Aam Aadmi Party Pakistan presents its manifesto

Lahore: Youth Forum Pakistan is working in Pakistan sine 1996 with an ideology and manifesto based on modern rationalism with an objective of filling the space of true, honest, sympathetic and creative membership. Youth Forum launched a political survey in metropolitan/ industrial cities like Karachi, Lahore, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Multan, Peshawar, Quetta and Faisalabad. It aimed at confirmation of current laborers/workers leftist parties’ relation with masses. It also questioned what is opinion of working class about leadership. It was found that there is a space for genuine leadership to work for people of homeland. Parties based on ideologies like Marxism, Leninism and Maoism have no relation with masses. On the other hand right wing comprises of feudalism and capitalism serving their personal or imperialistic global interests. Big parties like PPP are destroyed because there is no genuine leadership.

 

Present government of PML-N came to power third time with so called slogans to overcome energy crisis, corruption, unemployment, self-reliance and price hike. But in a few days they contacted IMF and put people into a trouble never noticed before. Corruption, lawlessness, unemployment increased to a great extent within seven months.

 

PPP wound up their movement temporarily leaving remaining workers in a closed street. They didn’t even bother to contest national elections in all constituencies and gave walk over to PML-N as per deal with them to rule by turn.

 

PTIs movement and success for change was influence by agencies and global establishment and detracted.

 

In this situation Arshad Sulahri member supreme council Youth Forum Pakistan and his friends like Raja Sajid Pervez, Mahmood Faiz, Raja Javaid Hussain, Ghazanfar Abbas, Imran Yaqoob, Mubarak Hussain, Aamir Lateef, Akram Khan and Saddam Ali met and decided to launch a new party to introduce genuine leadership from common people to fill the nationwide space for a new party and leadership. They started a new party while Youth Forum Pakistan is still working independently.

 

1. 1.  Foundation Meeting:

 

On Saturday, 28 December 2013 abovementioned political workers held a foundation meeting of a new political party Aam Aadmi Party Pakistan AAPP at Aam Aadmi House, Main Street, Ali Town, Adyala Road, Rawalpindi. Agenda of the foundation session was as follows;

 

1. Name of new political party
2. Manifesto
3. Organizing committee, name, objectives, manifesto and constitution
4. Membership Drive

 

1. Name of the new party was selected Aam Aadmi Party Pakistan.

 

1. Manifesto was discussed and drafted as follows;

 

a)    Employment for all will be ensured

b)    Basic requirements like water, gas, electricity, food and accommodation will be provided at affordable rates

c)     To fulfill urgent needs of people

d)    Financial support to handicapped and eunuchs and elimination of beggary

e)    Promotion of universal human values and elimination of political, social and religious

f)      exploitation

g)     Elimination of terrorism, extremism, and fundamentalism to promote peace

h)    To introduce economic reforms to make the country a tax free zone

i)       To seek harmony with nations of the world against tyranny of capitalism to achieve real political and economic freedom

j)       Control of state over national resources and production

k)    Promotion of national products to eliminate domination  and price-hike

 

1. Organizing committee, name, objectives, manifesto and constitution of the new party

 

Organizing committee, name, objectives, manifesto and constitution of the new party were discussed. Aam Aadmi Party Pakistan was selected as name of the new party. Organizing committee was formed based on the 10 present founder members. Election of chief organizer was held by show of hands and Arshad Sulahri was selected as chief organizer of the party. Members of the party were asked to submit written input on party objectives, manifesto and constitution.

 

1. It was decided that all members will be moved immediately to contact masses on weekly or twice weekly basis.

 

1. 2.  Activity Detail:

 

Membership Drive started on January 1, 2014 with the start of new calendar year. Public contacts campaigns were started from Rawalpindi at 22 Number Chungi, GPO Chowk, Fawara Chowk, Khanna Pul, Chungi Number 22, Adyala Road, Chur Harpal, Bhara Kahu and other prominent public places. Hand Bills were distributed and membership done at the spot. In addition to public contact campaigns, internet campaign was launched mainly through Facebook and Google/Gmail and different social circles were touched in twin cities Islamabad and other cities of Pakistan.

 

It was noticed that few other groups have been appeared working at individual level adopting same party name i.e Aam Aadmi Party Pakistan like us. These groups were contacted and some of them joined us immediately and started working with same manifesto and banner.

 

Membership done in first quarter of year 2014 is 1041 countrywide.

 

Our student wing named Awami Student Federation (ASF) have been launched in last week of March 2014 and coordinators are active to formASF units in University of Punjab Lahore and Gujranwala Campus, Islamic International University Islamabad, Gujrat University Gujrat and Foundation University Rawalpindi.

 

1. 3.  Media Coverage:

 

Time of India, Time Now TV, BBC Urdu, BBC Hindi, Daily Bhaskar Daily Nawa-i-Waqt, Daily Jahan-e-Pakistan, Daily Pardes and many of local and national newspapers/web-journals/television channels have published news about AAPP.

 

National newspaper Daily Pardes have joined us as media partner of AAPP.

 

Many of celebrated journalists like Akhtar Tazeen, Imran Yaqub, Rana Tahamal, Qayyum Bukhari, Khizar Klasra and others have joined us as members of AAPP.

 

1. 4.  Weekly Meetings:

 

Weekly meetings of Aam Aadmi Party Pakistan AAPP are being held regularly for achievements of party objectives at Aam Aadmi House.

 

1. 5.  Formation of Nationwide Units:

 

Formation of party units Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Sialkot, Kasoor, Nankana Sahab, Chakwal, Lahore, Peshawar, Rahim Yar Khan and Sheikhupura has been over.

 

Appointment of coordinators is already done in all main cities of Pakistan.

 

1. 6.  Membership:

 

Membership done in first quarter of year 2014 is 1041 countrywide.

 

1. 7.  Fundraising:

A membership fees @ PKR 20 is being collected from all members at the time of filling/signing AAPP membership form. Members of central organizing committee are paying monthly fees from PKR 100 to PKR 500 voluntarily.

 

 

 

1. 8.  Objectives:

Objectives achieved in first quarter of this year are as follows;

 

1. 9.  Urgencies:

 

a)    Party secretariat to be arranged

b)    Party website to be made

c)     Printed matter required

d)    Publishing party’s weekly newspaper

e)    Organize and participatein countrywide campaigns

 

10.Budget Meeting:

 

Meeting of the central organizing committee was held on April 06, 2014 at Aam Aadmi House, Ali Town, Adyala Road, Rawalpindi to make, discuss and approve a budget.