Progressive Writers Conference
Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Progressive Writers Association (PWA)
South Asian Peoples
Forum, in collaboration with Progressive Writers Association, Indian Workers
Association (GB) and Third World Solidarity cordially invites you to a public
meeting to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Progressive Writers
Association (PWA).
The
PWA, established in 1935 in London, heralded a major literary movement against
imperialism, colonial rule and for the democratic rights of South Asian people.
The PWA played a critical role in mobilising the masses through literature.
Most of the prominent writers in the sub-continent, such as Sajjad Zaheer,
Sibte Hassan, Premchand, Minto, Faiz, Bedi, Amrita Preetam, Josh, Jalib, Faraz,
to name a few, were in the forefront of our struggle.
The
conference is to honour the heroic struggle of our writers, poets and artists
who became the conscience of our people for many decades.
The
conference is to re-launch the PWA to reaffirm our determination to continue
the struggle for justice, equality and human rights.
Invited Speakers:
Tony Benn
Prominent
parliamentarian, leading campaigner for peace and justice and a brilliant speaker
4.30-7.00 p.m., Saturday,
31 July 2010
Khidmat
Centre, 126 Ryan Street, off Manchester Road
Bradford BD5
7AS
The delegates to the conference include: Professor Nazir Tabassum,
Mushtaq Lasharie, Abbas Malik, Avtar Sadiq, Mohammed Ajeeb, Marsha Singh MP,
Cllr Ghazanfer Khaliq, F.D. Farooqi, Abdul Quddus, Zafar Tanveer, Dr Jahangir
Akhter, Cllr Mohammad Shafiq, Cllr Ali Daalat, Gurnam Dhillon, Cllr Riaz Ahmed,
Sarwan Zafar, Lala Younas, Shams
Rehman, A.D. Anjum, Khawaja Waheed, Anis Zaidi, Khalid Saeed Qureshi, Fazal
Mahmood, Cllr Nazam Azam, Cllr Abid Hussain, S.M. Khokhar, Mumtaz Awan, Dr Fabeh
Hussein, Azhar Mahmood, Gohar Khan, Y.M. Hashmi, Rizwan Kiani, Mukhtar Ahmed,
Zafar Malik, Ahmad Nizami, Raza Ali, Munizeh Batool,…….
For further information:
Pervez Fateh: 0795 8541672, info@sapfonline.org
Mohsin Zulfiqar: 0794 0829564, mohsinzulfiqar@hotmail.co.uk
Sarwan Singh: 0798 9062965, info@sapfonline.org |