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Comrade Srilata Swainathan was very warmly received
at Lahore upon her arrival from Delhi by Labour Party Pakistan,
trade unions and social activists this evening on 29th August. She
was part of the labor leaders delegation to attend the 'South
Asian Labour for Peace conference' to be held at Karachi from 1st
of September. The conference is organized by Pakistan Institute
for Education and Research PILER Hand in hand with comrade Farooq
Tariq general secretary LPP, she became the focus of attention of
the media who were taking photographs for little some time. Long
live the unity of the working class of Pakistan and India, workers
of the world unite, east is red, down with American imperialism,
long live the friendship of peoples of Pakistan and India, no war
but peace, socialism zindabad, were some of the slogan raised at
time.
Several hundreds activists of trade unions Anjaman Mozareen
Punjab, the peasant movement at military farms, and LPP were
present on the occasion. Red flags of LPP greeted the delegates of
the conference. Srilata will speak to a seminar of education
foundation at Karachi on religious fundamentalism on 31st
September before the conference starts. She will visit the office
of Women Workers Help Line and LPP tomorrow on 30th September in
Lahore.
She alongside with the other delegates will be guest at the lunch
of Pakistan Workers Confederation.
This is the first labour and trade unions leaders visits from
India in some years. The visit will bring closer the movement of
two countries. A more direct relationship will be build between
the trade union movements of the two countries.
Javed bhatti
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