One million Pakistanis to be sent abroad for employment: Sajid Tori
PESHAWAR (APP): Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Sajid Hussain Turi here Wednesday said that federal government has planned to send around one million skilled Pakistanis abroad for employment by August this year.
He expressed these views while talking to media persons after inspecting the Overseas Pakistani Foundation’s Facilitation Desk and other facilities at Bacha Khan International Airport here for them.
The Minister said that sixteen countries including South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Romania, Portugal and Malta have shown keen interest in hiring services of Pakistanis’ manpower.
He said Memorandum of Understanding was being signed with many of these countries to send one million skilled workforce and youth there by August this year. Since April last year, he said six lac Pakistanis were sent abroad for employment.
Sajid Tori said the government was committed to provide relief to overseas Pakistani and opening of one window OPF facilitation desk at Bacha Khan airport having representatives of 13 departments including PIA, NADRA, Immigration and Passport, Ministry of Religious Affairs, Customs, ANF, Bureau of Immigration and Oversees Employment, ASF, Overseas Employment Corporation, CAA and Overseas Pakistanis Foundation was aimed to provide best services and quickly address complaints of oversees Pakistanis.
He said a joint scanning mechanism would be introduced at airports for which interior and anti narcotics ministries would be approached to further facilitate overseas Pakistanis. He added that out of 2,100 complaints of the expatriate Pakistanis, over 1,700 were addressed and work on resolution of other issues was underway that would soon be resolved.
The government was well aware of problems of overseas Pakistanis related to power of attorney for bringing investment and land disputes and a summary would be moved soon to federal cabinet for adaptation of inclusive mechanism to decide such cases in sixty days.
Sajid Tori said MOU would be shortly signed for allocation of five percent quota in public sector universities for children of overseas Pakistanis, adding the government would also provide financial support in the shape of payment of fees to facilitate children of overseas Pakistani studying in foreign universities through Higher Education Commission.
He said the government was well aware of the housing issues and hinted at providing plots and keys of houses to overseas Pakistanis on merit on March 23. Terming Imran Khan’s Jails Bharo Movement was a political gimmick, he said that such uncalled for movement had never succeeded in our country’s history. He expressed the hope that Imran Khan would shun politics of negativity, confrontation and stubbornness and end their illogical movement forthwith that was already rejected by masses.
He said that PTI leadership started jail bharo movement in a bid to divert people’s attention after Imran Khan failed to deliver in its nearly four years rule. He said Imran Khan was trying to please his dissident workers and leaders after they were unnerved over his irrational decision about dissolving the KP and Punjab assemblies.
Earlier, the minister inspected the one window desk of the OPF and directed representatives of all 13 different departments to provide speedy services and swiftly resolve complaints of overseas Pakistanis.
