Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993)

Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 96) - Pakistan (Ratification: 1952)

Part II of the Convention. The Committee takes note of the Government's reply to its earlier comments. The Government indicates, as in its previous reports since 1987, that draft Rules under the Fee-Charging Employment Agencies (Regulation) Act, 1976, have been formulated and circulated to the provincial governments for their comments. The Committee notes that these rules are yet to be finalized. It therefore once again expresses the hope that the Government will not fail to take the necessary measures to bring the Act into operation in the very near future in order to give legislative effect to the requirement of the Convention concerning the abolition of fee-charging employment agencies "within a limited period of time", but not "until a public employment service is established" (Article 3 of the Convention).

In its earlier comments, the Committee also noted the information supplied by the Government as regards the regulation of the "overseas employment promoters", under the Emigration Ordinance, 1979 and rules made thereunder. It asks the Government to continue to supply, in its reports, any relevant information on the fee-charging employment agencies for which exceptions are allowed under Article 5 of the Convention, as required under Article 9 of the Convention (number of agencies concerned, scope of their activities, reasons for the exceptions, supervision of their activities).

Finally, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would give a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied, in reply to point V of the report form.

[The Committee asks the Government to report in detail for the period ending 30 June 1993.]