Tariq Amin’s Response to CPPC Statement on Khan/Tahirul Qadri agitation

Folks, I’m truly amazed at reading the statement of the CPPC, which is a blanket support for the Nawaz Sharif government. This is indeed depressing!!! What “ghair jamhoori qowatenh” is your group speaking about? Are Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri “ghair jamhoori qowatenh”? Or is CPPC speaking of the military; or further still, are you […]

A day of remembrance for Christians killed in Peshawar

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 […]

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Mourned by Committee of Progressive Pakistani-Canadians

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has left a legacy of solidarity amongst the dispossessed and between the poorer nations. His commitment to the ideals of social justice, equality and democracy paved a way for the Bolivarian Revolution that has solidified relationships between the Latin American countries without the mediation and meddling of the imperialist United States […]

CPPC Statement on the assassination of Bashir Ahmed Bilour

We the members of the committee of Progressive Pakistani Canadians (CPPC) are shocked and grieved at the assassination of Bashir Ahmed Bilour, veteran leader of the Awami National Party (ANP) of Pakistan, and a senior minister of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday December 22, 2012 by means of suicide bombing in Peshawar.

Statement on the merger of three left and democratic parties

The Committee of Progressive Pakistanis of Canada welcomes the announcement of the merger of three left and democratic parties, namely the Awami Party, Labour Party and Workers Party, into the unified Awami Workers Party (People and Workers Party) of Pakistan. We live in a world beset by capitalist and imperialist domination, unending wars, growing poverty and inequality […]

CPPC Mourns Jack Layton, 1950-2011

Committee of Progressive Pakistani-Canadians (CPPC) News Release, August 24, 2011 CPPC Mourns Jack Layton, 1950-2011 Jack Layton, the leader of New Democratic Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition lost his courageous battle to the brutal disease of cancer this week. The Committee of Progressive Pakistani-Canadians (CPPC) mourns with the working people and […]

On its 64th birthday – The State of Pakistan

As is the norm on 14 August, the government of Pakistan, its embassies, the ‘loyal’ media and the ‘superpatriots’ will churn out extensive propaganda extolling the conditions and achievements of the country. An objective look at the situation, however, presents a different picture. The sixth largest country in the world Pakistan, by most criteria (see […]