Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 83rd ILC session (1996)

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

Article 1(c) and (d). In its previous 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 Committee noted the indication in the Government's reports covering the period 1 July 1992 to 30 June 1994 that no case had yet come to the Government's notice whereby criminal law was resorted to as a punishment for contravention of section 46A(3) of the Ordinance. The Committee requests the Government to continue supplying information on the practical application of the provisions in question and on any action taken or contemplated at an appropriate occasion, to review them with a view to ensuring the observance of the Convention.

Supply of legislation. The Committee notes the Government's repeated indication in its report that a copy of the Public Safety Act, 1960, will be supplied to the ILO.

The Committee hopes that the Government will provide it with its next report.