March, 21 2005	Monday	10 Safar 1426

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TOBA TEK SINGH, March 20: A 25-member delegation of the South Asian Solidarity Organization office-bearers from the UK will attend the International Kissan Conference to be held on March 23. The moot is being organized by the National Workers’ Party. NWP Punjab chief Choudry Fateh Muhammad said this at a press conference on Sunday, adding that the delegation would be led by the organization head Mushtaq Lashari.

He said that NWP office-bearers from UK, Engineer Pervez Fateh and Khalid Saeed Qureshi, besides Indian Workers Association UK president Diyal Singh Bhagri, Association of Indian Communists UK president Autar Singh and known Indian communist Dr Mehta would also participate in the conference.

Giving details, he said Ajoka Theatre would present a play written by late Saadat Hasan Manto and directed by Madeeha Gohar, Toba Tek Singh, on the night of March 22. Mr Fateh said that NWP chief Abid Hasan Manto would preside over the conference to be held at Football Stadium on Jhang Road.

Those who will speak at the moot will include Balochistan National Party chief Dr Abdul Hayee Baloch, Sindh Awami Tehrik chief Rasool Bakhsh Paleejo, Mazdoor Kissan Party chief Afzal Khamosh, Muttahida Mazdoor Mahaz president Tufail Abbas, Labour Party Secretary-General Farooq Tariq, Meraj Muhammad Khan from Karachi and human rights activist I A Rehman.