The Guardian • Pakistan
Issue #2158
Hiroshima, Nagasaki – NEVER AGAIN?
For 80 years, the Hibakusha (survivors) of the United States atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been warning the world — “never again.” Never...
Read moreUni calls on Metro to stop union-busting in Pakistan
UNI Commerce is calling for a global solidarity campaign against union-busting at Metro AG stores in Pakistan following the unfair dismissal of Tahir Mehmood, General Secretary of Metro Habib Employees Union.
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Issue #2003
CP of Pakistan: statement on current situation in Pakistan
The new setup in Pakistan has been established with the democratic parliamentary facade that has brought an unceremonious end to the Imran government. But the...
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Issue #2115
Nuclear weapons for a nuclear war
The United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) came into force in 2021. With its preamble on the “catastrophic consequences” of a...
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Issue #2052
May Day – Millions march around the world
People squeezed by inflation and demanding economic justice took to streets across Asia, Europe, and the Americas to mark May Day, in an outpouring of...
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Issue #2062
GLOBAL BRIEFS
SYRIA: The Syrians gave a green light last week for the United Nations to use a key crossing from Turkey to the country’s rebel-held north-west...
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Issue #2189
GLOBAL BRIEFS
GERMANY: Presently the United States has more than 36,000 troops stationed in Germany. It had planned for some time to reduce the number by withdrawing...
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Issue #2060
GLOBAL BRIEFS
PAKISTAN: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to provide $3 billion in a long-awaited bailout of the country’s impoverished economy. The nine-month agreement must...
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Issue #2182
GLOBAL BRIEFS
GERMANY: Thousands of students protested against a recently adopted law that could reinstate compulsory military service. The ‘School strike’ against the draft brought out more...
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Issue #2181
GLOBAL BRIEFS
LEBANON: Thousands of people are fleeing their homes following relentless bombings by Israel. Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported that at least 52 people were killed and...
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Issue #2204
GLOBAL BRIEFS
INDONESIA: China and Indonesia have agreed to deepen their military cooperation while broadening ties in technology, minerals, energy, and other strategic sectors, as both countries...
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Issue #2167
GLOBAL BRIEFS
HUNGARY: Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban accused Ukrainian special services of seeking to meddle in the country’s domestic affairs and supporting the opposition. “The Ukrainian...
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Issue #2162
Socialist Register 2025
The sixteen articles that make up this annually published book are most suited to functionaries of the Australian Labor Party (and associated “think” tanks) and...
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Issue #2178
Workers’ Unity in Pakistan
I had the greatest pleasure of spending time amongst comrades from Mazdoor Kisaan Party (MKP), Lahore, this January. MKP comrades organised a seminar at very...
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Issue #2056
GLOBAL BRIEFS
PAKISTAN: Militants attacked a Pakistani security post near the country’s border with Iran last week, triggering a shoot-out that killed two soldiers, the military said....
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Issue #2090
GLOBAL BRIEFS
PAKISTAN: The Cabinet Committee on Energy has approved the beginning of the construction of an 80 km segment of the 800 km long pipeline from the...
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Issue #2168
GLOBAL BRIEFS
BOLIVIA: Rodrigo Paz, a right-wing senator, won Bolivia’s presidential election with 54% of the vote and told supporters in his victory speech: “Today Bolivia can...
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Issue #2084
GLOBAL BRIEFS
NAURU: Nauru switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China, leaving Taiwan with only 12 diplomatic allies that recognise it as a sovereign state. Nauru’s decision...
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Issue #2166
GLOBAL BRIEFS
CUBA: 73 people who were killed in a terrorist act against a Cuban civilian plane in 1976 were honoured at commemorative events in Havana and...
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Issue #2185
Nuclear deterrent no longer?
Does the ‘nuclear deterrent’ still deter? The latest Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) expired in February 2026. Formal negotiations to renew or replace the treaty...
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Issue #2105
PEACE NOTES
By the time you read this everybody will have had a gutful of Peter Dutton’s idea of building nuclear reactors around the country while crippling...
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Issue #2106
EDITORIAL
If you’re in Australia, you might be pretty cold just now, but you’ll be hearing a lot about heatwaves, some extreme examples have been making...
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