Mapping Labour Unions in Pakistan The Federation enjoys good relations with Muttahedda Labour Federation. However, it categorically has differences with PWF. It works closely with the Labour Education Foundation that it describes as a supporter. The President of the Federation has also served as a member of the Workers Welfare Board’s governing body for three years. Address: House Number 122, Labour Colony Takht Bhai, Tehsil Takht Bhai, District Mardan- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 3.13. Muttahida Labour Federation The Muttahida Labour Federation was established, constituting a merger of some local/regional federations in 1988. The MLF has a total of 141,000 members in Pakistan in the textile, food, engineering sectors. The geographical concentration of members is mainly from Karachi, Hyderabad, Lahore, Gujranwala, Sheikhpura, Chiniot, Multan, Jehlem, Faisalabad. The Head office of the Federation is in Karachi, while it has provincial headquarters in Quetta, Hyderabad, Lahore and Peshawar. Local offices are located in Multan, Jehlem, Jauharabad, Mandi Bahuddin. The MLF considers Sindh as its stronghold as it observes declining trends in unionisation in Punjab. The MLF describes itself as having a progressive ideology with the aim of working for the working class, promoting pro-workers legislation and social and political empowerment of workers. They describe their strengths as their strong internal structures and progressive ideology. In terms of weaknesses, MLF describes an absence of new leadership and funds shortage as its weakness. The Federation also works with civil society and trade union allies such as PILER, HRCP and South Asia Partnership(SAP) Pakistan. At the regional level, they also work with South Asia Labour Forum. They are also a part of the Pakistan Workers Confederation(Awan group). 3.14. National Labour Council This is an initiative led by PILER to bring trade unions on one platform. Currently, veteran trade union leader Karamat Ali is serving as the Secretary of the NLC and Mr. Abdul Latif Nizamani of WAPDA Hydro Union is the Convenor of NLC. 47