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Aliza Khalid | December 21, 2025 Geopolitical tensions have been directly pushing the seventh session of the United Nations Climate Assembly towards timid, lowest-common-denominator outcomes, as great-power rival states stripped draft resolutions of binding language and turned them into soft ‘cooperation’ statements,” said Wali Haider, leading the Farmers’ Major Group, at UNEA-7. The FMG participated in meetings, submitted statements and …
Agriculture production is the center of Pakistan’s economy is a fact and needs no reiteration. However, the sector is besieged by many ills of which the main is the consistent dependency on resources external to the country. There are many examples of such tendencies. According to the Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Dr Kauser Malik, Sino-Pak agricultural …
Press Release | World Hunger Day | October 16, 2023 The Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) and Roots for Equity in collaboration with Asian Peasant Coalition (APC), Pesticide Action Network (PAN AP) are marking the “World Hunger Day’ on October 16, 2023 – a day which is considered to be World Food Day. A peasant gathering (JALSA) has been organized …
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Mazdoor Kisan Tehreek has rejected increase in power tariff and the prices of petroleum products, saying inflation will further deepen the current economic crisis being faced by the poor farmers and industrial workers. Addressing a news conference at Peshawar Press Club on Monday, Pakistan Mazdoor Kissan Tehreek provincial coordinator Fayyaz Khan said that inflation had badly affected landless …
KARACHI: Expressing concern over the sky-rocketing inflation and hike in the prices of basic commodities, representatives of Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) and Roots for Equity have demanded that the government take emergency steps to provide relief to common man and impose agriculture tax on landlords owning more than 50 acres besides bringing real estate sector into tax net. Speaking …
Imperialist Economic Exploitation, Poverty, Inflation, Unemployment, Insecurity State’s Ignorance Rejected! Press Release | September 4, 2023 The Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) and Roots for Equity forcefully and emphatically voices its protest against the intense economic debacle gripping our nation. On September 4, 2023, PKMT has declared a nationwide Protest Day against the ongoing crippling inflation. Protests are being staged …
Press Release | PKMT 14th Annual Conference 2021 | October 15-16, 2021 Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek held its 14th Annual Conference from October 15 -16 at Renewal Centre, Lahore and simultaneously, held panel discussions and demonstrations to mark International Rural Women’s Day and World Hunger Day. During the events, speakers held corporate entities, IFIs and neoliberal policies accountable for creating food systems that …
July 1, 2021 On July 1, 2021, Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) and Roots for Equity held a webinar to launch their joint campaign titled “Building a Healthy Planet: Promoting Safe and Nutritious Food for All.” Mr. Tariq Mehmood provided an overview of the campaign with its objective of sensitizing small producers, consumers and society in general regarding the human …
March 8th International Women’s Day Press ReleasePakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) and Roots for Equity in collaboration with International Alliance for Women (IWA), Asia Pacific Forum on Women Law and Development (APWLD) and Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PANAP) organized a women’s assembly in village Raees Baksh Lashari, district Tando Muhammad Khan, Sindh to celebrate the International Women’s …
پاکستان بھر میں عوام گندم اور آٹے کی قیمت میں تیزی سے ہوتے اضافے سے پریشان ہیں اور اس کی مناسب یا سرکاری قیمت کو یقینی بنانے والے تمام تر ادارے چاہے و وفاقی ہوں یا صوبائی مہنگائی کے اس بے قابو ہوتے جن کو بوتل میں بند کرنے سے قاصر ہیں۔ ایک سال پہلے تک گندم کے وافر ذخائر …