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’Flood-hit Pakistan has the right to repudiate external debt’

27 August 2010 - by Abdul Khaliq, Adnan Farooq

By ’state of necessity’ we mean a situation that jeopardizes the existence of a state. A natural calamity creates this state. Pakistan is passing through this state and has the just right to deny repaying its debts owed to IFIs, countries and (...)
CADTM-Pakistan strategize campaign for foreign debt cancellation

23 August 2010 - by Abdul Khaliq

To discuss debt crisis in the backdrop of the severe humanitarian and economic crisis, caused by the on-going devastating floods in Pakistan, CADTM-Pakistan organized a meeting of the group members and various representatives of civil society (...)
High time for flood-hit Pakistan to refuse foreign debt repayments

16 August 2010 - by Abdul Khaliq

Press Conference at Lahore Press Club on Friday, August 13, 2010, addressed by Abdul Khaliq (CADTM-Pakistan) and Farooq Tariq (LPP) Pakistan is facing the worst disaster of its history. About 20 million of its population is badly affected by (...)
Why should Pakistan trust us?

28 July 2010 - by Nick Dearden

The Afghan ‘war leaks’ have revealed in stark detail the mistrust and tension that lies at the heart of the West’s relationship with Afghanistan and Pakistan. But this mistrust is not merely the product of a nine-year war, but of decades of (...)
A chronology of IMF – Pakistan rocky relationship

Dancing with dictators & dictating to democracies

21 June 2010 - by Abdul Khaliq

As in most of the developing countries, IMF funding patterns to Pakistan has been subject of intense debate, over the last three decades. Proponents and opponents of IMF have produced evidence to support their respective point of views, (...)
Pakistan: Women workers march in Lahore to observe International Women Day

18 March 2010 - by Bushra Khaliq

LAHORE: Over 1500 women marched on the Mall, from Nasir Bagh to Punjab Assembly under the banner of Women Workers Help Line (WWHL) to celebrate the International Women Day on Monday, March 08, 2010. Despite prevailing fear among Lahorites after (...)
Pakistan. It was their day-workers, peasants take lead to revive a political tradition

18 February 2010 - by Abdul Khaliq

Lahore, 2nd February 2010 Despite prevailing fear of everyday explosions and suicide bombings across Pakistan, over 10,000 power loom workers and peasants braved their way to Dhobi Ghat ground, Faisalabad on 29th February 2010. No doubt a (...)
Peasants, Workers Conference - harbinger of rising labor power in Pakistan

25 January 2010 - by Abdul Khaliq

Over 30,000 will gather in Faisalabad to uplift workers’ cause The workers of power looms and tenants of military farms, in a much-needed gesture of solidarity, are going to show their labor power in the city of Faisalabad (third largest city (...)
Pakistani women are worst hit by climate change

16 November 2009 - by Bushra Khaliq

Pakistan is among the countries which will be hit hardest in near future by effects of climate change even though it contributes only a fraction to global warming. The country is witnessing severe pressures on natural resources and environment. (...)
Seminar on the topic of “Rising Debt of Pakistan and Role of IFIs” in Lahore on 14 Oct 09

Reckless borrowing from IMF-a perfect recipe of disaster

29 October 2009 - by Abdul Khaliq

Speakers at CADTM seminar urge Pakistan to refuse payment of odious debt In connection with Global week of Action (12-18 Oct 09) against debts, Campaign for Abolition of Third World Debt (CADTM) Pakistan and Action Aid Pakistan jointly (...)
Press Release

CADTM demands that Pakistan must immediately suspend the reimbursement of the debt to face the crisis

7 July 2009 - by CADTM

Almost a year ago in August 2008, Pakistan was at the brink of a default. Its foreign exchange reserves were hitting the rock bottom of $4 billion, depleting rapidly in the range of $250 to $330 million weekly, which were hardly sufficient to (...)
Pakistan under influences

On the basis of a series of texts by Abdul Khaliq, the spokesperson of CADTM-Pakistan and Bushra Khaliq, the general secretary of Women Workers Help Line Pakistan starts privatization of agriculture lands Contrary to conventional western (...)
Pakistan. Women voices from inside IDPs camps

