The All Pakistan Federation of Labour (APFOL) is a

national trade union centre A national trade union center (or national center or central) is a federation or confederation of trade unions in a country. Nearly every country in the world has a national trade union center, and many have more than one. In some regions, such a ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

. It was founded in 1951 by Rahmatullah Chaudhary.KARACHI: Labour leaders demand repeal of Industrial Relations Ordinance (IRO)-2002
Dawn (newspaper), Published 5 October 2004, Retrieved 2 March 2018 In 2004, All Pakistan Federation of Labour officeholders and other labour leaders demanded the repeal of anti-labour law, called Industrial Relations Ordinance (IRO)-2002 from the

Pakistani government The Government of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=hakúmat-e pákistán) abbreviated as GoP, is a federal government established by the Constitution of Pakistan as a constituted governing authority of the four provinces, two autonomous territories, ...

. All Pakistan Federation of Labour merged into

Pakistan Workers' Federation The Pakistan Workers' Federation (PWF) is a national trade union centre in Pakistan. It is the largest labour organisation in the country and its affiliated unions are among the oldest. The centre itself was created in 1994 through a merger of t ...

in 2005 which, in turn, is affiliated with the

International Trade Union Confederation The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); german: Internationaler Gewerkschaftsbund (IGB), link=no; es, Confederación Sindical Internacional (CSI), link=no. is the world's largest trade union federation. History The federation w ...

based in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

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.Overview of Trade Unions in Pakistan on Labour Watch Pakistan website
Published 20 April 2011, Retrieved 2 March 2018

References

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