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40 000 power loom workers in Pakistan strike for better wages [IndustriALL] 2022-08-11

ARY News broadcast suspended across country, executive arrested [IFJ] 2022-08-11

‘Many big apparel brands violating rights of workers' [Dawn] 2017-06-11

‘More than 60pc of workplaces in capital are violating labour laws' affecting women [LabourWatch] 2018-03-08

‘National-level union to be formed to protect workers' rights' in the garment industry [LabourWatch] 2018-09-15

Police ‘arresting' teachers who protested unpaid salaries in Feb [Dawn] 2018-10-04

Prosecution dept employees to start ‘indefinite' sit-in today [LabourWatch] 2018-04-09

Minister attempts to end ‘go-slow' at port [Dawn] 2016-12-30

‘Labour rights should be granted to peasant farmers under SIRA2013' [The Daily Times] 2018-08-19

‘Millions of home-based workers are deprived of benefits' [The Daily Times] 2018-09-08

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40 000 power loom workers in Pakistan strike for better wages 2022-08-11 [IndustriALL]

ARY News broadcast suspended across country, executive arrested 2022-08-11 [IFJ]

Workplace safety still a major concern in Pakistani mines 2022-07-12 [IndustriALL]

Journalist Ayaz Amir attacked in Lahore 2022-07-07 [IFJ]

Media workers attacked across the nation during political protests 2022-05-28 [IFJ]

Pakistan's deadly coal mines 2022-05-23 [IndustriALL]

PFUJ supports evacuating Afghan journalists 2022-04-21 [IFJ]

PECA ordinance overruled by Islamabad High Court 2022-04-11 [IFJ]

Senior Pakistani journalist attacked in Punjab 2022-04-01 [IFJ]

Electricity workers demand 15pc raise 2022-03-22 [TN]

PECA Ordinance: Journalists will not allow muzzling media 2022-03-16 [TN ]

Building a stronger community 2022-03-15 [TN]

The unseen forces behind glittering garb 2022-03-15 [TNS]

AWP vows to strive for socialist society 2022-03-14 [DAWN]

Public Private Dialogue held on Sindh Women Agricultural Workers Act, 2019 2022-03-10 [PO]

Call to implement labour laws 2022-03-10 [TN ]

Women march with demands for security, peace and better pay 2022-03-09 [TN]

IWD: Gloomy picture of female workers in Pakistan 2022-03-09 [MM]

‘Feminism is struggle for equality, justice and peace' 2022-03-07 [DAWN]

Women workers' March 8 rally to demand economic freedom 2022-03-04 [TN]

Journalist unions condemn threat calls to Dawn staffer 2022-03-04 [DAWN]

Labour in Karachi's Fast Fashion Industry 2022-03-02 [J]

Industrial workers among others vulnerable to hearing disorders 2022-03-02 [ET]

Pakistan needs to focus on human rights: EU 2022-03-02 [TN]

European Union one step closer to corporate accountability but with a long way to go 2022-03-01 [CCC]

Women March this year to focus on wages, security and peace 2022-02-25 [DAWN]

Covid-19 has hit home-based women workers hard: study 2022-02-24 [BR]

Protesting Pakistani fishermen end blockade of Karachi port 2022-02-24 [Reuters]

Reviving student unions 2022-02-24 [DAWN]

Progressive academic, journalist Dr Mehdi Hasan passes away 2022-02-24 [DAWN]

Pakistani court bars govt from arrests under controversial cyber law 2022-02-23 [DAWN]

POL rates, fertiliser crisis: Undeterred by arrests, farmers vow to continue protest in Lahore 2022-02-23 [DAWN]

New Cyber Law ordinance rejected by Pakistani media stakeholders 2022-02-22 [IFJ]

Workers confederation demands 20pc raise in wages 2022-02-22 [TN]

Call to minimise dangers in mining industry 2022-02-21 [TN]

Farmers and far-off markets 2022-02-18 [ET]

Senior Pakistani journalist arrested after police raid 2022-02-18 [IFJ]

IFC watchdog probes deeper dam workers' complaint following mass termination 2022-02-04 [BWI]

IFC watchdog probes deeper dam workers' complaint following mass termination 2022-02-04 [BWI]

Sustained campaign by carpet workers in Pakistan yields wage rise 2022-02-04 [IndustriALL]

High Court to indict media owner and journalists for corruption case report 2022-01-05 [IFJ]

Climate change impacting health of women agriculture workers, says study 2021-12-27 [The News]

Carnage continues in Pakistan's mines as IndustriALL meets with government representatives 2021-12-17 [IndustriALL]

Female journalist and family attacked in Lahore 2021-12-01 [IFJ]

IFJ holds a training on safety of women journalists and gender equality 2021-11-29 [IFJ]

Union wins COVID-19 wages for workers in WB-funded project 2021-11-25 [BWI]

Union wins COVID-19 wages for workers in WB-funded project 2021-11-22 [BWI]

New minimum wage in Pakistan is a union win 2021-11-10 [IndustriALL]

Social media activist assassinated in Northern Province of KPK 2021-11-10 [IFJ]

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