10 left wing parties forge alliance

LAHORE: Ten progressive and left wing political parties Friday announced forming a United Front, an alliance, with an aim to purge country of corruption and to give a strong plan for ensuring a stable Pakistan.

The announcement was made at a press conference held at Lahore Press Club after a meeting of the leadership of the like-minded liberal and left wing parties. The meeting hosted by Awami Workers Party deliberated upon the current economic and political situation and it was agreed that the rulers have failed to resolve the growing economic and political crisis of the country.

An eight-member committee was formed to carry out the objective. The committee comprised of Akhtar Hussain, Taimur Rehman, Amanullah Sheikh, Imdad Qazi, Shaukat Chaudhry, Awais Qarni, Nisar Shah and Khalid Junejo.

The parties that attended the meeting were Awami Workers Party, Pakistan Mazdoor Kissan Party, Awami Jamhoori Party, Jeay Sindh Mahaz (Khalid Junejo), JK Peoples' National Party, Balochistan National Movement, Pakistan Trade Unions Defence Campaign, Pakistan Mazdoor Mahaz, JK Awami Workers Party, and Communist Party of Pakistan.

“They don't have any solution except preferring only to indulge in accusing each other for their corruption” said a press release issued after the meeting. The meeting also demanded that all missing persons be brought to the surface and a due process be adopted if they have committed any crime. All immigrants be sent back to their respective countries since the mischievous elements take cover of these refugees.

"In our view, corruption is an integral part of bourgeois system which needs to be replaced by an alternative system. And that alternative is socialism", said the communique issued at the end of the meeting.

The vast majority of Pakistani population is still living under the yoke of feudalism, the left leaders claimed. The rulers are using religion to camouflage their exploitation and to suppress the narrative of the social forces striving for a real socio-economic change.