Anjaman Mozareeen Punjab (Punjab Tenant Association) is organizing a peasant convention in at Sukh Pur Adda Pakpattan Road, tehsil Depalpur, district Okara on 1st March 2009. Thousands of peasants working in Proban abad Army Welfare Trust farms in Depalpur and Pakpattan area will participate in this convention.
The peasants from Military Farms Okara, Renalakhurd and Kalyana Estate will also participate. The main leadership of AMP including Mehr Abdul Sattar, Liaqat Ali, Mian Asharaf, Ashraf Nadeem will speak on the occasion. Farooq Tariq secretary Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee, Nazli Javed women secretary Labour Party Pakistan will also participate in the convention.
The convention is organized as part of a new campaign for land rights in these agriculture farms owned by different sections of Pakistan army. The movement for land rights started in year 2000 in these areas and despite all the state repression it has continued in very peaceful but militant manner. Earlier on 19 January 2009, a peasant gathering in Renalakhurd organized by AMP attracted over 2000.
There are more such gathering have been planned by AMP. There will be more public meetings; on 10 March at Kalyana Estate Okara, on 29 March at Bengali Farms in Lahore and on 15-16 April a massive peasant conference at Military Farms Okara will take place. It is expected that over 20,000 peasants will participate in Okara peasant conference on the eve of International Day of Peasants.
Report by Aon Sahi
coordinator PKRC
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