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The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It must therefore repeat its previous observation which read as follows:

Article 3 of the Convention. In its previous comments, the Committee had asked the Government to amend or repeal section 374(a) to (c) of the Penal Code and section 82 of Ordinance No. 159 of 1964 which prohibit the right to strike by public employees under threat of imprisonment. The Committee had noted from a Government’s previous report that the Department of Labour was undertaking a complete revision of existing labour legislation and that it was considering requesting ILO technical assistance in this regard. The Committee trusts that the necessary measures will be taken in the near future to bring the abovementioned provisions of the legislation into conformity with the principle of freedom of association and requests the Government to indicate, in its next report, the progress made in this regard.

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.