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- ↑ "Observations made by employers' and workers' organizations of Pakistan". International Labour Organization. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- Duncan Brown; 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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