[1] Under the Constitution of Pakistan, labour is considered a shared responsibility of the federal and provincial governments.
Popular labor unions at that time were in Lahore Railway Workshop, led by Mirza Ibrahim, Hydro-Electric Central Labor Union, led by Bashir Bakhtiar and the Komal Flour Mill, Ganesh Khopra (Coconut) Mill in Sindh which was organized by Narain Das.
[5] Founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah was also a labour leader, he was elected President of All India Postal Staff Union in 1925.
[9] Owing to this liberation process, contractual labour was introduced which reduced bargaining power of unions.
During Pervez Musharraf period, struggle of the PTCL workers against privatization attracted many activists to form alliances.