KARACHI A lively and thought-provoking discussion on “Building a Progressive Consensus in Pakistan” was held at the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), Clifton Campus, Karachi on Saturday (February 2). A good number of students, youth, political activists, academics and media persons of the city attended the discussion that was organised…
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AWP grieved over loss of 8 lives in Quetta church attack
Islamabad, Dec 17 (PR): The Awami Workers Party (AWP) expresses deep sorrow over the loss of eight lives in a twin suicide attack on a church at Quetta reportedly by the Islamic State terrorist group. According to media reports two suicide bombers attacked Bethel Memorial Methodist Church when Sunday services had just started, exploding a…
AWP for firm action against extremists, end to siege of IDPs camps in Bakkakhel
ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The Awami Workers Party (AWP) has expressed deep concern at the recent wave of religious extremism and resurgence of fascist forces in Pakistan. The party criticised the government and security agencies’ inaction against these regressive forces. The resurgence of the Taliban in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) under the garb of “peace committee” that has…
AWP condemns Capt Safdar’s verbal attack on Ahmadis
Islamabad, Oct 11: The Awami Workers Party (AWP) has condemned in the strongest possible terms the unprovoked verbal attack on the long-persecuted Ahmadi community by the ruling PML-N legislator and former premier Nawaz Sharif’s son-in-law Capt (Retd) Safdar in the National Assembly on Tuesday. The party demanded the government to issue an official apology in this…
Adieu Comrade Naeem Shakir — a revolutionary and friend of the working class
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…
Ghulam Dastagir for soul searching, continuous struggle to make AWP a political alternative
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…
AWP asks UN, regional govts to take notice of Rohingyas’ persecution
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…
AWP slams US war-centric strategy for Afghanistan, S.Asia
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…
I-11 Abadi razing anniversary: Two years on, displaced residents yearning for justice
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…
AWP for continuity of democratic process, across-the-board accountability & abolition of article 62, 63
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…