بے زمینوں کا عالمی دن پریس ریلیز March 29, 2021 پاکستان کسان مزدور تحریک (پی کے ایم ٹی) اور روٹس فار ایکوٹی نے ایشین پیزنٹ کولیشن (اے پی سی) کے اشتراک سے 29 مارچ، 2021 کو بے زمینوں کا دن منایا۔ اس حوالے سے ایک وبینار کا اہتمام کیا گیا جس میں کسانوں کا […]
03.30.2021
Categories: COVID-19, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Landgrabbing, Landless, Resistance, Women | Comments Off on زمین سے محروم کسانوں کا نعرہ: زمین کا منصفانہ اور مساویانہ ہو بٹوارہ
02.12.2021
Categories: Agroecology, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Genetic Modified Seeds, GMOs, Landless, Resistance, Seed Sovereignty, Women | Comments Off on Intellectual property rights over plants and seeds opposed
Our Correspondent; February 12, 2021 Leaders of the Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) and Roots for Equity on Wednesday criticised the Ministry of National Food Security and Research’s recent decision to start the registration process for granting intellectual property rights (IPRs) for plants and seeds under the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act, 2016 and said that […]
02.12.2021
Categories: Agroecology, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Genetic Modified Seeds, GMOs, Landless, Resistance, Seed Sovereignty, Women | Comments Off on Farmers condemn launch of Plant Breeders’ Rights Registry
Faiza Ilyas KARACHI: Describing a recent federal government decision to launch Plant Breeders’ Rights Registry from Feb 15 as ‘illegal’ and ‘unethical’, representatives of Pakistan Kisan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) at a press conference held at the Karachi Press Club on Wednesday demanded that all laws granting control over agriculture to “imperialist states and corporations” be […]
01.01.2021
Categories: Agroecology, COVID-19, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Landless, Resistance, Seed Sovereignty, Women | Comments Off on PKMT organises conference on impact of pandemic
SUKKUR: The 13th Annual Conference on “Impact on Peasants and Labourers during the Pandemic” was organised by the Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) through video link. While talking about the national and global impact of Covid-19, Dr Azra Talat Syed, Roots for Equity, said the global capitalist system was responsible for the pandemic. She said […]
12.28.2020
Categories: Agroecology, Farmer, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Landless, Resistance, Seed Sovereignty, Women | Comments Off on کورونا میں سامراجی ہتھکنڈے اور کسان مزدوروں پر اثرات
26-12-2020:پریس ریلیز پاکستان کسان مزدور تحریک (پی کے ایم ٹی) نے 26 دسمبر، 2020 کو کورونا وباء کو مدنظر رکھتے ہوئے تیرہواں سالانہ اجلاس آن لائن منعقد کیا جس میں ملک بھر کے مختلف اضلاع سے پی کے ایم ٹی کے چھوٹے اور بے زمین کسان مزدوروں اور دیگر شعبہ جات سے تعلق رکھنے والے […]
12.28.2020
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Press Release: December 26, 2020 The Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT), In light of the coronavirus pandemic, held its 13th Annual Conference online on 26th December 2020. PKMT members from numerous districts of Pakistan were in attendance as well as others also joined. Dr. Azra Talat Sayeed from Roots for Equity, while talking about the […]
10.19.2020
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Press Release October 16, 2020 Roots for Equity and the Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) in collaboration with People’s Coalition for Food Security (PCFS), Pesticide Action Network, Asia and Pacific (PANAP) and Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) is marking the World Food Day as World Hunger Day on October 16, 2020. A webinar and protest has […]
09.23.2020
Categories: Agroecology, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, GMOs, Landgrabbing, Landless, Resistance, Seed Sovereignty, Women | Comments Off on Boosting Performing Art Skills of Theatre Artistes working on Social Change
Imam Uddin Soomro is an active member of the Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT), an alliance of small-scale and landless farmers including women farmers. Imam collects data on crops and conducts awareness sessions for farmers on sustainable agriculture, green revolution and globalization. As a member of a local theatre group named, PUKAR, since 2018, Imam […]
05.01.2020
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یکم مئی: مزدوروں کا عالمی دن پریس ریلز یکم مئی 2020 دنیا بھر میں یکم مئی، 1886 میں شکاگو کے مزدوروں کی جدوجہد کی یاد میں مزدوروں کے عالمی دن کے طور پر منایا جاتا ہے۔ پاکستان کسان مزدور تحریک (پی کے ایم ٹی) اور روٹس فار ایکوٹی نے لاک ڈاؤن کی پابندیوں کے پیش […]
03.31.2020
Categories: Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Landless, Resistance, Women | Comments Off on Landless Farmers Day marked: ‘Lockdown and quarantines should not increase people’s sufferings’
Our Correspondent March 31, 2020 SUKKUR: Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) and Roots for Equity, a local NGO, joined hands with the Asian Peasant Coalition (APC), and Pesticide Action Network Asia & the Pacific (PANAP) to mark the Landless Farmers Day. PKMT celebrated the Landless Farmers Day with utmost concern as landless farmers were among […]