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References
- ↑ Observations made by employers' and workers' organizations of Pakistan International Labour Organization (United Nations) website, Retrieved 13 April 2021
- ↑ ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.|
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