For the worker
May 1, 2021
On this day – May 1 – every year, the workers of the world remind everyone that they have rights, and that their labour has value. However, this occasion means little to the 57.2 million labourers in Pakistan, out of which over 71 percent fall into the informal labour sector. Many of these labourers are unaware of May Day or Labour Day, and those who are aware know little about the rights that should be available to them under the labour policies devised by Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. While each of these policies, worked out after labour was one of the subjects devolved to provinces, offer workers different rights, the reality is that very often these facilities are not provided to labourers, especially those making up the informal labour sector.
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April 13, 2021
LAHORE: The man who showed the path for struggle for peoples’ rights and consistently enriched progressive ideals during worst of circumstances peacefully passed away leaving behind an inspiring progressive legacy and a huge void for a subdued civil society to fill.
A man of progressive worldview, professional excellence, creative intellect and unflinching commitment to the cause of secularism, democracy and socialism, he fought against all kinds of oppressions and discriminations and worked for the emancipation of the downtrodden. Being a progressive ‘dervish’, he was admired and respected by both adversaries and admirers because of his polite demeanours, humility, honesty, simplicity and selfless dedication to various causes of the people.