Workers need political movement to counter extremist ideology and capitalism. The ferocious terrorist attack on the Karachi international airport is a grim reminder of a state under siege and with little hope of it being salvaged. The security forces cleared ...

The garment factory inferno in Karachi’s Baldia Town, which took the lives of at least 275 workers, including a number of women and teenage workers, once again exposed the horrific conditions in which labour works in Pakistan. This incident is ...

On Wednesday 19 January, the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation (KESC) sacked 4,000 workers without prior notice. Thousands of workers and union leaders are continuing to besiege the head offices of the Power Company.

Protesting port workers of Port Qasim in Karachi walked out and effectively took over the port on 17th of January.

Karachi, Pakistan’s biggest city saw its worst political violence in decades on 12 May. Over 50 people were killed and more than 150 injured in clashes and gunfights between the pro-government Muttahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM – a chauvinist reactionary party ...

More than 3000 workers of Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation [KESC] organised a protest rally against the proposed privatisation of this state owned corporation which supplies power to 1.3 million people in Karachi.