Karamat Ali – Face 2 Face You are invited to 2 events with Karamar Ali, a veteran trade unionist who played an important role in the Pakistani labour movement in the 1970s. He is the Executive Director of the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER), which he helped found in the early 1980s. […]
Bulleh Shah Day SATURDAY, AUG 22 Doors Open: 6.30 p.m. Program starts 7.00 p.m. BURNHAMTHORPE COMMUNITY CENTRE 1500 Gulledin Road (Burnhamthorpe Rd East, Dixie Road) TICKETS $10 Food: $6.00 per plate (vegetarian only) SPEAKERS: Ms. FOZIA TANVEER: ‘The Rebel Sufi’ Dr. WARAYAM SINGH SANDHU: ‘Message of secularism and religious tolerance in Bulleh Shah’ Musical Program: […]
INDIA vs PAKISTAN Religion and state in the two countries DR. PRITAM SINGH, ‘Hindu Bias in India’s ‘Secular’ Constitution’ Dr Pritam Singh studied at Punjab University, Chandigarh; Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and the University of Oxford, and is currently a Professor of Economics at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK. His books on India have […]
Statement of the Committee of Progressive Pakistani-Canadians, May 19, 2015 The Committee of Progressive Pakistani-Canadians congratulates the NDP on its victory in Alberta, a significant political development in the life of that province and Canada. This accomplishment, though a surprise, was built on the hard work of the current and past members of the NDP […]
Statement by Committee of Progressive Pakistani-Canadians, May 15, 2015 The Committee of Progressive Pakistani-Canadians offers its deepest condolences to the families of the victims of the terrorist attack on May 13 in Karachi and to the religious community they belonged to, the Ismaili Muslims. We strongly condemn the perpetrators – religious fundamentalist terrorists who claim […]
Dear CPPC, … I noticed in the statement that after condemning US imperialism the statement makes this comments However, the actions, program and the vision of the Taliban cannot be supported by anyone. They, and all other fundamentalist/terrorist groups, must be fought against relentlessly by all means – military, political and economic – and rooted […]
The Committee of Progressive Pakistani-Canadians joins the universal condemnation – including that of secular, progressive and left forces in Pakistan – of the Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan’s latest, and most vicious, act of terrorism – the massacring in cold-blood of at least 130 young students and nine staff members at the Army Public School and Degree College in […]
Tariq Hamid and his ensemble performed musical version of Faiz’s works, including this rousing version of “Hum Dekhain Gey” -_-_-_-_- Pakistanimusic.com -_-_-_-_- Courtsey: Mazhar Ali Hum Dekhen Ge, Iqbal Bano Hum Dekhen Gey Laazim Hai Ke Hum Bhi Dekhen Gey Hum Dekhen Gey Woh Din Ke Jiska Waada Hai Hum Dekhen Gey Jo Loh-e-azal […]
FAIZ DAY, 2014 Saturday, November 29 (6.30 – 9.30 p.m.) Glenforest Secondary School (3575 Fieldgate Drive, Mississauga) Admission – $5.00 per person The program will consist of: – A few, short, literary speeches – Poems of Faiz sung by the wonderful and well-known singer TARIQ HAMID For further info: Abbas Syed 647-524-1891 Fozia Tanveer 647-965-2295 […]
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 […]
