ISLAMABAD – As many as one million Pakistanis would go abroad for work thisyear amid deepening economic crisis faced by the country.
Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Sajid Hussain Turi confirmed during aconversation with a TV channel that the government would send one millionPakistanis abroad for seeking employment this year.
“Saudi authorities will be visiting Pakistan soon to issue work permitvisas and new agreements are being signed with 50 other countries,including Germany, Greece, and Romania,” he added.
The minister was of the view that Pakistani citizens who pass the technicaltraining test will be eligible to get Saudi visas.
The minister detailed that Japan has recently started issuing visas forskilled Pakistani workers while South Korea also needs 10,000 Pakistaniskilled workers and plans to recruit them soon.
It bears mentioning that Pakistani citizens are increasingly looking foroptions to move abroad due to multiple reasons with primary reason beingthe sky-rocketing inflation amid political chaos.
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Recently, the Consumer price inflation in Pakistan jumped to a record35.37% in March from a year earlier according to official figures promptingmore and more Pakistani citizens to look for side income sources or to moveabroad and look for oppurtunities.
There has been an increase in applicants for passport which is a necessarytravel document and a fake news regarding increase in price of passportresulted in thousands of people rushing to the passport office.
Although the details on country wise work visas has not been disclosedofficially, there are multiple options available to Pakistanis includingthe new Oppurtunity Card being offered by Germany to workers from outsidethe country. The country is gearing up to reform its immigration plan tostreamline the process and welcome workers as it faces a shortage of fourhundred thousand workers each year, impacting its industry.
