Hundreds of thousands took to the streets in various cities across the continent expressing solidarity with the Venezuelan people and demanding respect for their sovereignty and international law.

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.

Despite the rise in cost of living in Pakistan and a law fixing the minimum wage at just 140 US dollars per month, many factory owners have slashed wages, citing global market troubles.

Workers organized by Haqooq-e-Khalq and other unions have demanded that the minimum wage be revised as current wages are inadequate to meet their basic needs due to inflation.

Left activists in the country blame the government’s reluctance to act against big polluters despite its impact on the most of the people who are risking their health to pursue their livelihoods.

The government has not only failed to address the structural problems in country’s agriculture but has been in a hurry to please the IMF and big corporate houses which further pushes farmers to deprivation and poverty.

The Sindh Rawadari March was called by left groups in Pakistan’s Sindh province to demand control on rising religious extremism and accountability in the custodial killing of Dr. Shahnawaz Kunbhar last month.

Right groups and left parties in Pakistan have opposed last year’s expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Afghans by the government, which also accused them of participating in terrorism and other criminal activities

Given its failure to prioritize social sector investments and its complete negligence of sports, it took Pakistan over seven decades to win its first individual Olympic gold medal