Pakistan has long accused the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan of sheltering militants killing civilians in the country from across the border, launching a similar attack in October last year as well.

Another of the major demands of the strike is the withdrawal of Pakistan from the Donald Trump-led Gaza Board of Peace.

Houses belonging to over a hundred fisherfolk living on the banks of the Indus were demolished by the local authorities in Pakistan’s Punjab province last week after declaring them “encroachers”.

Imaam Mazari and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, were sentenced to 17 years in prison last week for their social media posts condemning enforced disappearances and false blasphemy accusations in the country.

MKP activists are regularly harassed and arrested by the security forces for leading movements for land rights or resisting forceful land grabs by the landlord-state nexus in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Thousands of rickshaw drivers fear losing their only source of income after the state of Punjab banned the Chingchi rickshaw, in the name of public safety and fighting vehicular pollution, last month.

Many workers in Pakistan are not paid minimum wage, which unions claim is already inadequate to fulfill their basic needs

Salar Faiyaz Ali and others were arrested under Pakistan’s anti-terrorism laws after they protested and stopped the illegal land grab and demolition of houses belonging to the farmers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

The proposed amendments, it is feared, may further compromise the independence of the judiciary and will legalize the supremacy of the armed forces in Pakistan’s political system.

The leadership of the left-wing Mazdoor Kisan Party (MKP) faces growing state repression in Pakistan for its attempts to mobilize for the rights of peasants and workers.

Pakistan accuses the Taliban government in Afghanistan of acting as a proxy of India and sheltering and aiding militant groups involved in carrying out attacks on its civilians and military installations.

Protesters questioned Donald Trump’s Gaza plan, claiming it is yet another attempt by the West to protect and prolong the Israeli occupation and demanded their respective governments! not endorse it.