PAKISTAN: The trade union movement of Pakistan has vehemently condemned the government for recently promulgating Ordinance No. V, 2001, whereby the government can dismiss or send into forced retirement any government official without an enquiry.
This decree, says the Pakistan Metalworkers Federation, an IMF affiliate, is contrary to the country's constitution and against all human rights, especially the right to natural justice.
The trade unions are demanding the repeal of this Ordinance, which they call a "Black Law" in the history of Pakistan, and are asking for a complaint to be lodged with the International Labour Organisation in order to compel the government to repeal the law.