Pakistan

Pakistan has been as important and active Member State of the ILO since its inception in 1947. Pakistan's Government, Employers' and Workers' representative have been elected Members of the ILO Governing Body repeatedly over the years. The ILO Office was established in Pakistan in 1970 which was first located in Karachi and later shifted to Islamabad when it became capital of the country. Before that, the ILO had a Correspondence Office in Karachi with an ILO National Correspondent.

Pakistan has ratified 35 ILO Conventions (of which two are denounced automatically). All eight fundamental conventions have been ratified by Pakistan. The ILO and the Ministry of Labour, Manpower, and Overseas Pakistanis work closely towards the effectuation of ratified conventions at the national level. ILO also works in close collaboration with its social partners (workers and employers organizations) towards attaining its decent work objectives.

In addition to its tripartite constituents, ILO being a sister agency of the United Nations system, seeks to work in complimentarily with the objectives of the United National Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) and the MDGs. ILO also proactively engages with international donors and the development Banks in Pakistan, particularly to inform the processes of their country assistance programmes.

Given that ILO promotes its integrated, unified and holistic Decent Work Agenda together with its tripartite constituents, over 2004, the Pakistan Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) was formulated through extensive national and provincial consultation. The DWCP (2005) being a shared vision of government, workers, employers and ILO set out country objectives and priorities that will guide ILO's work and its tripartite constituents' efforts over the next four years.

• Capital: Islamabad
• Land Area: 803,940 sq km
• Population: 162,419,946 (July 2005 est.)
• GDP/PPP(a) 2005:374,313 (millions of international dollars)(b)
  Source:
  (a) PPP is purchasing power parity; an international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP as a U.S. dollar has in the United States.
  (b) World Development Indicators database, World Bank, 1 July 2006

Governments / Institutions

• Ministry of Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis
  B Block, Pakistan Secretariat
  Islamabad
  Pakistan
  Tel: (92 51) 920 2919, 921 3686
  Fax: (92 51) 920 3462
  Email:
  Website:
  Secretary: Mr. Malik Asif Hayat

Employers' Organizations

• Employers' Federation of Pakistan (EFP)
  State Life Building No. 2
  Wallace Road
  Off. I.I. Chundrigar Road
  Karachi, Pakistan
  Tel: (92 21) 2411049, 2412708 and 2439346
  Fax: (92 21) 2439347
  Email:elpak@cyber.net.pk
  Website:
  Président (Governing Body Member): Mr. Ashraf W. Tabani
  

Workers Organizations

• Pakistan Workers' Federation (PWF)
  Bakhtiar Labour Hall
  28, Nisbat Road
  Lahore, Pakistan
  Tel: (92 42) 722 2192 and 722 9419
  Fax: (92 42) 723 9529
  Email: pwf@brain.net.pk
  General Secretary (Governing Body Member) : Mr. Khurshid Ahmed
  President : Mr. Chaudhary Talib Nawaz
  Chairman : Mr. Mohammad Ahmed
  
  Deputy Secretary General : Mr. Zahoor Awan
  3/62, Union Plaza Bank Road
  Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  Tel: (92 51) 552 0137
  Fax: (92 51) 551 7425
  Email: apfol@isb.paknet.com.pk