Overseas employment: South Korea increases Pakistan’s quota

ISLAMABAD: South Korea has increased the quota of Pakistani workers from next year while Overseas Employment Corporation has sent around 5,500 people to Korea since 2008 and the process is still continuing, according to an official source. “Pakistani workers in South Korea are earning a handsome salary per month and next year 1,100 to 1,400 more workers will be sent there,” he said, adding Pakistan had also asked the Human Resource Development Department of South Korea to give an opportunity to the labourers in areas like fisheries, agriculture and construction. The UAE has also demanded huge manpower from Pakistan for the World Expo 2020 including skilled and unskilled labour. The government of Qatar has asked for workers from Pakistan for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 8^th,  2015.

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