Leaders of AWP, other parties have condemned the brutal murder of Professor Naeemuddin Khattak, a progressive academic in broad daylight in Peshawar and expressed solidarity with his family. The noted teacher was shot dead by unknown assailants on October 5 while he was leaving for home from his college. A delegation of the Awami Workers…
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AWP welcomes the formation of PDM
Party leadership calls for prioritizing pro-people demands and movements The Awami Workers Party (AWP) welcomes the formation of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PMD) as a much-needed response from mainstream political parties to the current ruling regime’s increasing recourse to political repression, including the dastardly practice of enforced disappearances, gagging of independent voices in the media and…
AWP condemns the rising anti-Shia rhetoric, calls for protection of minority sects
Party demands an end to the patronage of sectarian militants Press release The Awami Workers Party (AWP) condemns in the strongest possible terms the ongoing anti-Shia rhetoric and calls on the state apparatus to immediately stop the venomous campaign from escalating. For the past couple of weeks, big cities like Islamabad and Karachi have witnessed…
AWP condemns abduction of journalist Matiullah Jan, demands his immediate recovery
Islamabad: The Awami Workers Party condemns abduction of Matiullah Jan, an upright and outspoken journalist, in broad daylight from outside a school in Islamabad. The AWP leadership is deeply concerned at increasing incidents of abduction of political and human rights activists, journalists. We see this incident as part of the growing assault on freedom of…
عوامی ورکرز پارٹی سندھ کے نوجوان رہنماء شفقت ملک کو فورا بر آمد کیا جائے
چوہدری فتح محمد پاکستان میں کسانوں، مزدوروں اور محکوم طبقات کی تحریکوں کے سالار تھے
AWP mourns passing of two veteran leaders of peasants, trade union movements
Party will observe two-day mourning, pays homage to Choudhry Fateh Muhammad and Yusuf Baloch The Awami Workers Party (AWP) announces with profound grief and sorrow the passing of Choudhry Fateh Muhammad, a veteran peasant and socialist leader and founding president of the party’s Punjab chapter. The party also expresses grief over the passing of trade…
AWP condemns killing of Baloch journalist after abduction in Sweden
Press Release The Awami Workers Party (AWP) condemns in the strongest possible terms the killing of Sajid Hussain Baloch in Sweden, a country considered to be a safer place, which boasts of rule of law, but which regrettably failed in its promise to protect Sajid. Sajid Hussain Baloch, the editor of Balochistan Times, a news…
AWP expresses solidarity with Ali Wazir on his cousin’s death
Press Release The Awami Workers Party (AWP) expresses grief over the death of Arif Wazir, cousin of MNA Ali Wazir after a targeted gun attack in Wana. Arif Wazir was shot by “unknown” gunmen in the head and neck. He was shifted to PMIS in Islamabad on Thursday. But he died after multiple surgeries at…