Month: September 2023

Points to Ponder August 2023!

IMF Conditionalities – the suffering of the people! The impacts of the IMF conditionalities set in its Standby Agreement that was signed last month have become glaringly visible in this month, and strikes, street protests and rallies have been held across the country. In Kamoke, and many others areas in Punjab, people burnt their electricity bills raising slogans against the …

Points to Ponder July 2023!

There have been major developments in Pakistan’s food and agriculture system in a matter of weeks, where after the finalization of the deeply inhumane-IMF stand-by agreement, the government of Pakistan has adopted a new strategy for trade liberalization in food and agriculture. This will end in bringing fresh onslaught of misery and hunger for the people, especially women, children and …

Govt asked to impose taxes on landlords instead of peasants

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 …

Govt urged to impose agriculture tax on big landlords

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

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 …