Awami Workers Party (AWP) has rejected the recently imposed GB Order 2018 by Islamabad on Gilgit-Baltistan and considers it a move to strengthen its grip on the region and perpetuate the seventy-year colonial rule to usurp its natural resources. The party in its two-day Federal Executive Committee meeting held recently at its head offices at…
KARACHI, April 21 (PR): The Awami Workers Party (AWP) federal general secretary Akhtar Hussain Advocate has condemned the detention of party central President Fanoos Gujjar, deputy general-secretary Ismat Shajehan and Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leaders Ali Wazir, Bilal Mandokhel and others by the Punjab police. In response to the arrests of AWP and PTM leadership,…
Islamabad (Feb 19): The Awami Workers Party expresses solidarity with the people of Khwaza Khela, Swat, who have come out in protest against the humiliating and often violent treatment meted out to them by security forces at check-posts in the region. In a joint press statement, AWP Deputy Secretary Ismat Shahjahan and AWP-Pakhtunkhwa President Shahab…
Islamabad, Sept 16: Residents Alipur Farash held a protest march against lack of facilities and negligence of the civic agency. Organised by the Awami Workers Party Rawalpindi-Islamabad, the protesters largely comprised of women and children, who have been suffering due to the CDA’s negligence in providing basic amenities including sanitation facilities to the ‘Model Urban…
Islamabad, July 31 (PR): Displaced residents of a demolished Katchi Abadi in I-11 Sector, members of the Awami Workers Party (AWP), and representatives of the civil society gathered at the Sabzi mandi, the largest fruit and vegetable market of the twin cities, on Monday, to mark the second anniversary of the destruction of the informal…
SINDH: Awami Workers Party (AWP) on June 11 held a protest demonstration in front of the Tando Allahyar Press Club against a feudal lord for evicting a peasant family and not paying their dues. The protest rally was led by AWP Sindh President Bakhshal Thallo which marched on various roads and culminated at the Press…
Islamabad, May 18 (PR): The Awami Workers Party (AWP) has condemned the detention of clerks association office-bearers and political activists. The Islamabad police on Wednesday morning detained over 400 clerks and political activists who had gathered outside National Press Club (NPC). AWP senior leader Prof Shahjehan was also detained who had gathered at the NPC…
Islamabad, March 18: The Awami Workers party President Fanoos Gujjar has condemned the demolition of houses and properties of Hindu and Sikh communities in Buner. He described the move an act of state terrorism and violation of fundamental rights of the citizens to create unrest and fear among the religious minorities. In a statement here…
Press Release Awami Workers Party demonstration on occasion of the visit of Chief Minister of Gilgit Baltistan at Lahore Press Club LAHORE, Oct 20: Awami Workers Party has demanded immediate release of its leader Baba Jan and 16 other political prisoners and stop harassment of progressive and nationalist activists in Gilgit-Baltistan. This and other demands…
Islamabad, 23rd July 2015 – . The protestors were assembled under the banner of the Awami Workers Party and its front the All Pakistan Alliance for Kachi Abadis and included katchi abadi residents from H-11, I-11, I-9, F-11, G-7, G-8, G-6, H-9, F-7, F-6 and Bari Imam, among other informal settlements in the Capital. The…
