Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2022, published 111st ILC session (2023)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Pakistan (Ratification: 1961)

Article 2 of the Convention. Equality of opportunity and treatment in employment and occupation for minorities. Public sector.The Committee recalls its previous comments according to which the Punjab Province has been implementing a 5 per cent quota for minority members in the public sector and similar provisions were being implemented in other provinces. The Committee notes that the Government’s report does not contain any information in this regard and is therefore bound to reiterate its previous request. The Committeeasksonce again the Governmentto provide information, including statistics disaggregated by sex and minority group, on the implementation and the concrete impact of the quotas established at federal and provincial levels on the employment of non-Muslim minorities in the public sector.