The News Coverage, published on 5 June 2020
AWP pays tributes to veteran peasant leader Chaudhry Fateh Muhammad
Showing tributes to veteran peasant leader Chaudhry Fateh Mohammad, Awami Workers Party leaders on Thursday warned that if the sale of substandard seeds and locust attacks were not controlled, peasants would be forced to take their own lives,
The AWP Karachi chapter held a condolence reference for Fateh Muhammad to highlight several aspects of his struggle in Pakistan’s peasant and left struggle since the country’s independence and termed his services a beacon of light for its young workers.
Keeping in line with the government-issued SOPs, the party ensured a limited number of attendance, and encouraged people to join the event through Facebook instead, Advocate Akhtar Hussain, AWP’s central general secretary, said that today peasants are in desperate need of an ideological leader like Fateh Muhammad, who bore many hardships but never compromised on his principles.
“Capitalist political parties have been making false promises to the peasants, but none of them has ever practically attempted to distribute the land among them — the only way to bring about a change in a peasant’s life.”
AWP Central President Yusuf Masti Khan said that there was no other way to change the current system without the peasants and working-class leading a united movement. Condemning the green-lighting of thousands of Pakistan Steel Mill workers, Khan observed that “when Imran Khan wanted votes he spoke against the mill’s privatisation, but after he became the prime minister he shook hands with global capitalist institutions like the IMF and the World Bank. He also chose to lay off thousands of Steel Mill workers in accordance with their directives.”
Likening Fateh Muhammad’s death to the end of an era, Hasan Askari, the AWP central secretary for peasants, said his demise was a huge loss for the peasants. He said the government was not even willing to control the unprecedented locust attack.
AWP Karachi president Shafi Shaikh vowed that not only would the party fight for the workers laid off in the PSM and other workplaces, but it would also continue to highlight the issue of substandard seeds and locust attacks, besides challenging the neoliberal policies gripping Pakistan’s economy, exactly in line with Fateh Muhammad’s revolutionary politics.
EXBulletin Coverage, published on 4 June 2020
AWP Honors Veteran Farmer Leader Chaudhry Fateh Muhammad
Tribute to veteran peasant leader Chaudhry Fateh Mohammad, leaders of the Awami Workers’ Party warned Thursday that if the sale of substandard seeds and locust attacks were not controlled, peasants would be forced to commit suicide,
The AWP Karachi chapter held a reference of condolence to Fateh Muhammad for highlighting several aspects of his struggle among Pakistani peasants and the leftist struggle since the country’s independence, and called his services a beacon for his young workers.
According to the government-issued SOP, the party assured a limited number of participants and encouraged people to join the event via Facebook instead, lawyer Akhtar Hussain, AWP central secretary general, said. ‘Peasants today desperately need a leading ideology like Fateh Muhammad, who has suffered many difficulties but has never compromised his principles.
The capitalist political parties have made false promises to the peasants, but none of them has ever practically attempted to distribute the land among them – the only way to change the lives of the peasants.
AWP central president Yusuf Masti Khan said there was no other way to change the current system without the peasants and the working class leading a united movement. Condemning the green light to thousands of Pakistani steelworks workers, Khan observed that when Imran Khan wanted votes, he spoke out against the privatization of factories, but after becoming Prime Minister, he shook hands with capitalist institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank. He also chose to fire thousands of steel workers in accordance with their directives.
Comparing the death of Fateh Muhammad at the end of an era, Hasan Askari, AWP central secretary for peasants, said that his disappearance was a huge loss for peasants. He said the government was not even willing to control the unprecedented attack of locusts.
AWP Karachi President Shafi Shaikh has promised that the party will not only fight for workers made redundant in the PSM and other workplaces, but will also continue to highlight the issue of substandard seeds and locust attacks, in addition to challenging the neoliberal policies that are gripping the Pakistani economy, exactly in line with the revolutionary policies of Fateh Muhammad.