TLP’s rise and its increasing far-right influence on the country’s politics points towards a further weakening of the structures of governance under PM Imran Khan and his government

The development comes after the government and the TLP reached a agreement following violent protests by the extremist right-wing group demanding the release of the leader Saad Hussain Rizvi

We also look at the campaign for the release of a Pakistani professor on the death row and a struggle by Greek telecom workers.

The death sentence awarded to 33-year-old professor Junaid Hafeez in Pakistan, on charges of blasphemy has been termed as a travesty of justice by human rights groups who claim that it is blatantly against international law

Islamist forces in Pakistan continue to mobilize demanding a review of the supreme court decision in her case and have even threatened the judges with death