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A lifetime of struggle

A lifetime struggle

by Mushtaq Rajpar A PROMINENT voice of progressive left politics in Pakistan, Yousuf Mustikhan passed away this week at the age of 78. Head of the Awami Workers Party, he had been fighting cancer for the past few years, but that did not stop him from continuing to fight for justice for oppressed people and…

AWP supports workers’ protest demo against anti-people economic policies

The Awami Workers Party (AWP) expresses solidarity with the protest call given by All Pakistan Employees, Pensioners and Labour Movement against anti-workers policies on October 14 in Islamabad. The party endorses and extends full support to their charter of demands. The AWP which is the party of the workers, labourers, farmers, small traders, doctors, engineers,…

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…

اے ڈبلیو پی شکاگو کے شہدوں ، اور کارکنوں ، ڈاکٹروں کی جدو جہد کو خراج تحسین کے تحفظ کا مطالبہ کرتی ہے

کراچی عوامی ورکرز پارٹی شکاگو کے شہداء  کو خراج عقیدت پیش کرتی ہے ۔ پارٹی  ان تمام محنت کش مردوں ، خواتین ، نوجوانوں اور پچڑے  ہوئے لوگوں کی جدوجہد اور قربانیوں کو بھی سلام پیش کرتی ہے جنہوں نے اپنے  خون ، پسینے اور آنسوؤں سے جدید دنیا کو جنم دیا ہے ، مگر…

عوامی ورکرز پارٹی کا صحافی احفاظ الرحمن کو خراج تحسین

  پریس ریلز عوامی ورکرز پارٹی (اے ڈبلیو پی) ممتاز صحافی ، ادیب ، شاعر اور ٹریڈ  یونین رہنما احفاز الرحمن کے انتقال پر گہرے رنج و غم کا اظہار کرتی ہے۔ اے ڈبلیو پی  احفاظ الر حمن  جو ایک نامور صحافی ، مزاحمتی شاعر اور بہترین انسان  تھے کو ان کی محنت کش عوام…

AWP pays tribute to journalist Ahfazur Rahman, expresses grief over his death

The Awami Workers Party (AWP) expresses its profound grief on the passing of Ahfazur Rahman, a renowned journalist, writer, poet and trade unionist. AWP pays tribute to the journalist, the poet of resistance and finest human being for his life-long struggle for the working people, journalists, peasants and students. He was fighting against throat cancer…

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…