National Workers Party was a Pakistani

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

. On 1 May 1999, the Awami Jamhoori Party,

Pakistan Socialist Party The Pakistan Socialist Party was a political party in Pakistan. It was formed out of the branches of the Indian Socialist Party (India), Socialist Party in the areas ceded to the new state of Pakistan. The PSP failed to make any political breakt ...

and a faction of

Pakistan National Party National Party ( ur, ) is a social-democratic, centre-left political party in Pakistan. It is one of the largest parties active in the province of Balochistan, Pakistan, along with the Balochistan National Party. It traces its legacy from the ...

(led by Baloch leader

Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo (Urdu/ Baloch: میرغوث بخش بزنجو ) was a Pakistani politician from Balochistan. He served as the 3rd Governor of Balochistan. Early life He was born in Nall Khuzdar Balochistan in either December 1917 or 191 ...

) formed the National Workers Party (NWP).

Abid Hassan Minto Abid Hassan Minto also known as Abid Minto ( ur, عابد حسن منٹو) (born 3 February 1932) is a constitutional expert and senior lawyer of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and former president of the Awami Workers Party. He is also a liter ...

was elected its first President and holds the office to date by election. The NWP was part of the

All Parties Democratic Movement The All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) was a Pakistani political alliance consisting of thirty-two parties opposed to the military rule of Pervez Musharraf. Some parties boycotted the elections. Members Its members included: * Awami National ...

(APDM) and the Awami Jamhoori Tehreek (AJT). Together with the

Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party The Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party ( ur, کمیونسٹ مزدور کسان پارٹی, ) was a minor political party in Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South ...

(CMKP) led by Sufi Abdul Khaliq, it was one of the two major communist political formations/parties in Pakistan in its time. In In February 2010, the party merged with the

, People's Rights Movement (PRM) and other left wing parties to form

Workers Party Pakistan The Workers Party Pakistan ( ur, ورکرز پارٹی پاکستان ) was a left-wing political party in Pakistan formed in March, 2010 by the merger of National Workers Party Pakistan, Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party, Peoples Rights Movement P ...

which later merged with Awami Party Pakistan and Labour Party Pakistan to form

Awami Workers Party The Awami Workers Party ( ur, عوامی ورکرز پارٹی) is a left-wing socialist political party in Pakistan. The party seeks to unify the struggles of workers, peasants, students, women and ethnic and religious minorities in Pakistan und ...

External links

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Awami Jamhooriat 2017, first socialist Urdu paper of Pakistan

References

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