Ayesha Jalal, the Mary Richardson Professor of History at Tufts University in Boston, is one of the most well known Pakistani-American scholars on South Asia. Her books include ‘The Pity of Partition: Manto’s Life, Times, and Work Across the Indo-Pakistan Divide’; ‘Partisans of Allah: Jihad in South Asia’, ‘The Muslim League and the Demand for […]
CPPC National Co-ordinator Omar Latif with Mariela Castro Espin who was in Toronto to participate in many activities during Pride week and received several human rights awards while here. Here visit was organized by the Communist Party of Canada. Mariela, is the director of SENESEX in Havana and has bravely spearheaded the fight for acceptance and […]
Toronto CPPC members marching against discrimination and for equality in the 2014 Pride parade
“International Day in Support of Victims of Torture” Since last few decades, both Sindhi and Baloch nations in Pakistan are being victimized for their legitimate struggle for democracy, national self-determination and secularism. Date: Saturday, June 28th, 2014 Time: 5.30 pm to 9.30 pm North York Library, 5190 Yonge Street Toronto, M2N 5N9 (Tel 416.395.5535) Note: […]
Jamil Omar – Indomitable Fighter – Rest in Peace http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/national/21-Mar-2014/jamil-omar-indomitable-fighter-rest-in-peace By Pervez Hoodbhoy March 21, 2014
Most respected Community Pastors and community members As you aware on Sunday, September 21st, 2013, two suicide terrorists blew themselves up in All Saints Anglican Church, Peshawar, Pakistan. Due to their cowardly and cruel acts of terrorism, more than 150 parishioners have been killed to date and over 200 are wounded and struggling for their […]
Once again the demons of war are circling an already war-ravaged Middle East. The 20 plus years of devastation of Iraq by a vicious one-sided war was launched by the US and its allies in March 2003 on the basis of the monstrous lie that Saddam Hussein’s government possessed ‘weapons of mass destruction.’
We are working hard to host a talk in Toronto by Professor Ayesha Jalal on her latest book The Pity of Partition: Manto’s Life, and Work Across the Indo-Pakistan Divide’ sometime in early November. Please check back for more details.
What are the origins and history of discrimination and violence against religious minorities – Ahmedis, Christians, Hindus and Shia? What do fundamentalist organizations such as the Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat, Sipah-e-Sahaba, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Tehreek-e-Taliban stand for? Who supports them and why? What can decent minded people do to help Pakistan become a tolerant society where all citizens are […]
