties of the rich and the religious fundamentalism. The conference on 29th January...
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Australia Pakistan Solidarity: March 2008
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Friday, March 28, 2008. What about General Musharaf? What about General Musharaf? No one in the newly elected parliament is talking directly about General Pervez Musharaf. After Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani of the Pakistan Peoples Party took the oath of office, administered by Musharaf on 25 March he spoke about “the need for cooperation of the president.” But General Musharaf has no right to be president of Pakistan. He is a dictator and must go. There have been two occasions since Bhutto’s m...
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Australia Pakistan Solidarity: February 2010
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010. Financial Appeal for LPP Martyrs. In a tragic road accident on 13th December 2009 near Ormara, Balochistan,. Labour Education Foundation, Labour Party Pakistan and National Trade Union. Federation lost four most brilliant comrades. They were Najma Khanum, Rehana. Kausar, Abdul Salama Salam and Wahid Baluch. They were in the coastal. Region, one of the most deprived areas of the country, to organize the home. To organize more meeting in the region in month of January next year.
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Australia Pakistan Solidarity: May 2008
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Victory for anti- Kalabagh Dam Campaign. Labour Party Pakistan welcome shelving Kalabagh Dam project. 8220;LPP had always been in the forefront to campaign against building this mega project particularly in Punjab where it was not a popular demand. Three out of four provinces had opposed the construction of this dam. This dam would have been like a white elephant on the economy if would have been built”. Monday, May 12, 2008. Plight of Women Workers in Karachi Industry. Responsib...
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Australia Pakistan Solidarity: July 2008
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Thursday, July 3, 2008. Interview with Farooq Tariq. Revolutionary eye on Pakistan: Interview with Farooq Tariq. By Linda Waldron and Ray Fulcher. Following the December 27 assassination of the Pakistan People’s Party leader, Benazir Bhutto, the PPP swept to government in the February 18 general elections. What does the PPP’s victory mean for the dictator, General Musharaf, and more generally for the military? The elections were conducted under “emergency measures” or martial law imposed by M...The main ...
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Australia Pakistan Solidarity: February 2008
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008. The author is a prominent radical journalist and leading member of Labour Party Pakistan]. Fearing his defeat in NA 55, Rashid was also contesting from NA 56, another constituency in Rawalpindi. I happened to meet Rashid three days before elections. Defeat was written on his face. Rashid was not the only victim of voters' wrath. Another 22 ministers, including president of pro-Musharraf PML (Q), Shujaat Hussein had lost. Like Rashid, Shujaat also lost from two constitu...An ac...
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Australia Pakistan Solidarity: June 2008
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Sunday, June 29, 2008. One worker burnt to death. One worker burnt to death. Spokesperson Labour Party Pakistan 40-Abbot Road Lahore, Pakistan Tel: 92 42 6315162 Fax: 92 42 6271149 Mobile: 92 300 8411945. Labour party@ yahoo.com www.laborpakistan. org www.jeddojuhd. com. Friday, June 27, 2008. PAKISTAN: No prohibition of torture in domestic law. June 25, 2008. A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the Occasion of the. International Day against Torture. Support of Victims of Torture.). He we...