PAKISTAN
This federation was formed in 2005 as a result of merger of three leading national level federations. PWF attained its registration in the same year. One constituent federation of this newly merged federation, namely, All Pakistan Federation of Labour (APFOL) came into being in 1948, soon after independence. Other constituent federations of PWF, namely, All Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions (APFTU) and Pakistan National Federation of Trade Unions (PNFTU) were formed in the sixties. Therefore, in terms of period spent in servicing workers, PWF is the oldest federation of the country. It is an independent and non-political organization. The affiliated unions of this federation represent workers from various sectors of the economy including water and power, telecommunication, irrigation, textile, garments, leather, transport, gas, engineering, local bodies, banking, insurance, media, newspaper hawkers, mines, minerals, Development Authorities, works departments, sports & surgical goods, fertilizer, automobile, sugar, cement, chemicals, pharmaceutical, hotels, and metals etc. The total staff and volunteers looking after day-to–day affairs of the federation at its head office and the eight regional branches counts 32 people. It has a representative character in all the four provinces of Pakistan. At the international level, this federation is affiliated with International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). The current leadership comprises of Waqar Ahmed Memon, General Secretary who is serving the trade union movement for 45 years and the current president Ch Nasim Iqbal had a long experience of working in trade union of about 40 years. Razam Khan who is the chairman of the federation currently is also leader of the Government printing Press Workers Union of the Government of KPK.
