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hola a todas y todos,<br>
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parece ser que el Club de París (donde se reúnen los acreedores) no
están por la labor ni de cancelar la deuda del Pakistán, ni tan sólo
de declarar una moratoria en los pagos. No obstante la sociedad
civil del Pakistán sí se está movilizando para ello (ver correo y
foto adjuntas).<br>
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Por ello, desde acá habíamos pensado en lanzar una nueva moción para
que nuestros ayuntamientos, parlamentos... le pidan al Gobierno
central el 100% de la cancelación de la deuda del Pakistán, de
manera inmediata, incondicional y sin contraprestaciones... En
adjunto tenéis la propuesta en Castellano y Catalán (sentimos no
tenerla ni en Galego, Euskero o Asturiano...).<br>
<br>
Con la deuda de Haití lo conseguimos... ¿por qué no con la del
Pakistán?<br>
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Saludos,<br>
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Campanya 'Qui deu a qui?'<br>
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0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:
'Cambria','serif'; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);"><font size="4">Anti-debt
rally in Lahore</font></span></b></div>
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Sept 2010</font></span></i></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in
0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:
'Cambria','serif'; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);"><font size="3">LAHORE:
Scores of political, social and civil society activists
attended the Anti-Debt rally, organized in Lahore on Sunday
(19 September) under the banner of Labor Relief Campaign
(LRC)-an alliance of various civil society organizations
including CADTM-Pakistan.</font></span></p>
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0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:
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<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in
0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:
'Cambria','serif'; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);"><font size="3">Over
500 participated in the anti-debt rally, mainly women and
youth. The rally started from GPO Chowk and terminated at
Charring Cross, The Mall.<span style=""> </span>The
participants were holding banners and placards inscribed with
slogans against IFIs. The main banner was read as “No to
Foreign Debts”. Throughout the route participants made full-
throat slogans in favor of demand to cancel Pakistan’s foreign
debt.</font></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in
0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:
'Cambria','serif'; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);"><font size="3">At
the end of the rally speakers including Farooq Tariq, Abdul
Khaliq, Aasim Sajjad, Naeem Shakar, Bushra Khaliq and other
campaign leaders addressed the participants. They said the
recent floods had caused a loss of $43billion to the country’s
economy. They said under the prevailing circumstances the
government had lost the capacity to effectively launch the
relief and rehabilitation work in the flood-hit areas, making
it unfeasible for it to return the loans to International
Financial Institutions (IFIs). </font></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in
10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-family:
'Cambria','serif'; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">They said the
government had to repay loans amounting to $55 billion to
IFIs, and the amount would increase to $74 billion with markup
within next few years. “Pakistan has paid $3.04 billion during
fiscal year 2009-10 which is 33 percent of its entire Gross
Domestic Production (GDP). </span><span style="font-family:
'Cambria','serif'; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">The speakers made
it clear that the campaign will not end. They demanded that
government should not accept further loans and say no to
the repayments of the current debts. They criticized the PPP
government for lacking guts to stand up and take a radical
position. It is pity that Pakistan government is busy assuring
the IMF that they will not go for request of debt
cancellation, they added. </span><span style="font-family:
'Cambria','serif'; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);"></span></font></p>
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color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"><font size="3"> </font></span></p>
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class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';
color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"><font size="3">Most of the speakers
were of the view that Pakistan has a very strong case for debt
cancellation. People of Pakistan are totally in favor of
getting rid of IMF and World Bank Loan. People are already
suffering from the negative impacts of strict conditionalities
of these financial institutions. Accepting fresh loans from
IFIs in the name of flood calamity will increase the debt
burden, they opined. </font></span></p>
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0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"
class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';
color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"><font size="3"> </font></span></p>
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0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"
class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';
color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"><font size="3">There were several trade
unions that had mobilized their members to attend the rally.
They include Rustam Suhrab Cycle and Motor Cycle Workers Union
CBA, Lahore Gymkhana Workers Association, Railway Wokers
Union, Itehad Carpet Union, Pakistan Bhatta Mazdoor Union.
There were many activists of Labour Party Pakistan and Workers
Party Pakistan and also some from Communist Mazdoor Kissan
Party. </font></span></p>
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color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"><font size="3"> </font></span></p>
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0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"
class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';
color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"><font size="3">Progressive Youth front
mobilized over 100 youth from one area
of Lahore and National Student Federation also mobilized their
members. Women Workers Help Line (WWHL) and Labour Education
Foundation worked very hard to mobilize those in their
outreach. The activists and leaders National Trade Union
Federation, Pakistan For Palestine, CATDM Pakistan, Pakistan
Kissan Rabita Committee, Tehreek Istiqlal, Pakistan Trade
Unions Defense Campaign, Pakistan Institute of Secular
Studies and students of Lahore University of Management were
among others in the rally.</font></span></p>
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color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"><font size="3"> </font></span></p>
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class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';
color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"><font size="3"><em>Report by Abdul
Khaliq</em></font></span></p>
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class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"><font
size="3"><em>Focal person, CADTM-Pakistan</em></font></span><br>
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