Weaponising the Labour Codes

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

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

Pakistan Bank union’s persistent fight wins recognition for contract workers [UNI] 02-06-2025

Pakistan Women agri workers to launch climate literacy campaign [Business Recorder] 26-05-2025

Pakistan Female cotton pickers demand rights [The Express-Tribune] 05-05-2025

Pakistan Labour lows: A mayday for trade unions in Pakistan [GEO TV] 01-05-2025

Pakistan Female cotton pickers demand rights [The Tribune] 01-05-2025

Pakistan Sanitation Workers Protest in Pakistan Against Privatisation Plans of Sanitation Services [PSI] 01-05-2025

Pakistan Health Workers in Pakistan Resist Healthcare Privatisation [PSI] 15-04-2025

Pakistan State registers case against newspaper and staff [IFJ] 11-04-2025

Other news

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]

Utility Stores workers vow resistance as govt plans shutdown from 10th 2025-07-04 [Dunya News]

Ban on all forms of child labour demanded 2025-06-13 [The News]

Bank union’s persistent fight wins recognition for contract workers 2025-06-02 [UNI]

Women agri workers to launch climate literacy campaign 2025-05-26 [Business Recorder]

Female cotton pickers demand rights 2025-05-05 [The Express-Tribune]

Sanitation Workers Protest in Pakistan Against Privatisation Plans of Sanitation Services 2025-05-01 [PSI]

Female cotton pickers demand rights 2025-05-01 [The Tribune]

Labour lows: A mayday for trade unions in Pakistan 2025-05-01 [GEO TV]

ITUC applauds Pakistan’s progressive worker welfare initiatives 2025-04-25 [Associated Press]

Health Workers in Pakistan Resist Healthcare Privatisation 2025-04-15 [PSI]

State registers case against newspaper and staff 2025-04-11 [IFJ]

Health Workers in Pakistan Protest Against Healthcare Privatisation 2025-04-10 [PSI]

Swabi traders hire underage boys for harvesting pea crop 2025-03-25 [Dawn]

Journalist arrested and respected news site blocked after federal raid 2025-03-25 [IFJ]

Pakistan to launch Digital Youth Hub for employment, education opportunities 2025-03-21 [AAJ English TV]

Pakistan to launch Digital Youth Hub for employment, education opportunities 2025-03-21 [AAJ English TV]

Power Workers Restore Trade Union Rights in Court Victory 2025-03-20 [PSI]

Pakistan ratifies three International Labour Standards 2025-03-17 [ILO]

CBA union keeping PPL staff from work: Sui field official 2025-03-13 [The News]

ITF condemns deadly rail hijacking in Pakistan 2025-03-13 [ITF]

Women workers demand end to gender-based wage disparities, protection from workplace harassment 2025-03-09 [The News]

Railway workers fight back against privatization plan 2025-03-04 [PD]

3rd Pakistan Labour Academy (PLA) concludes successfully 2025-02-23 [APP]

Call to provide protection to child domestic workers 2025-02-21 [The News]

Civil society calls for strict implementation of Punjab Domestic Workers Act, 2019 & Other Labor Laws 2025-02-21 [The Daily Times]

IFJ President advocates for press freedom 2025-02-18 [IFJ]

‘Workers facing severe exploitation due to corporate groups’ 2025-02-17 [The News]

Utility Stores Corporation Union Calls Nationwide Protests 2025-02-16 [PhotoNews]

Government Employees across Pakistan Protest Against Privatisation 2025-02-05 [PSI]

PECA amendments further tighten government grip on digital expression 2025-01-31 [IFJ]

IFJ Outraged as Another Journalist Murdered in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province 2025-01-28 [IFJ]

Pakistan TV anchors sexually harassed at workplace 2025-01-27 [IFJ]

Textile unions call for living wage standards 2025-01-26 [The News]

Call to address social isolation of domestic workers 2025-01-26 [The News]

Sindh Labour Code termed detrimental to worker's' rights 2025-01-25 [The Tribune]

NTUF, HBWWF stage rally for rights of workers 2025-01-20 [Business Recorder]

Workers march against contract system 2025-01-20 [The Tribune]

Workers vow to defeat ‘plot to legalise’ contractual system 2025-01-20 [Dawn]

Pakistan: Peshawar local government employees threaten strike over delayed salaries 2025-01-16 [ANI]

Peshawar local government employees threaten strike over delayed salaries 2025-01-15 [The Tribune]

Call to provide proper legal safeguards to female workers 2025-01-14 [The News]

15 coal miners killed in Pakistan 2025-01-14 [IndustriALL]

Rescuers in southwestern Pakistan recover the bodies of 11 workers who died in a coal mine blast 2025-01-13 [AP]

Gilani congratulates Peoples Unity on PIA employee’s union victory 2025-01-02 [APP]

Inadequate labour protections leave millions at risk 2024-12-30 [Dawn]

PIA Employees Union referendum to be held tomorrow 2024-12-30 [24 News]

Punjab journalist shot and killed by motorcycle attackers 2024-12-13 [IFJ]

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