Mapping Labour Unions in Pakistan The PLF works with national and international non-governmental organisations. Address: Peoples Secretariat, Near Mazar e Quaid, Karachi 3.21. Punjab Federation of Labour Unions Punjab Federation of Labour Unions has 4,160 workers from diverse industrial sectors including textile. Its geographical concentration is in Faisalabad, Multan& Sahiwal and other industrial areas of Punjab. Its head office is in Faisalabad and sub-office in Multan. The key office bearers include Chairman, Rao Mushtaq, President Aslam Wafa, and General Secretary Nadeem Parwaz. The leadership of the Federation represents diverse political ideologies including left-leaning, center and right. It describes its key agenda for wormers as organising the unorganised workers, raising the issue of unemployment and other labour issues. The Punjab Federation of Labour Unions was established by the leaders of different trade unions in Punjab. Aslam Wafa played the lead role in establishing and expanding the federation. The Federation describes its strong geographic base in Punjab and solidarity with local, national and international labour organisations as its strength. The federation, however, faces severe lack of resources and capacity constraints. An unsuitable political environment along with resource crunch lacking renders them unable to educate and mobilise workers. Address: Head Office Jamal Market, Chiniot Bazar, Faisalabad. Website: NA 3.22. Railway Workers Union(Open Line) Railway Workers Union(Open Line) is an industry-wide union with 40,000 workers as its members. It is one of the oldest unions in Pakistan. It was founded by veteran trade union leader Mirza Mohammad Ibrahim in 1948. It had many noted names including Sobho Gyanchandani and Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Manzoor Ahmed Razi is currently serving as the Chairperson of the union. Despite its strong history, the union’s strength has declined because of divisions and also because of the absence of a consistent election process. 53