After student mobilizations throughout the country, Pakistani left-wing figures – including Ammar Ali Jan, Farooq Tariq and Alamgir Wazir – were charged with “subversion”.
On 29 November 2019, at the initiative of the Student Action Committee (SAC), “Solidarity Marches” were organized in more than (...)
LAHORE: The recently-held Student Solidarity March, which led to the state levelling sedition charges against its organisers and some prominent participants, was not just a simple march as its title denotes. Despite the fact that it was spearheaded by students and left-leaning youths, including (...)
Daily Jeddojehad (Urdu) online launched as a progressive platform of socialists. A socialist alternative cannot be built without an alternative socialist media. These views were expressed by speakers at the launching of “Daily Jeddojehad Online”.
Addressing the ceremony, Farooq Sulehria, editor (...)
Lahore (press release)
Lahore Left Front (LLF) held a meeting at the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) to discuss issues of national importance and take decisions on LLF’s response on these matters. The meeting was chaired by Rashed Rehman and attended by representative of Left (...)
Aima Khosa remembers a stalwart of the 20th century communist movement.
Why do great men die and leave us lesser mortals to piece together the stories of their lives so that that the world can understand the significance of their beliefs and their struggles? Indeed, narrating someone’s life in (...)
For the first time, The Left in Pakistan has one Member of Parliament. Ali Wazeer belongs to Pakistan Trade Unions Defense Campaign, the group is a part of Left Democratic Front Pakistan. The LDF is not yet formally launched but various efforts are been made to unite the Left forces in (...)
The author only names, at the end of the article, the Awami Workers Party (AWP), without mentioning its three founding components : Workers Party Pakistan, Awami Party, Labour Party Pakistan. The author neither introduces The Struggle Group, while it is the only Left Party with one of its (...)
Ali Wazir, Moshin Dawar vow to heal wounds of war-weary people.
ISLAMABAD: The newly elected Members National Assembly (MNAs) from North and South Waziristan tribal districts have said that they would opt to remain independent in the parliament; however, they could extend issue-based support (...)
Ali Wazeer, a central committee member of The Struggle group, has won a seat in the national parliament with 23530 votes and his closest rival from religious alliance MMA got 7515. Thus winning the seat with a majority of 16015.
Ali Wazeer was one the main leader of Pashtun Tahafaz Movement (...)
The Intimidations, threats, and arrests before the Lahore historic public meeting in solidarity with Pashtuns.
On 22nd April, over 10,000 packed the historic Mochi Darwaza (Cobbler’s Gate) ground in Lahore to listen to leaders of Pashtun Tahafuz (Protection) Movement and Lahore Left Front. The (...)
LAHORE: In the wake of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement’s (PTM) resolve to stage a rally at Mochi Gate here on Sunday (today), police launched raids late on Saturday and arrested several leaders of the PTM, Awami Workers Party (AWP) and Pashtun students from a local hotel and Punjab University.
As (...)
The book under review, ‘People’s Movements in Pakistan’ by Aslam Khwaja is a groundbreaking piece of work on the non-violent struggles of Pakistan. Despite the fact that non-violence and democratic culture is deeply rooted in the Pakistani social fabric, the least amount of work has been done by (...)
The task of reviving the Left to once again become an effective player in the polity has been exercising minds in the surviving Left parties and groups for long but the achievement of this goal has proved difficult. It is therefore heartening to note the follow-up of the meeting of 10 Left (...)
The task of reviving the Left to once again become an effective player in the polity has been exercising minds in the surviving Left parties and groups for long but the achievement of this goal has proved difficult. It is therefore heartening to note the follow-up of the meeting of 10 Left (...)
LAHORE: Who could have thought that a social media group formed to better organise the recent Faiz Amn Mela would lead to efforts for uniting the Left-leaning groups, at least in the Punjab capital. But, the unexpected happened as the groups, trade unions and individuals part of the festival (...)
LAHORE: Seventeen like-minded parties have formed Lahore Left Front (LLF) with the objective of reviving the left wing politics in the country and to encounter religious fanaticism prevailing in the country.
LLF will run the campaign on four major issues facing the country. Struggle for (...)
Suraj pay Kamand is a book that covers history, idiosyncrasies, achievements as well as shortcomings of left leaning students of Karachi and Lahore
Revisiting our own past is painful but not a thankless job. In many ways, it shakes and breaks many ideals, yet in final analysis it helps new (...)
Jam Saqi’s passing away on March 5, 2018 marks the closure of another chapter in the long and largely forgotten saga of the Left’s struggle in Pakistan’s history.
Born in the village of Jhajj in Tharparkar, Sindh, Jam Saqi’s father was a primary school teacher and social activist. Jam Saqi even (...)
LAHORE: In their maiden meeting to form an ‘alliance of the left,’ the leadership of 10 progressive and left-wing parties on Friday agreed to work together in the future and formed an eight-member committee to find a way for the formation of an alliance.
In a communiqué that was issued to the (...)
The leadership of 10 progressive and left-wing parties have agreed to work together in the future. An eight-member committee has been established to explore possibilities for a more formal alliance.
Cooperation is based on agreement on key issues. The 10 parties have issued joint demands, (...)
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