Pakistani Left News Today

International Labour Day or May Day is celebrated worldwide on May 1 every year in commemoration of the struggle of...

Pervez Hoodbhoy makes entertaining observations on the many faces of Pakistan’s Muslim identity in the course of its elusive and futile quest for an Islamic state.

After a long interval, the 21st century has revived interest and support for Left politics in Pakistan. The Jamhoor team got together with leaders of Pakistan’s three major leftist parties – Aasim Sajjad Akhtar (Awami Workers’ Party), Ammar Ali Jan (Haqooq-e-Khalq Party) and Syed Azeem (Pakistan Mazdoor Kissan Party) to think through the challenges and opportunities faced by the Left within the current political and economic conjuncture.

Ali Imam (Pakistan), Untitled (Deserted Town with a Black Sun), 1956. Calamities are familiar to the people of Pakistan who have struggled through several catastrophic earthquakes, including those in 2005, 2013, and 2015 (to name the most damaging), as well as the horrendous floods of 2010. However, nothing could prepare the fifth most populated country

Liaquat Ali Khan photographed in 1950. PHOTO: THE CITIZENS ARCHIVE OF PAKISTAN The Rawalpindi Conspiracy: The history and legacy of Pakistan’s first coup attempt In more than a few ways, General Akbar Khan’s adventure of 1951 has cast a long shadow on Pakistani politics This month marks the 70 th anniversary of the first military coup plot in Pakistan’s history: the so-called “Rawalpindi Conspiracy” against Liaquat Ali Khan’s cabinet in February 1951. Comprising a curious cast of c...