The Workers Party Pakistan ( ur, ورکرز پارٹی پاکستان ) was a left-wing political party in

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

formed in March, 2010 by the merger of National Workers Party Pakistan, Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party, Peoples Rights Movement Pakistan, Awami Mazdoor Anjuman and Watan Dost Mazdoor Federation.

Formation

To link the national and international progressive movements and to establish a democratic order in which elitist class can not dominate the politics and economy of the country, five progressive, democratic political parties along with different regional groups of trade unionists, intellectuals and youth decided to form the Workers Party Pakistan on March 21, 2010. Abid Hassan Minto was elected as president and Akhtar Hussain as general secretary.

Political struggle

After its formation, Workers Party Pakistan kept raising the voice on issues like foreign debt, release of political prisoners, gun violence and human rights violation, fair electoral system and privatization of public utilities.

Merger

Workers Party Pakistan (WPP) existed from March, 2010 to November, 2012. On November 11, 2012, the Workers Party Pakistan merged with two other left-wing parties,

Labour Party Pakistan The Labour Party Pakistan ( ur, لیبر پارٹی پاکستان, LPP) was a far-left political party and a leading labor union, closely allying associating with Fourth International. It claimed membership of 7,300 members in 2009. It origin ...

and Awami Party Pakistan to form Awami Workers Party.

Notable members

* Chaudhry Fateh Muhammad (1923-2020) * Abid Hassan Minto (previously from National Workers Party (NWP) * Sufi Abdul Khaliq Baluch *

Yousuf Mustikhan Yousuf Mustikhan ( ur, یوسف مستی خان; 16 July 1948 – 29 September 2022) was a Pakistani politician who was the president of the Awami Workers Party. Early life and education Mustikhan was born in Karachi, Pakistan, on 16 July 1948 ...

(previously from National Workers Party) * Akhtar Hussain * Zahoor Khan (previously from Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party (CMKP) *

Ismat Shahjahan Ismat Raza Shahjahan (Pashto/Urdu: عصمت رضا شاہ جہان; b. May 6, 1963) is a socialist-feminist political leader from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. She is the president of Women Democratic Front (WDF), the deputy general-secretary of t ...

* Aasim Sajjad Akhtar (previously from People's Rights Movement (PRM)

References

{{Reflist Awami Workers Party Far-left politics in Pakistan Secularism in Pakistan Socialist parties in Pakistan