Author Archives: Zaheer Mahmood Siddiqui
1st May, 2013
Workers decry lip service to labour issues
LAHORE, April 30: The working class all over the world will commemorate Labour Day on Wednesday (today) by taking out rallies and holding meetings to pay homage to Chicago martyrs while workers in Pakistan will
LAHORE, April 30: The working class all over the world will commemorate Labour Day on Wednesday (today) by taking out rallies and holding meetings to pay homage to Chicago martyrs while workers in Pakistan will
28th April, 2013
The gender gap
Zaheer Mahmood Siddiqui highlights how women’s role in agriculture remains largely ignored. According to Women Agriculture and Rural Development: A Synthesis report of the Near …
Zaheer Mahmood Siddiqui highlights how women’s role in agriculture remains largely ignored. According to Women Agriculture and Rural Development: A Synthesis report of the Near …
12th April, 2013
Flash of camera, stroke of brush
LAHORE, April 11: There is a commonality between Chacha F.E. Chaudhry and Dr Ajaz Anwar – the former preserved Old Lahore through lens and the latter with brush.
LAHORE, April 11: There is a commonality between Chacha F.E. Chaudhry and Dr Ajaz Anwar – the former preserved Old Lahore through lens and the latter with brush.
3rd March, 2013
“The most important achievement of the women’s movement is raising awareness, particularly regarding discriminatory laws against women, non-Muslims and other marginalised Pakistanis.” — Samina Rahman, Women Action Forum
“A blind girl was gang-raped but was charged under the Hudood laws for zina because she was unable to identify her rapists. We launched a…
“A blind girl was gang-raped but was charged under the Hudood laws for zina because she was unable to identify her rapists. We launched a…
16th February, 2013
Celebrating creativity
Lahore is getting ready for rejuvenating its passion for creativity… for the revival of its art, literature, culture and heritage and this is what the first-ever Lahore Literary Festival aims to promote.
Lahore is getting ready for rejuvenating its passion for creativity… for the revival of its art, literature, culture and heritage and this is what the first-ever Lahore Literary Festival aims to promote.
3rd February, 2013
Nosedive
Zaheer Mahmood Siddiqui calculates the economic repercussions of the ban on Basant. Lying on a charpoy in a dark room and coughing at intervals, Aslam…
Zaheer Mahmood Siddiqui calculates the economic repercussions of the ban on Basant. Lying on a charpoy in a dark room and coughing at intervals, Aslam…
11th November, 2012
Rolling stock
Where have all the locomotives gone?
Where have all the locomotives gone?
11th November, 2012
No reservations
Zaheer Mahmood Siddiqui and Shazia Hasan track the decline of Pakistan Railways.
Zaheer Mahmood Siddiqui and Shazia Hasan track the decline of Pakistan Railways.
13th September, 2012
Choosing between hazardous work or starvation
LAHORE, Sept 12: “Everyone has to die one day. People like me will die of starvation if they don’t work,” says a survivor of the Bund Road shoe factory inferno.
LAHORE, Sept 12: “Everyone has to die one day. People like me will die of starvation if they don’t work,” says a survivor of the Bund Road shoe factory inferno.
29th August, 2012
Officialdom ‘hampers’ train operation
LAHORE, Aug 28: Officialdom by the commercial wing authorities of the Pakistan Railways has started affecting operations of Business Express, putting once again the future of the first joint venture of the Pakistan Railways under private-public partnership in jeopardy
LAHORE, Aug 28: Officialdom by the commercial wing authorities of the Pakistan Railways has started affecting operations of Business Express, putting once again the future of the first joint venture of the Pakistan Railways under private-public partnership in jeopardy
24th August, 2012
PWC asks for uniform minimum wages
LAHORE, Aug 23: The Pakistan Workers Confederation (PWC) has urged the federal and provincial governments to devise a uniform mechanism to fix minimum wages of skilled and semi-skilled labourers
LAHORE, Aug 23: The Pakistan Workers Confederation (PWC) has urged the federal and provincial governments to devise a uniform mechanism to fix minimum wages of skilled and semi-skilled labourers
14th August, 2012
Yearning for a banyan tree across barbed wires
LAHORE, Aug 13: On his 70th birthday, he climbed up a 30-foot high security tower like a teenager and started telescoping his birthplace on the other side of the border. Everything had changed there but seemed familiar.
LAHORE, Aug 13: On his 70th birthday, he climbed up a 30-foot high security tower like a teenager and started telescoping his birthplace on the other side of the border. Everything had changed there but seemed familiar.
10th July, 2012
Railways short of plain paper
LAHORE, July 9: The cash-starved Pakistan Railways did not have plain papers on Monday when representatives of a private party approached its marketing wing in its headquarters in Lahore to obtain documents to bid for passenger facilitation of two railcars.
LAHORE, July 9: The cash-starved Pakistan Railways did not have plain papers on Monday when representatives of a private party approached its marketing wing in its headquarters in Lahore to obtain documents to bid for passenger facilitation of two railcars.
22nd June, 2012
Business Express hit by ‘unfit’ rolling stock
LAHORE, June 21: Provision of ‘unfit’ rolling stock continues to affect the operations of Business Express, dealing a blow to the first joint venture of the Pakistan Railways under the private-public partnership.
LAHORE, June 21: Provision of ‘unfit’ rolling stock continues to affect the operations of Business Express, dealing a blow to the first joint venture of the Pakistan Railways under the private-public partnership.
17th June, 2012
Fuel denial leaves motorists high and dry
LAHORE, June 16: A number of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) dealers, grocers and owners of mini petrol outlets in the streets of the Punjab capital did a roaring business on Saturday when the slashed
LAHORE, June 16: A number of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) dealers, grocers and owners of mini petrol outlets in the streets of the Punjab capital did a roaring business on Saturday when the slashed
14th June, 2012
Ex-railway IG refuses to return official car
LAHORE, June 13: A former inspector general of Pakistan Railways has refused to return the official car that had been in his unauthorised possession for over a year.
LAHORE, June 13: A former inspector general of Pakistan Railways has refused to return the official car that had been in his unauthorised possession for over a year.
10th June, 2012
Supplementary budget volume ‘cut to size’
LAHORE, June 9: The Punjab government managed to reduce not only the number but also volume of supplementary budget statement for the final fiscal plan of its tenure that was presented before the house on Saturday.
LAHORE, June 9: The Punjab government managed to reduce not only the number but also volume of supplementary budget statement for the final fiscal plan of its tenure that was presented before the house on Saturday.
8th June, 2012
Retired railway IG illegally retains car
LAHORE, June 7: The Railways Police inspector general has been tasked to get an official car back from the possession of one of his seniors who retired as PR Police IG
LAHORE, June 7: The Railways Police inspector general has been tasked to get an official car back from the possession of one of his seniors who retired as PR Police IG
7th June, 2012
Locos shortage An ‘express business’ going awry
LAHORE, June 6: Acute shortage of locomotives has started affecting the operations of Business Express, putting the future of the first joint venture of the Pakistan Railways under private-public
LAHORE, June 6: Acute shortage of locomotives has started affecting the operations of Business Express, putting the future of the first joint venture of the Pakistan Railways under private-public
5th June, 2012
China eager to streamline railway infrastructure
LAHORE, June 4: A high-powered delegation from China has expressed interest to get the Pakistan Railways back on the rails.
LAHORE, June 4: A high-powered delegation from China has expressed interest to get the Pakistan Railways back on the rails.
