Securing Old Age: Reforming Pakistan's Pension Law and the EOB Bill 2026

Pakistan is growing old before it grows rich. More than 13 million Pakistanis are now aged 60 and above, yet the country’s only national old-age scheme for private-sector workers, the Employees’ Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI), actively covers fewer than 5% of the labour force and pays pensions that struggle to keep pace with inflation. For most workers, old age still means living on little more than a prayer.

The Centre for Labour Research has prepared the Employees’ Old-Age Benefits Bill 2026, a proposal to repeal and re-enact the 1976 law in line with ILO and ISSA standards. The Bill extends coverage to self-employed, platform, domestic, home-based and informal workers, recognises homemakers’ unpaid care, equalises the pensionable age, anchors a wage-linked minimum pension, and mandates a matching government contribution.

This webinar brings together policymakers, trade unions, employers, researchers and development partners to examine why reform is overdue, what the Bill proposes, and how a credible old-age protection system can be built for today’s labour market. Join us to be part of the conversation.