Politics

AWP express solidarity with Aurat Azadi March and re-affirms its resolve to fight against patriarchy, violence & exploitation of women

The Awami Workers Party (AWP) extends solidarity with brave women of Pakistan fighting the worst kind of patriarchy, obscurantism, extremism, repression, the militarization of politics and society. On this occasion, we commemorate all our comrades who laid their lives in the struggle for women’s liberation, equal rights, against patriarchy, oppression, and exploitation. We also remember…

AWP demands release of PTM chief, others

AWP condemns arrest of Manzoor Pashteen Press release The Awami Workers Party (AWP) condemns in the strongest words the arrest of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen and four others. “This is a violation of the fundamental rights of Pakistan’s citizens enshrined in the constitution to struggle for their rights through peacefull means and…

Call for unity of the Left, progressive forces

In a joint resolution, National Party, Awami Workers Party, Mazdoor Kissan Party, resolve to expedite alliance-building of the Left, democratic forcesLahore: Only the unity of left-progressive forces across Pakistan can liberate working people, oppressed nationalities, women and religious minorities and transform the national security state into a genuine federal, democratic, people’s welfare state. This was…

AWP expresses shock at lawyers’ vandalism, IIUI campus violence

The Awami Workers Party (AWP) has condemned in the strongest words the vandalism and violence by lawyers at a hospital resulting in the death of two patients and calls for a judicial inquiry into the incident. AWP has also expressed dismay at the incident of violence erupted at International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) campus while…

طلباء یکجہتی مارچ: عوامی ورکرز پارٹی نے طلباٰ ءو سیاسی رہنماوں، اور مشال کے والد کے خلاف بغاوت کا مقدمہ ختم کرنے کا مطالبہ کیا

ایک طرف وزیر اعظم عمران خان نے طلباء یونینوں کی بحالی اور ان کے دیگر مسائل کوحل کرنے کا وعدہ کیا ہے اور وفاقی اور صوبا ئی حکومتوں کو ہدایت کی ہے کہ وہ طلبا کے حقوق کے تحفظ اور ان کی مسائل کے فوری حل کے لئے ایک جامع حکمت عملی تشکیل دیں ، تو دوسری طرف ان کی حکومت پرامن طلباء اور دیگر شہریوں کے خلاف ایف آئی آر درج کروا رہی ہے ۔ ہم سمجھتے ہیں کہ یہ آزادی اظیار ، اختلاف رائے کی آزادی اور پرامن اجتماع اور علمی آزادی پر حملہ ہے

عوامی ورکرز پارٹی نے طلباء یونین کی بحالی کے لئے طلباء کے یکجہتی مارچ کی حمایت کا اعلان کیا

پارٹی رہنماوں کا طلبہ یونین کی بحالی اور تعلیمی نظام میں بنیادی آصلاحات کا مطالبہعوامی ورکرز پارٹی 29 نومبر کو پاکستان بھر کے شہروں میں ہونے والے طلباء یکجہتی مارچ کے لئے اپنی مکمل حمایت کا اظہار کرتی ہے۔ پارٹی طلباء انجمنوں کی فوری بحالی اور ان کے اس بنیادی حق کے مکمل تحفظ کے…

Military coup against Bolivia’s President Evo Morales

Evo Morales, the first democratically-elected indigenous president of Bolivia, in which 60% of the population is of indigenous descent, has been deposed. He was a socialist, a farmer, and an anti-imperialist. He can be faulted for trying to stay in power, but those who have come together to kick him out have not done so as a service to democracy, says AWP Punjab President Dr Asim Sajjad Akhtar in his video message. Pakistan’s experience is increasingly not exceptional! Watch the following video to understand the realities of what has just happened in Bolivia.

AWP Multan Distt elects new office-bearers at its congress

PR MULTAN: The Awami Workers Party Multan District elected its District office-bearers for the next three years at its congress held here on Friday.The delegates elected Mohammad Nawaz as president; Sabiha Ashraf, Vice-President; Comrade Muhammad Yameen, General Secretary; Shaheena Advocate, Deputy Secretary; Malik Zahoor Ahmed, Peasant Secretary; Jam Mohammad Tariq, Youth Secretary; Haji Mohammad Altaf,…