Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) - Pakistan (Ratification: 1960)

With reference to its observation, the Committee notes that the Government’s report contains no reply to its previous direct request. It hopes that the next report will include full information on the following matters raised in its previous direct request:

  Article 1(c) and (d) of the Convention.  In its earlier comments, the Committee referred to section 62A of the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969, under which an individual may be arrested by a police officer for contravening section 46A(3) of the Ordinance which provides for the offence of illegal strike and asked the Government to indicate the practical effect of these provisions and to specify what charges and penalties an individual may face once arrested. The Government stated in its previous report that the requisite information was being prepared and a detailed reply would be submitted to the ILO in due course. The Committee reiterates its hope that such information will be supplied by the Government in its next report.

The Committee also requests the Government once again to provide a copy of the Public Safety Act, 1960.