Iftikhar Ahmad is the Global Lead—Labour Law at the WageIndicator Foundation, where he has led the work on the WageIndicator Labour Law Database since 2010 and the Labour Rights Index since its inception in 2020. He is a comparative labour law expert and the Founder of the Centre for Labour Research, Pakistan. Iftikhar has co-authored the Islamic Labour Code, which provides insights into Islam’s teaching on workers’ rights and serves as a blueprint for reforming labour laws in the Muslim countries. More recently, he was part of the team that led the efforts to consolidate and simplify labour laws in Pakistan, resulting in the drafting of the Punjab and Sindh Labour Codes, covering 80% of Pakistan’s labour force. Iftikhar obtained his Master’s from the Industrial and Labour Relations School at Cornell University, USA, as a Fulbright scholar.