Akhtar Hussain (lawyer)

Akhtar Hussain
اختر حسین
President of Awami Workers Party
Assumed office
2023[1]
Preceded byYousuf Mustikhan
Personal details
Born
Akhtar Hussain

(1946-02-02) 2 February 1946 (age 78)
NationalityPakistani
OccupationLawyer, Senior advocate of Supreme Court of Pakistan
Known forPresident Awami Workers Party[2]

Akhtar Hussain (Urdu:اختر حسین, born 2 February 1946) is a Pakistani lawyer, senior advocate of Supreme Court of Pakistan[3][4] and left wing political leader.[5][6] He is president of the left-wing political party, Awami Workers Party.[2] He served as the General Secretary of Awami Workers Party from 2016 to 2022.[7] He stayed member of Pakistan Bar Council for ten years from 2010 to 2020 and elected as Vice Chairman in 2012.[8] He was a member of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan for two years from 2019 to 2021.[9]

  1. ^ "List of Enlisted Political Parties" (PDF). www.ecp.gov.pk. Election Commission of Pakistan. 27 February 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Speakers call for implementation of minimum wage, labour laws". DAWN.COM. 2 May 2024.
  3. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (10 July 2018). "Awami Workers Party unveils election manifesto". DAWN.COM.
  4. ^ "JCP member Akhtar Hussain urges vote taking before 'abrupt' end to meetings". www.geo.tv.
  5. ^ "Eight-party Left Alliance demands immediate release of all political prisoners". Daily Times. 25 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Awami Workers Party presents 10-point agenda". www.thenews.com.pk.
  7. ^ "'AWP only force struggling for rights of the working class'". www.thenews.com.pk.
  8. ^ "Judges' appointment: Lawyers demand transparent mechanism". The Express Tribune. 24 February 2012.
  9. ^ "Reference against Justice Faez Isa, Justice KK Agha: PBC backs lawyers' protest on June 14". www.thenews.com.pk.