FIRST

SECOND
LABOUR
LABOUR
POLICY 1955 POLICY 1959

THIRD
LABOUR
POLICY 1969

FOURTH
FIFTH
LABOUR
LABOUR
POLICY 1972 POLICY 2002

Iskandar Mirza

Ayub Khan

Yahya Khan

Z.A Bhutto

Pervez
Musharraf

Democracy

Dictatorship

Dictatorship

Democracy

Dictatorship

Announced by:
Former labour
Minister Mr. Noor ul
Haq Choudry

Announced by: Lt.

Announced by: Air

Announced by: Z.A.

General Burkey

Marshal Noor Khan

Bhutto

Main Objective:
To encourage the
growth of genuine
and healthy trade
unions in order to
promote healthy
collective bargaining
on the part of
Labor.

Main Objective:
The growth of
healthy
trade unionism is
essential for a stable
social structure.

Main Objective:
Creating
environment in which
both the employers
and workers could
work together to
achieve greater
productivity and to
encourage the
growth of trade
unions.

Main Objective:
Socialist agenda with
certainly a prolabor manifestos
and to increase

Main Objective:
It focuses on dignity
of labour, elimination
of animosity and
antagonism by
fostering a trustrelationship between
employer employee
and promoting social
dialogue.

Goals:
1. The growth of

Goals:
1. Promotion of
healthy trade
unionism

Goals:

Goals:
1. promotion of trade
unionism, and
amelioration of the
workers' lot

Goals:
1. This labour policy

genuine and
healthy trade
unionisms.

1. Sound measures
to encourage
growth of trade
union the
introduction of the
concept of

increased labour
reforms.

Announced by: Owais

Ahmed Ghani
approved by federal
cabinet

will provide a
strong base for
future industrial
growth in the
environment of

collective
bargaining agent.

good employer

2. Raise the
standards of living
and working
conditions of workers

2. A program of
employment
information

2. Extension of the
principle of collective
bargaining to public
sector workers.

2. immediate
increase in workers'
real wages

2. promotion of
employees social
security and social
insurance programs

3. Provide social
security for all
workers

3. Suitable measures
for reducing
unemployment

3. Mechanism for
settlement of
industrial disputes

3. Introduction of

3. effecting
improvements in the
labor welfare
institutions in the
area of social
security, old age
benefits and workers
welfare

4. Ensure that
factories have proper
standing orders and
workers are in good
condition

4. Stepping up of
production

4. Strengthening

4. Increased
production

4. elimination of child
labor , and
elimination of gender
discrimination and
reinforcing gender
equality for working
women.

5. Workers Condition
should be good

5. Private industries
and organizations to
also pool their
resources in a cooperative manner to
provide for social
amenities

5. Fixation of
minimum wages for
workers in different
areas of the country.

5. Role of workers

5. legislative changes
to provide easy
access to speedy
justice

the scope of
collective
bargaining by
conferring right of
strikes on workers
and the right of
lockout on
employers.

pension scheme for

the workers.

in an enterprise the
crucial.

6. This Labour Policy

named as
paternalistic

6. This labour policy

is named as
bureaucratic and
legalistic in nature

6. This policy is
named as Bilateral
Industrial Relations

6. This policy named

as the participative
objectives between
management and
workers.

6. The labour policy

consists of two parts,
part-I: Principles,
Aims and Objectives,
part-II: Action Plan

7. The policy also

aimed at amending
the Industrial Dispute
Act, 1947 and the
Trade Union Act,
1926

7. New labor
legislations enacted
were related to:
i) the Road Transport
Workers Ordinance,
1961, ii) the
Minimum Wages
Ordinance, 1961,
iii) the
Apprenticeship
Ordinance, 1962,
iv) the Provincial
Employees' Social
Security Ordinance,
1965,
v) the Excise Duty
on Minerals Act,
1967,
vi) the West Pakistan
Industrial and
Commercial
Employment
Ordinance, 1968, and
vii) the Companies
Profits Act, 1968.

7. The policy led to

the promulgation of
the Industrial
Relations Ordinance,
1969 (IRO 69) on 23
November, 1969 and
the provision of Rs.
100 million for
workers housing.

7. Specific measures
taken related to:
i) amendments in
the Industrial
Relations Ordinance,
1969 and the West
Pakistan Industrial
and Commercial
Employment
(Standing Orders)
Ordinance, 1968, ii)
enactment of
Workers' Children
(Education)
Ordinance, 1972,
iii) the Employees
Old-Age Benefits Act,
1976, and
iv) the Employees
Cost of Living (Relief)
Act, 1973.

7. six basic laws

relating to:
i) industrial relations,
ii) conditions of
employment,
iii) payment of
wages,
iv) human resource
development (HRD),
v) occupational
safety and health,
and
vi) labor welfare and
social protection.

Conclusion
The period following

Conclusion
The government,

Conclusion
The policy, however,

Conclusion
This labour policy

Conclusion
The Policy led to the

the Policy, however,

witnessed no
concrete steps in
accomplishing its
stated objectives.

however, failed to
develop appropriate
enforcement
machinery despite
special stress on
"strict enforcement of
all the labor laws in
the policy.

did not achieve its

stated objectives and
goals; it failed
primarily because of
inadequate
enforcement.

gave many impacts

to rights of workers.

formulation of two
new national policies
with regard to labour
inspection and labour
protection, both
passed by the federal
cabinet of ministers
in 2006, but there
has been no further
progress.

Labor Market Activity of the Population (10+)

Year

1990-91
1991-92
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-00
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03

Population (M)

112.61
115.54
118.50
121.48
124.49
127.51
130.56
133.48
136.69
139.76
142.86
146.75
149.65

Activity Rate
(%)

Labor Force (M)

27.52
27.64
27.38
27.40
26.99
27.00
28.22
28.92
28.91
28.51
28.48
28.48
29.61

30.99
31.94
32.45
33.29
33.60
34.43
36.84
38.64
39.52
39.84
40.69
40.69
44.12

Employed (M)

Unemployed (M)

Unemployment Rate
(%)

29.04
30.07
30.92
31.68
31.80
32.58
34.59
36.36
37.19
36.72
37.50
37.50
40.47

1.95
1.87
1.53
1.61
1.80
1.85
2.25
2.28
2.33
3.12
3.19
3.19
3.65

6.3
5.9
4.7
4.8
5.4
5.4
6.1
5.9
5.9
7.8
7.8
7.8
8.3

2003-04
2005-06

152.53
155.37

30.41
32.21

43.74
50.08

40.38
46.94

Source: Pakistan Economics Survey 2005-06

3.36
3.10

7.7
6.2