26 May 2009 - by Bushra Khaliq

Taliban, Army and US, all three part of the Swat problem Religious norms & oppressive tribal values lock women inside tents Pakhtoon nationalism to rise as Punjab & Sindh not ready to accommodate IDPs With the deepening crisis in (...)
Pakistan starts privatization of agriculture lands

14 May 2009 - by Abdul Khaliq

Arab companies rush for corporate farming in Pakistan to lock up scarce water resources in agriculture belts as Federal Government offers one million acres of agriculture land to Arab monarchs, giving way to new corporate feudal system of it own (...)
Pakistan : Women workers vow to continue struggle for rights

6 May 2009 - by Bushra Khaliq

Over 500 women join WWHL May Day rally in Lahore In connection with May Day, over 500 women belonging to informal sector took out a rally in Lahore, Friday, led by representatives of Women Workers Help Line. The rally started from Lahore Press (...)
Pakistan is not out of the woods

4 May 2009 - by Abdul Khaliq

Almost a year ago in August 2008, Pakistan was at the brink of default. Its foreign exchange reserves were hitting the bottom rock of $4 billion, depleting rapidly in the range of $250 to $330 million weekly, which were hardly sufficient to (...)
Press Release

Participants of South Asian Workshop call for a resistance to the anti-people policies of the World Bank, IMF, ADB and other IFIs

The debt campaigners and activists from South Asia including participants from Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and India that have assembled at Katmandu for the “2nd South Asian workshop on International Financial Institutions (...)
2^nd South Asian Workshop on International Financial Institutions and Debt

IFIs, Pakistan & War on Terrorism

15 January 2009 - by Abdul Khaliq

Presented by Abdul Khaliq, CADTM Pakistan.
Pakistan. Peace Rally in Lahore

11 January 2009 - by Abdul Khaliq

The busy Mall Road of Lahore (Pakistan) was all flooded with red flags on Wednesday (Dec 31, 2008) as hundreds of women, children and peace-loving citizens participated in a peace rally, jointly organized by Labor Party Pakistan, CADTM-Pakistan, (...)
Citizens campaign against Debt domination, Hunger & Unjust Development Paradigm

Press Conference - Independent debt audit commission be formed for inquiry into Pakistan’s loan contracts made with IFIs.

21 October 2008 - by Abdul Khaliq

Independent debt audit commission be formed for inquiry into Pakistan’s loan contracts made with IFIs. Judicial inquiry be initiated into bank loans of Rs.60 billion, written off during Musharraf period LAHORE. Debt is no longer a private (...)
Lahore, Pakistan, 17^th of october 2008

Rally against the Debt

20 October 2008 - by Abdul Khaliq

In connection with Global Week of Action Against Debts, CADTM-Pakistan organized a protest demo and rally at Shimla Pahari, Lahore press club on Friday, 17th Oct. over 50 social, political and civil society activists, laborers and women (...)
Pakistan facing acute solvency crisis

6 September 2008 - by Abdul Khaliq

Pakistan’s sovereign debt is going to be the riskiest. For the week ending Aug 29 2008, Government of Pakistan bonds overtook Argentina’s to be the unsafe for investment, say London financial market indicators. In London, where Credit Default (...)
Thousands demonstrate against neo liberal agenda and price hike in Pakistan

7 June 2008 - by Farooq Tariq

Over 3000 activists and supporters of Labour Party Pakistan took part in rally at Lahore against the ongoing neo liberal policies of present Pakistan People’s Party government. They were chanting slogans against the price hike, American (...)
Trade unions under attack in Pakistan

19 May 2008 - by Farooq Tariq

Trade unions activists in several cities of Pakistan are facing arrests, tortures and kidnapping by the bosses and state agencies. Workers are fighting back against these attacks with utmost sacrifices. The announcement by Pakistan Peoples Party (...)
Debt and challenges to South Asia

10 March 2008 - by Abdul Khaliq

Debt has become the most important problem for the countries of the developing world. The nations that are the poorest in the world are also the most highly indebted. There cannot be any doubt in the minds of economists, sociologists, political (...)