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Pakistan Accord renewal protects textile and garment workers

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Pakistan Accord renewal protects textile and garment workers [UNI Global Union] 09-02-2026


PSI Calls for Release of Trade Union Leaders and Workers in Pakistan [ISP] 02-02-2026


Union advocacy cuts mine worker fatalities in Pakistan in 2025 [IndustriALL] 16-01-2026


Labour leader Iqbal Abro’s arrest sparks human rights outcry [The Voice] 16-01-2026


Nationwide protests against power privatisation [IndustriALL] 13-01-2026



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Pakistan Accord renewal protects textile and garment workers 2026-02-09 [UNI Global Union]

PSI Calls for Release of Trade Union Leaders and Workers in Pakistan 2026-02-02 [ISP]

Labour leader Iqbal Abro’s arrest sparks human rights outcry 2026-01-16 [The Voice]

Union advocacy cuts mine worker fatalities in Pakistan in 2025 2026-01-16 [IndustriALL]

Nationwide protests against power privatisation 2026-01-13 [IndustriALL]

Protest held after trade unionist goes missing, activists demand his release from 'illegal custody' 2026-01-11 [ANI]

Protest held over ‘disappearance’ of labour leader in Karachi 2026-01-11 [Dawan]

Failed energy policies spark HESCO uprising against another privatisation drive 2026-01-07 [Lokmat Times]

Venezuela Trade unions protest US aggression against Venezuela 2026-01-05 [The Recorder]

Venezuela US aggression against Venezuela condemned 2026-01-05 [Dawn]

Outgoing year turns out grim for educators 2025-12-30 [The Tribune]

Climate March in Karachi seeks end to fossil fuel use, demands transition to clean energy 2025-12-22 [Dawn]

Karachi Climate March calls for clean energy shift, fossil fuel phase-out 2025-12-22 [ANI]

Study reveals ‘rampant’ labour rights abuses in textile factories across Karachi and Faislabad 2025-12-19 [Dawn]

Study flags widespread labour rights violations in Karachi 2025-12-19 [ANI]

More pain for media workers as Dawn Media closes another platform 2025-12-09 [IFJ]

Amnesty report reveals deep-rooted abuse of women garment workers 2025-12-08 [The Daily Times]

Pakistan What happens to women garment workers ‘behind the seams’ 2025-12-08 [Dawn]

90% of registered workers denied benefits: PILER demands universal social security coverage 2025-12-08 [Business Recorder]

SESSI benefits to all workers: Experts, trade unionists demand reforms 2025-12-08 [Business Recorder]

Workers Suffer as Fashion Brands Fail to Act on Extreme Heat 2025-12-06 [CRI]

Modern Slavery And Labour Rights In Sindh: Laws Exist, But Implementation Falters 2025-12-05 [The Times]

Ch. Saad Muhammad secures youngest seat on ILO Governing Body 2025-12-02 [The Observer]

Labour leaders vow to defeat bids to divide on racial and linguistic lines 2025-11-24 [NTUF]

Rethinking Domestic Work in Sindh 2025-11-24 [The Minute-Mirror]

Lady Health Workers of Pakistan win UNI’s Breaking Through Award 2025-11-14 [UNI Global Union]

PIA operations paralysed nationwide amid engineers’ protest 2025-11-04 [The News]

Journalist Imtiaz Mir killed by militant group in Karachi 2025-11-03 [IFJ]

Tolerated inequality 2025-10-26 [The News]

Police raid press club and assault media workers 2025-10-13 [IFJ]

Workers recall Baldia tragedy, demand justice 2025-09-29 [The Tribune]

Sindh Government Hospital Staff to Boycott OPDs Over Pay Demands 2025-09-23 [propakistani]

Three journalists assaulted at Rawalpindi press conference 2025-09-11 [IFJ]

Union leads historic victory for workers’ rights 2025-09-03 [IFJ]

Bogus case registered in ongoing harassment of union leader 2025-09-03 [IFJ]

Union leads historic victory for workers’ rights 2025-09-02 [IFJ]

Three workers killed in gas explosion in coal mine 2025-09-01 [IndustriALL]

Gas explosion claims three miners’ lives in Mastung 2025-08-31 [Dawn]

PECA case targets women journalists in WhatsApp group 2025-08-22 [IFJ]

Sindh journalist killed in suspected murder 2025-08-19 [IFJ]

Sanitation workers threaten strike from Sep 1TRIB 2025-08-17 [The Tribune]

Protesting RWMC workers threaten strike from Sept 1 if demands not met 2025-08-17 [The Nation]

Palestine Journalists protest Israel’s killing of Al Jazeera reporters in Gaza 2025-08-13 [Arab News]

Sindh Labour Code slammed, termed ‘conspiracy’ against workers 2025-08-13 [Dawn]

Two journalists targeted by Punjab authorities 2025-08-11 [IFJ]

Women cotton workers demand justice, fair wages 2025-08-01 [The Recorder]

Human Rights Body urges Rs75,000 wage to tackle inflation 2025-07-31 [The Times]

Weaponising the Labour Codes 2025-07-13 [Asian Labour Review]

137 workers terminated in second wave of mass Jang Group retrenchments 2025-07-07 [IFJ]

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