On 1 May 1999, the Awami Jamhoori Party, Pakistan Socialist Party and a faction of Pakistan National Party (led by Baloch leader Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo) formed the National Workers Party (NWP http://www.nwp-pk.org/index.html). Abid Hassan Minto

Abid Hassan Minto

Abid Hassan Minto aka Abid Minto is a constitutional expert and senior lawyer of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He is also a literary critic and a leftwing civic and political leader...

 was elected its first President and holds the office to date by election.

Together with the Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party

Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party

The Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party is a political party in Pakistan formed in 1995 through the unification of the Communist Party of Pakistan and the Mazdoor Kissan Party .-History:...

 (CMKP), it is one of the two current major communist political formations/parties in Pakistan. For a history of the communist movement in Pakistan, see Communist Party of Pakistan

Communist Party of Pakistan

The Communist Party of Pakistan is a communist party affiliated with Communist Party of the Russia. Before the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the party had long association and ties with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ....

.

The party is currently in the process of merging with the Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party

Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party

The Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party is a political party in Pakistan formed in 1995 through the unification of the Communist Party of Pakistan and the Mazdoor Kissan Party .-History:...

 and the Labour Party Pakistan

Labour Party Pakistan

The Labour Party Pakistan is a political party, claiming a membership of 7.300 in 2009, which originates from the Trotskyist tradition. Its founders were students in the Netherlands who came into contact with the Committee for a Workers International and were recruited to that body in 1980...

.

Alliances

The NWP is a part of the All Pakistan Democratic Movement (APDM) and the Awami Jamhoori Tehreek (AJT) at present.