According to Japanese Ambassador to Pakistan Kinnori Matsuda, more than 500Japanese IT firms will be coming to Pakistan once the COVID-19 pandemicsubsides in order to recruit a whole bunch of skilled workers from thelocal population.
In a meeting link withSpecial Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis and HumanResource Development Zulfikar Bukhari, the Japanese envoy explained thatJapan was running out of skilled IT workers for its top companies. In fact,the country expects to face a severe shortage of 800,000 IT engineers by2030.
In this regard, the envoy informed Mr. Bukhari that Japan was lookingforward to importing Pakistani IT engineers in order to fulfill therequirements of its firms.
The meeting was followed by a video conference with the Japanese ITcompanies’ association. Officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,Ministry of Information Technology, Pakistan Software Houses Associationand embassies of both countries participated in the meeting.
The association explained that over 100 Japanese IT firms had contacted theembassy following the Pak -Japan skilled workforce agreement in theirsearch for Pakistani IT talent.
“Following the skilled workforce agreement, more than 100 major Japanese ITcompanies, including NEC Corporation, Mac, Sankyo and Orix Japan, haveapproached Pakistani embassy in Japan,” the ambassador said.
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Mr. Bukhari added that under its new vision, the Ministry of OverseasPakistanis was expanding its horizons for Pakistani manpower exports byconsidering options other than the Gulf States.
He informed the participants that the ministry was in close contact withSouth Korea, Romania, Germany, and Japan, and that sending IT engineers toJapan was its top priority for now.
“I will be making an important visit to Japan next year,” the SAPM said,adding that 2021 would mark a new beginning for Pakistan-Japan relations.
