Union councils
ACCORDING to activists who have participated in coronavirus-related relief measures, a number of learnings have surfaced from their work and from that of the NGOs they have been associated with…
We need unions
THE ticking time bomb that is Pakistan’s young and increasingly rudderless population is begging for our attention. This was underlined in sensational and violent fashion this past week at the…
The case for student unions
The Google /Oxford Languages dictionary definition of the adjective ‘liberal’ is: “willing to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from one’s own; open to new ideas”, and “relating to…
New bid but little hope to reform UN Security Council
A flurry of world leaders have appealed again to the United Nations to reform the Security Council, reviving a bid launched 15 years ago. But chances of transforming the world’s…
Does Brexit free Europe to seek closer union?
British politicians often speak of Brexit as an opportunity to escape Brussels’ shackles, but does the departure also free Europe to go its own way? London’s leaving has stripped the…
Trade unions losing steam — II
Trade unions in private sector in Pakistan, by and large, can be aptly described as in-house unions, pocket unions, or fill-in-the-blanks unions. Radical labour leaders have gradually been eased out…
State of disunion
PAKISTAN has historically relied on two centres of power, ie, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia — both as original benefactor and a US proxy — and China. It takes a…
HEC retracts opposition to revival of student unions
Contrary to the stance it shared with a parliamentary panel last week, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Thursday said it supports student unions in higher educational institutions. The HEC…
Will Brexit see European division at the UN Security Council?
In a recent UN Security Council vote on extending cross-border aid to Syria, Britain aligned with the United States and abstained in a rare split with its European partners that…
Missing trade unions
For the cynic, or for a gleeful employer, the trade union is a dying breed, perhaps already dead; for a die-hard optimist, the trade union — like a phoenix —…
