ISLAMABAD – Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry onThursday hoped that two million Pakistanis will go abroad for employment inthe next two years.
In a tweet, he claimed that Pakistan sent more than 1.1 workers todifferent countries in three years of the PTI government despite theCovid-19 pandemic.
As per the statistics shared by the minister, Saudi Arabia is the toprecipient of Pakistani workers as 56,9870 people went to the kingdom forvarious jobs during the last three years, followed by UAE with 27,1775Pakistani expats.
The UK received 1,943 Pakistan workers, Qatar 53,692 and Oman 61, 423during the said period.
In total, Pakistan sent 1,026,640 workers abroad in the last three years.
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According to the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis, the country has surpassedBangladesh and India in manpower export as it sent 224,705 workers todifferent countries for various jobs in 2020.
In a statement in July, the ministry said Bangladesh exporter 217,699workers abroad and India 94,145 for employment purposes in the last threeyears.
