From Middle to Capitalist Class: By:                                    Farooq Tariq(26\12\2011)  Tehreek  Insaaf is in fast forward mode to become the latest political party of the capitalist and feudal class.  Originating in the middle class, it is en route to becoming the third largest party of the rich in Pakistan..... more

Labour Party Pakistan under attack, Help us to fight back: (Farooq Tariq 15\11\2011) Several supporters and members of Labour Party Pakistan are locked up if different jails of Pakistan. 9 textile workers including Fazal Ilahi a leading member of... more

ITGLWF Condemns Jailing of Pakistan Power Loom Union Leaders: (15\11\2011)The International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers’ Federation has strongly condemned the brutal campaign waged by employers on workers and unions... more

490 years jail sentences in total to six labour leaders of Pakistan By Farooq Tariq (01\11\2011)                                         Today, A protest demonstration and rally was taken out in Lahore by Labour Party Pakistan to denounce the 490 years of total jail sentences to the 6 labour leaders of Faisalabad. On average, every six of one will be spending 81... more

MQM: A neo fascist organization By: Farooq Tariq (13\09\11)         I started visiting Karachi in the mid-1990s after the Labor Party established a group there. Whenever I came to speak to a public meeting, comrades advised me to avoid verbal attacks on the MQM. “We have to live here” was the usual justification.... more

Protest camp by telecommunication workers in Lahore BY:Farooq Tariq ( 5\08\2011) On 5th August, over 400 trade unions and political activists came to GPO Chouck in solidarity with the protesting Telecommunication workers. The call was made by National Trade Union Federation..... more updated.....

Learning from Muslim Fundamentalists                                               By: Farooq Tariq (24\07\2011) 32 years old Norwegian, Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 92 on 22^nd July 2011 in Oslo has used similar techniques in bomb blast and shooting of the children from his most hatred enemy, the Muslim fundamentalist... more

MQM PPP alliance once again: no dignity in politics                     By: Farooq Tariq (19\07\2011) Perhaps never in history of political alliances, such U turns would have been witnessed as we see now with MQM returning to the government in Sindh.  The joining of MQM once again into the alliance makes politics of the.... more

Police blockade village on behalf of Rana Iqbal, the speaker of Punjab assembly, Injured women wait medical treatment, police arresting any one leaving the village: By: Farooq Tariq(7\05\2011) On 3^rd May at 4pm Rana Mujib, son of Rana Mohammed Iqbal, the speaker of Punjab Assembly, entered a village Chah Dhaban Wala near Bhai Phero in Tehsil Patoki to occupy 12 acres of land along with dozens of gangsters.... more

Feelings of revenge will not end with Osama’s death, The Left view from Pakistan: By: Farooq Tariq(7\05\2011) In the first four days after Osama Bin Laden’s assassination, the mass reaction in Pakistan is very mixed. In Punjab there is a general sympathy towards Asama, however not many..... more

May Day 2011: A minimum wage of Rupees 15000 for eight hours a day: By; Farooq Tariq(29\04\2011) Since 1886 May Day has been the workers’ day across the globe “It is Resolved ... that eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labor from and after May 1, 1886” .The origin of May Day is.... more  

Media predilections, the case of MQM and AMP rallies:           By: Farooq Tariq(13\04\2011) There were two public rallies this month in Punjab. In both rallies, the numbers of participants were nearly equal. In both cases, over 10,000 participated in each of the rallies, One was organized by MQM in Lahore on 10^th April... more

Top judges anti workers attitude: Now face the music of workers anger on 1st March, Labour Party Pakistan to organize a day of protest: By: Farooq Tariq (26\02\2010)
There are growing trends among the higher courts of Pakistan to show their anti workers anger whenever there is a case being heard on the issue of strikes, demonstrations, rallies and other means of peaceful protests. There is a different attitude... read more

The state of poverty and food sovereignty in South Asia: (07\02\2011) By: Farooq Tariq (The paper was read at the South Asian parliamentary round table Caucus held in Islamabad in 23-24^th January 2011) The Parliamentary Round Table Caucus on food sovereignty in cooperation with the South..... read more

Formation of South Asian Parliamentary Forum On food sovereignty, Two days parliamentary conference demand land rights to the tillers: (24\01\2011) Two days round table caucus attend by parliamentarian and civil society representatives from five countries namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Nepal. The two day caucus was organized by... read more

Labour Education Foundation (LEF) honoured with Silver Rose Award: We are happy to share the news that Labour Education Foundation (LEF) has been honoured with an international award called the SILVER ROSE AWARD in international.... read more