Monthly Archives: February 2017

AWP Condemns Profiling and Humiliation of Pakhtuns in Punjab and Sindh

ISLAMABAD: The Awami Workers Party (AWP) has condemned in the strongest words harassment and massive arrests of Pakhtuns and other nationalities living in Punjab and Sindh. The party asked the Punjab and Sindh governments to stop it forthwith. The massive crackdown on labourers, pushcart owners and common people belonging to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Fata, Gilgit-Baltistan and…

AWP condemns Lahore blast, express grief over loss of 16 lives

Lahore, Feb 13: The Awami Workers Party (AWP) expresses grief over the loss of 16 lives in yet another terrorist attack in Lahore.The AWP Spokesperson Farooq Tariq in a statement here on Monday expressed heartfelt condolences to the families of those who lost their lives and those wounded in the terrorist attack. The AWP spokesperson, Farooq…

AWP for census after addressing concerns of federating units

AWP President demands implementation of SC judgment on electoral reforms Islamabad (PR): The Awami Workers Party (AWP) has asked the government to conduct census after addressing the concerns of Balochistan and Sindh; implement electoral and land reforms.   Addressing a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Friday, (Feb 3, 2017) the AWP President Fanoos…

AWP holds consultation meetings for Women’s Feminist Front in Pakhtunkhwa

    A series of consultation meetings were held by AWP in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, chaired by party deputy-secretary Ismat Shahjahan for the formation of a Feminist Women’s Front in the AWP Pakhtunkhwa chapter to drive the party’s work on women. Consultations were held in Buner, Peshawar and Mardan in which a number of women participated and…