Central Leadership

Over 400 delegates from all national (provincial) units elected the new leadership in the Forth Federal Congress held on April 26-27, 2025 in Lahore. The Congress elected 33 members’ Federal/ Central Committee and key leaders from all provinces/nations of Pakistan and UK. The Congress also elected 14 members’ Federal Executive Committee.

AWP Pakistan Leadership

1. President: Akhtar Hussain (Karachi, Sindh) اختر حسین

2. Senior Vice President: Javed Akhtar (Karachi, Sindh) جاويد اختر

3. Vice President: Prof. Mir Hasan Sariwal (Sindh) میر حسن سریوال

4. General Secretary: Farhat Abbas (Saraiki Waseb) فرحت عباس

5. Deputy Secretary: Yousaf Kakar (Balochistan) یوسف کاکڑ

6. Secretary Youth / Students: Ahtisham Akbar (Punjab) احتشام اکبر

7. Secretary Finance: Zahid Pervez (Punjab) زاہد پرویز

8. Secretary Information: Asar Imam (Sindh) اثر امام

9. Secretary Women: Abida Chaudhary (Punjab) عابدہ چوہدری

10. Secretary Labour: Mohammad Jamil (Sindh) محمد جمیل

11. Secretary Kisan / Harri: Iqbal Malik (Saraiki Waseb) اقبال ملک

12. Secretary Art & Culture: Dalawar Abbas (Saraiki Waseb) دلاور عباس

13. Secretary Education: Prof. Shah Jahan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) پروفیسر شاھجہان

14. Secretary International Affiars: Pervez Fateh (UK) پرویز فتح

Members Federal / Central Committee

  1. Abid Hassan Minto (Life time member as founding president) in terms of clause 3.3(i).
  2. Akhtar Hussain
  3. Javed Akhtar
  4. Mohammad Jamil
  5. Waheed Hussain
  6. Prof. Mir Hassan
  7. Rana Azam
  8. Zahid Pervez
  9. Abida Chaudhry
  10. Syed Ahtsham Akbar
  11. Malik Mohammad Iqbal
  12. Waqar Hussain
  13. Mohammad Nawaz
  14. M. Zaffar Bhatti
  15. Sher Rehman
  16. Prof. Shah Jehan
  17. Mohib-ur-Reman (alias Malka Khan)
  18. Bahri Room
  19. Sabaudin Saba
  20. Yousaf Kakar
  21. Dr. Luqman
  22. Ghafar Jamali
  23. Dr Iftikhar Mahmood (Slough, UK)
  24. Nuzhat Abbas (Oxford, UK)
  25. Pervez Fateh (Leeds, UK)

List of Members of Federal / Central Committee by virtue of their Provincial Offices as Presidents and General Secretaries in terms of clause 3.3(i) of the Constitution of AWP:

  1. Amir Hamza Virk (President, Punjab)
  2. Mohammad Azam Malik, (General Secretary, Punjab)
  3. Qazi Ali Nawaz Nizamani (President, Sindh)
  4. Asar Imam (General Secretary, Sindh)
  5. Abdullah Safi (President, Balochistan)
  6. Abdul Rahim Baloch (General Secretary, Balochistan)
  7. Haider Zaman Akhundzada (President Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
  8. Usman Ghani (alias Usman Fanoos Gujar)
  9. Maher Waqar Hussain (President, Saraiki Wasaib)
  10. Dalawar Abbas (General Secretary, Saraiki Wasaib)