Fidel Castro: Rich tributes paid to late Cuban revolutionary leader

ISLAMABAD: Fidel Castro was a role model who acted as a catalyst of change   in the world.

This was stated by Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani while chairing a memorial seminar on Wednesday organised to pay tribute to the late leader of the Cuban nation.

The event was organised by the Pak-Cuba Parliamentary Friendship Group.

The notable participants who attended the event included the group's president Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, Cuban ambassador Gabriel Tiel Capote, parliamentarians, and dignitaries.

"The three leading lessons of Fidel Castro's life include displaying resilience against a super power (The United States of America), safeguarding national interests, as well as ensuring the welfare of the masses," Rabbani said.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 19^th, 2017.