ISLAMABAD: With the aim to decrease unemployment in the country, the Overseas Employment Corporation (OEC) has sent around 6,000 workers to South Korea so far since 2008.
An official source talking to APP here Tuesday said that Pakistani workers in South Korea were earning a handsome salary per month and more workers would be sent there this year. He said that Pakistan had also asked the Human Resource Development Department of South Korea to give an opportunity to the labour in the sectors like fisheries, agriculture and construction. He said illegal stay of workers in S Korea was creating problems for the other workers and urged for making strict policy in this regard.
The United Arab Emirates had also demanded the huge manpower from Pakistan for the World Expo 2020 including skilled and unskilled labour but unfortunately no progress in this regard had been made so far at this end due to the lack of cooperation with OEC, he added. The government of Qatar had also asked for labour to Pakistan for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Pakistan had sent over 2,000 medical doctor to Saudi Arabia from 2001 to 2015 and currently officials of the Health Ministry of Saudi Arabia were on visit here to select more doctors for their different hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, he added.
Every three months, Saudi Health Ministry officials visit Pakistan for the selection of medical doctors in the different specialisations.
