Farooq Tariq — Pakistan’s February 8 general elections indicated a significant shift in political dynamics. Initial results suggest Pakistan has voted against IMF policies and state repression.
Farooq Tariq
Farooq Tariq — Following a Pakistani air force strike on an Iranian border town and an Iranian missile attack on a border town in Balochistan, Pakistan and Iran have agreed to de-escalate the war threat and reestablish full-fledged diplomatic relations.
Farooq Tariq — Ecosocialism offers a vision that transcends the false dichotomy between ecological sustainability and social justice. It recognizes that the climate crisis cannot be overcome without addressing the underlying structures of power and inequality.
By Farooq Tariq
July 29, 2018 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal — On 26th July 2018, in his election victory
speech, Imran Khan gave a sober talk contrary to his very violent
language used throughout the election campaign. He has “won” 116 seat of
the 342 seats National Assembly of which 278 seats are contested
directly on First Past The Post (FPTP) system. He is short of the 137
seats needed for the majority in the parliament. However, there are
plenty of parliamentarians elected as “independents” who would either
join his party or would vote for him.
By Farooq Tariq
September 25, 2017 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières — The repression of tenants at Okara Military Farms continue for the last one and half years. On 21st September, Malik Salim Jakkar was arrested in Okara once again. He had spent most of the last two years (2015-2017) in jail and some two months back, he was released on bail.Malik Salim Jakhar along his five friends came to see me a night before his arrest in Lahore, his first meeting after his release. However, he was arrested very next day. He has been facing 95 police cases, he was released only after he tendered an unconditional apology to the authorities. Despite that, he is arrested because many hundreds of peasants met him during his brief freedom.