Karachi, Jan. 11 -- Trade union leaders in Pakistan have claimed that one of their younger collegues, Iqbal Abro has gone missing from the Korangi Industrial Area and alleged that he was abducted by the local police upon the request of influential industrialists as per local media.

Abro had stood against forced retrenchment at an industrial unit, officials and activists said in a report by the Dawn news outlet.

Local police of the Korangi district have, however, denied that they have detained Abro.

A protest demonstration was held outside Karachi Press Club. The protest was organised upon the request of the National Trade Union Federation Pakistan (NTUF-P)

The participants, including women, carried portraits of Abro, and demanded his ...