The ILO has been asked to intervene with the government of Pakistan to secure the release of detained trade unionists in Pakistan, ..Niaz Khan, head of the ITGLWF-affiliated carpet workers union...was arrested along with thirty-three others in connection with a dispute at the Inter Wood Furniture...which allegedly used a range of tactics to destroy the recently-formed union at the plant...Niaz Khan is still in prison on trumped-up charges relating to a robbery some years ago in which he had no involvement.