by - Iftikhar Ahmad & Raja Faiz-ul Hassan Faiz early 16 years after the 18th Constitutional Amendment devolved the subject of labour to the provinces, Sindh continues to administer three…
by - Iftikhar Ahmad & Sobia Mir For every hundred rupees a Pakistani man earns, a woman takes home just seventy-five. That stark number, a gender pay gap of 25…
by - Iftikhar Ahmad & Raja Faiz-ul Hassan Faiz Pakistan is growing old before it grows rich. The Population Census 2023 shows that around 6 percent of the population (more…
by - Iftikhar Ahmad & Raja Faiz-ul Hassan Faiz If you work in Pakistan today, on a farm or a construction site (unless it is government or big corporate construction),…
by - Iftikhar Ahmad & Raja Faiz-ul Hassan Faiz Pakistan is the fifth most populous country in the world, having a population of 241 million, of which around 61 percent…
by - Iftikhar Ahmad he 2024 Labour Rights Index, launched on the World Day for Decent Work (October 7), presents a promising outlook. It’s a testament to the progress being made…
by - Iftikhar Ahmad & Raja Faiz-ul Hassan Faiz Pakistan’s provinces have a number of fragmented labour laws. Many of those are out-of-date and contradictory. For example, there are about…
Pakistan has 68.75 million workers. More than half of the working-age population does not join the labour force due to one of the lowest female labour force participation rates in…
Pakistan is home to millions of microenterprises that employ less than ten workers each. Microenterprises employ nearly 45 percent of the employed labour force or 81 percent of Pakistan’s non-agricultural…
More than 100 years ago, the International Labor Organization adopted the Maternity Protection Convention 1919 (No 3) suggesting 12 weeks of paid maternity leave, free healthcare during and after pregnancy,…