Saturday, March 06, 2010
Urooj Zia
Karachi The Pakistan Dalit Solidarity Network (PDSN), Joint Action Committee (JAC) and other social and political groups protested on Friday outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC) against the alleged kidnapping and gang-rape of ...

Friday, December 11, 2009
Urooj Zia
Karachi Conspiracies are being hatched against the current democratic government by many of the same players who were responsible for toppling the government of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) founder, the late Zulfikar Ali ...

Friday, December 11, 2009
Urooj Zia
Karachi As many as 4,196 people have been allotted land to date under the Sindh government’s land distribution programme for female peasants, said Faisal Ahmed Okeli, the programme coordinator for the Sindh government’s ...

Sunday, November 08, 2009
Urooj Zia
Karachi Rights for the people of Sindh, and the re-establishment of the pre-1843 status of the province were the main demands of the “Azadi Rally” organised on Saturday by the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) Basheer Qureshi ...

Sunday, October 18, 2009
Urooj Zia
Karachi Sixty-five-year-old Raees makes “Pooja Ka Samaan” (items for Pooja) and sells them at Ranchor Line and at the Swami Narayan Mandir on M.A Jinnah Road. Raees is a Mulim, who makes copper Thaals, Diyas, swords by hand, ...

Sunday, October 11, 2009
Urooj Zia
Karachi More than 20 peasants, most of whom are members of the Hari-Mazdoor Mahaaz, began a token hunger strike on Saturday outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC) to protest the alleged kidnapping of their comrade, Amarchand ...

Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Urooj Zia
The traffic situation on Monday was exacerbated in no small part by people who seemed to think that turning their vehicles around in the middle of a jam-packed thoroughfare would somehow save time. Of course, the usual ...

Sunday, August 23, 2009
Urooj Zia
Karachi The purpose of the Abolition of Bonded Labour Act of 1992 is not just to set bonded labourers free, but also to prosecute and punish the perpetrators; this, however, is never done, Ali Qizalbash said on Saturday. ...

Friday, February 27, 2009
Urooj Zia
KARACHI: Amendments to the Sindh Land and Tenancy Act which have been proposed by haris (landless peasants) who have been marching since last 12 days will be tabled at the next Sindh Assembly session, Deputy Speaker Shehla Raza said ...

Thursday, February 26, 2009
Urooj Zia
KARACHI: The agriculture industry rests primarily on the shoulders of around 1.7 million bonded and landless peasants, an overwhelming majority of whom are in Tharparkar, former bonded peasants told The News. Veerchi Kohli, ...