Govt. overseas employment policy bring joy on faces of KP’s youth
Chitral Times Report
PESHAWAR (APP): Many youth of Pakistan wanted to establish their careers in the country while score other tried their luck abroad for a better future.
Khurshid Alam (28), a resident of Amankot village of Nowshera district, who served in construction industry for 12 years left for Saudi Arabia eying for a prosperous future for his family.
Before his departure to the holy land, Khurshid said that Saudia Arabia was his favourite country in term for better wages to labourers and would got an opportunity to perform Umra there,” said the motivated Khurshid while tears rolling down over his face while separating from his family at Bacha Khan Intl Airport.
Considering Saudia Arabia like his second home, he said that his work visa and village fellows would help him to secure a better job quickly.
Akhtar Ali, a car painter of Pabbi Nowshera district took advantage of the Govt goal oriented overseas employment policies and joined his company at UAE last month after obtaining visa.
“I have joined my duties and was thankful to the Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Sajid Hussain Tori for socioeconomic empowerment of youth,” he told APP.
Since the collation government took over in April last year, has sent nearly one million skilled and semi skilled Pakistanis to 16 different countries for employment.
Federal Minister for Overeas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Sajid Husain Tori said the government has sent Pakistanis abroad for employment after signing proper MoUs and agreements with 16 foreign countries to ensure their jobs security and dignified stay there.
He told APP after presiding over seperate meetings of officers and focal persons at regional office of the Overeas Pakistan Foundation (OPF) here today.
“People are not go by themselves abroad rather being sent to these foreign countries under proper visas and work permits as per MoU to ensure their jobs security and dignified stay in these states,” he said. He said MoUs with more countries were under consideration.
Sajid Tori said travelling abroad through illegal means should be discouraged as such negative practices were not only inflicting financial losses but also causes great difficulty to immigrants besides tarnishing the country’s image overseas.
The Minister said vocational education and professional training was imperative for sustainable progress and devolopment of the country.
“Without quality education and vocational training to youth, the country’s devolopment seemed difficult and collective efforts was required to promote technical education in all areas of Pakistan,” he said.
The Federal Minister said that efforts was being made to provide rights to labourers associated with mines and mineral sector in line of the standard of the International Labour Organization.
Sajid Hussain Tori directed the concerned authorities to address problems of the shortage of staff and provide all basic facilities to OPF schools.
Earlier, the Minister was informed that 114 complaints out of 151 complaints received by OPF Regional Office has been addressed. Most of these complaints were related to land and law and order issues.
Underscoring the need of spreading awareness among people regarding importance of role of overseas Pakistanis in the country’s devolopment, the Minister said shortage of staff at OPF schools would be addressed.
OPF schools at North Waziristan and South Waziristan districts would be opened.
The four years long pending funds cases have been cleared due to cooperation of the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development.
As many as Rs794.86 million education scholarship to 3399 students, Rs122.8 million for marriage grants and Rs73.7 million death grant to 130 people have been provided during 2022-23.
After recommendations of the committee, one lakh journalists were being brought under jurisdiction of EOBI.
