Labour Party Pakistan

The Labour Party Pakistan is a political party, claiming a membership of 7.300 in 2009, which originates from the Trotskyist tradition. Its founders were students in the Netherlands who came into contact with the Committee for a Workers International and were recruited to that body in 1980. They returned to Pakistan in 1986 and began carrying out entry work in the Pakistan Peoples Party as The Struggle. From 1991 some members split from The Struggle and operated as an open group and in 1995 they became the Jeddojuh Inqilabi Tehrik (JIT) or Struggle Revolutionary Movement. This was in opposition to the advice of the CWI. This was with a membership of 70 militants which grew to 740 by 1997 when the LPP was launched. The LPP was expelled from the CWI after accepting funds from NGOs.

The rest of The Struggle is now a section of the International Marxist Tendency.

The LPP is close to groupings such as the Scottish Socialist Party and the International Socialist Organisation in the United States. In March 2005, it obtained permanent observer status in the reunified Fourth International[1].

The party is led by its 30-years old chairman Nisar Shah. The General Secretary is Farooq Tariq.

The party is currently in the process of merging with the Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party and the National Workers Party.

Supporters of the party publish a weekly paper in Urdu, Mazdoor Jeddojuhd, with English translations of recent articles.

External links

• Labour Party Pakistan's official website
• Mazdoor Jeddojuhd Weekly magazine produced by party supporters