News and Analysis: Pakistan

Hundreds die in Karachi factory fire

Worst fire disaster in Pakistan history

September 27, 2012

Almost 300 Pakistani workers were killed in fire at a clothing factory in Karachi on Sept. 12 shortly after a corporate-funded monitoring group certified that the factory met safety standards.

Diplomatic sanctity, religious fervor and imperialism

Some issues behind the anti-US protests in the Muslim world

September 24, 2012

There have now been hundreds of demonstrations in the Middle East and North Africa against the United States, triggered by the movie "Innocence of Muslims."

Why no sanctions on the United States?

A long and bloody record of 'crimes against peace'

July 5, 2012

Why are there no sanctions against the U.S.? Why are no U.S. leaders—past or present—currently occupying prison cells or awaiting trial?

Pakistani legislators demand end to drones

In brief

April 19, 2012

A panel of legislators in Pakistan has demanded that the U.S. stop drone attacks that have killed hundreds in that country.

Pakistanis protest against US airstrike

In brief

December 25, 2011

On Dec. 18, tens of thousands of people in Lahore, Pakistan, protested against the U.S.-led NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers on Nov. 26.

Pakistani workers halt mass layoffs at private utility company

In brief

January 27, 2011

Workers from the Karachi Electric Supply Company in Pakistan staged demonstrations and a sit-in and successfully halted for now the company’s massive layoff of over 4,500 employees.

Pakistani people struggle for true independence

Government corruption hinders flood relief

October 9, 2010

As the United States enters the 10th year of its occupation of Afghanistan, it is concerned about the stability of its client state in Pakistan. The U.S. relies heavily on Pakistan as its main supply line from the Indian Ocean to Afghanistan, which is a landlocked country.

Pakistan flooding exacerbated by imperialism

U.S. 'aid' delivered by Army helicopters

August 9, 2010

Massive flooding has taken place across Pakistan for nearly two weeks. Provincial Information Minister Mian Hussain has called it "the worst ever calamity in our history." The devastation has been amplified by covert and overt imperialist intervention.

US continues escalation of drone attacks on Pakistan

In brief

February 28, 2010

U.S. Military drones killed four people in northwestern Pakistan on Feb. 24. Under the Obama administration, the U.S. has carried out 69 drone attacks on the country, with 15 strikes in the first two months of 2010 alone.

Behind the conviction of Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui

U.S. government, military--the real terrorists

February 14, 2010

One of the vile byproducts of the "global war on terror," now in its ninth year, has been the "commodification" of intelligence gathering. Information is needed, President Obama stated in a major policy speech in May 2009, not just to prosecute those who commit attacks but to prevent attacks before they happen.

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