[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.

Abid Hassan Minto was elected as president,[14] Fanoos Gujjar as chairman and Farooq Tariq as general secretary.

[23] Akhun Bhai contested the by polls in place of Baba Jan.[24] In the 2018 Pakistani general election, AWP received 35,870 votes.

[25] In July, 2018, at the Karachi Press Club, secretary general, advocate Akhtar Hussain, and senior vice president Yousuf Mustikhan, issued the party’s 10-point agenda as their manifesto.

[40][41] On February 18, 2019, AWP filed a petition[42][43] in Islamabad High Court (IHC) against censorship of its website by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).

[50][51][52] He died on December 1, 2018, due to cardiac arrest in his native village Riyal, Union Council Batala, district Buner.

[54] Baba Jan (former vice-president AWP and currently a member of the Federal Committee)[55] was sentenced to 71 years in jail along with 14 people by the Gilgit-Baltistan courts; they were tried for charges of terrorism for inciting public against the state during the Aliabad incident.

The party has been one of the only groups actively defending against demolition and eviction of informal housing residents from state machinery especially the CDA.