World Punjabi Congress (WPC) would hold the 11th World Punjabi Conference in Delhi in the end of October this year, while 'Peace Melas' would be organised from November 2004 to March 2005 in Haryana, Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Lucknow.
Fakhar Zaman, WPC chairman, disclosed this in a press conference here on Saturday. According to him, around 500 delegates from all over Pakistan including intellectuals, writers, poets, artists, painters and journalists would participate in Punjabi moot.
In order to decentralise WPC, 21 wings, representing people from all fields have been established, with the aim of promoting Punjabi language, its culture, progressivism and peace in the region, he said, adding these wings would conduct functions one in every month.
"WPC would open its offices in all the 34 districts of the province, so that they could spread its message at the grassroots level," he added.
He said that they have also decided to open WPC membership from August 1 and the admission fee would be around Rs 2000 per annum. WPC has also published a book containing the proceedings of the Lahore Conference 2001.
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