"Peace Caravan receives warm welcome at Peshawar"
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 in The International News
Karachi
After a 36-hour long journey, the “Peace Caravan” reached the Peshawar railway station on Monday morning, where political workers, trade unionists and peace activists of the Pukhtunkhwa province welcomed the participants.
The Peace Caravan of civil society organisations, organised by the Pakistan Peace Coalition, started it’s journey from Karachi on Saturday evening and was joined on its way by workers, trade union leaders, members of different civil society organisations, journalists, intellectuals, writers and poets.
At the Peshawar railway station, about 100 participants of the Caravan were received by their local friends with slogans for peace. Leaders of various civil society organisations like Aman Tahrik, Sungi Development Foundation, Omar Asghar Khan Foundation, South Asia Partnership Pakistan (SAP-Pk), Muttahida Labour Federation and other local CSOs, welcomed the Caravan participants in Peshawar and said their presence has provided an emotional support to the people of the Pukhtunkhwa province.
Trade union leaders Farid Awan and Shakeel Asghar, speaking on behalf of the Peace Caravan participants, said that the people of the entire country were united against terrorism and the Peace Caravan was a proof that the people of the Pukhtunkhwa province were not alone in their difficult time.
On Monday the participants visited Mazar of Sufi saint and poet Rahman Baba. People present on the occasion welcomed them and exchanged their views about terrorism. They said despite the fact the terrorists had destroyed the shrine, a large number of people still visit it to pay homage to the spiritual leader.
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