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Awami Workers' Party عوامی ورکرز پارٹی | |
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| Abbreviation | AWP |
| President | Akhtar Hussain[1] |
| General Secretary | Bakhshal Thalho |
| Deputy General Secretary | Aasim Sajjad Akhtar |
| Education Secretary | Hamza Virk |
| Finance Secretary | Zahid Pervaiz |
| Information Secretary | Farman Ali |
| Founded | November 11, 2012 |
| Merger of | Labour Party Pakistan Workers Party Pakistan Awami Party Pakistan[2] |
| Headquarters | Karachi |
| Ideology | Democratic socialism Progressivism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Left Democratic Front |
| Colors | Red, White |
| Senate | 0 / 104
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| National Assembly | Assembly dissolved |
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The Awami Workers Party (Urdu: عوامی ورکرز پارٹی) is a left-wing socialist political party[3][4] in Pakistan.[5] The party seeks to unify the struggles of workers, peasants, students, women and ethnic and religious minorities in Pakistan under the banner of a democratic and socialist political system. After the death of the AWP's founding leader Fanoos Gujjar in 2018,[6] Senior Vice President Yousuf Mustikhan became its president.[7] but after the death of Yousuf Mustikhan in September 2022,[8] Akhtar Hussain[9] was elected as president.
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