Islamabad, Oct 8: Awami Workers Party senior leader Chaudhry Naeem Shakir Advocate died of cardiac arrest in the US over the weekend. He was 73. He was suffering from prostate cancer and cardiac problem. He leaves behind a wife, son, daughter and a large number of comrades and friends to mourn his death. AWP leadership…
Islamabad, Sept 17: The Awami Workers Party senior leader Ghulam Dastagir Mahboob has urged the party leadership and cadre to live up to the ideals, remain committed to the cause of the working class, and build the party at the grassroots level. “We won’t be able to earn the trust of the people and mobilise…
Islamabad, Sept 3: The Awami Workers Party (AWP) has expressed concerned at the humanitarian disaster brewing in Myanmar’s Rakhine region. The AWP President Fanoos Gujjar in a statement on Monday condemned the killings of Rohingya ethnic Muslim minority by Myanmar security forces and torching their villages. He called upon the international human rights organizations, and…
Islamabad, Aug 27: The Awami Workers Party (AWP) has slammed the recently announced US policy for Afghanistan and South Asia, asserting that there is nothing ‘new’ about it, steeped as it is in the deeply entrenched interests of the American military establishment. “Trump’s announcement is in-fact reinforcing US war-centric foreign policy in the region and…
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…
PRESS STATEMENT Islamabad, 27th July 2017: The Supreme Court verdict on Panama-Leaks will deepen the political crisis rather than stemming the menace of corruption. The Awami Workers Party (AWP) expresses concern at the disqualification of an elected prime minister by invoking the controversial articles 62 and 63 inserted in the constitution during a military dictator…
Islamabad, June 23(PR): The Awami Workers Party (AWP) expresses grief over the loss of precious lives in terrorist attacks in Parachinar and Quetta. At least 40 people including seven policemen perished and over a hundred wounded in the twin bomb blasts in Parachinar and Quetta separately on Friday. The AWP expresses sympathies with the families…
Islamabad (PR) June 15: The Awami Workers Party’s longstanding demand for land reforms echoed in the corridors of parliament on Thursday bringing the issue to the limelight after gathering dust in the superior judiciary. Veteran socialist politician and constitutional expert Abid Hassan Minto received applaud and appreciation from the legislators for his untiring battle against…
Islamabad, May 20: The Awami Workers continues to expand its organisational presence throughout the country and abroad through its persistent struggle for the rights of the working class. As part of this struggle, the party formed its unit in Chiniot, one of the important commercial and industrial cities of Punjab. A number of activists joined the…
ISLAMABAD: The Awami Workers Party (AWP) Punjab President Asim Sajjad and Deputy secretary-general Alia Amirali, Friday condemned the arrest of the secretary-general of Anjuman Mazareen Punjab (AMP) Noor Nabi.AMP leader was arrested by security agencies from outside the district council office Okara where he had gone to attend a meeting. They demanded of the Punjab…
