Curbing unemployment: New push to find overseas jobs for Pakistan’s jobless
In a bid to curb unemployment in the country, the government has decided to give fillip to efforts for export of human resources to Arab states and European countries.
While the administration is busy evolving a policy on human resources, foreign missions are being engaged in the process, whereas the ministry of foreign affairs has been asked to submit its response regarding the issue, an official told The Express Tribune.
Unemployment isn’t just claiming innocent lives, but it is also forcing people to resort to desperate measures (often petty crime) to feed their families.
While the government remains concerned about the growing rate of unemployment in the country, overseas employment agents complain that Pakistani embassies abroad are very “non-cooperative” in the matter.
The human resource development (HRD) ministry will approach countries such as Australia and Canada, the official said, adding that delegations from the ministry have already visited Turkey, Kuwait and China to broaden the employment base.
The HRD ministry has been directed to devise a policy taking all stakeholders into confidence. “The stakeholders include overseas employment agents, airlines, Foreign Office and the ministry itself,” the official said, adding that extensive deliberations would also be carried out after holding conferences on the subject.
The ministry of foreign affairs and Pakistani ambassadors always try their best to explore job opportunities and facilitate overseas employment promoters, Foreign Office Spokesperson Tehmina Janjua said, adding however, that there are times when educated individuals are offered very low paying jobs, but Pakistani embassies are busy exploring new avenues for the youth.
Federal minister for HRD Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain is taking a keen interest in the promotion of exporting manpower and in emerging international markets, HRD Joint Secretary Amna Imran Khan said while talking to The Express Tribune.
A series of meetings have been planned with various stakeholders to explore new ways and means to enhance job opportunities abroad for potential emigrants, Khan said.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 18th, 2011.
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@Menon: Its not their fault, as this is the mindset of weak Govt and its People too. Everything within the Nation, which claims to nuclear Power, however lacks basic first in terms of education, social care, security,stability,law & order to name the few! Hence they blame rest of the world for their self inflicted wounds and their ego is as high as Himaliyas too !!!
Who wants them? China, no China has couple of billion people. North Korea, no, they don’t have any $.
US and the West, unlikely to get through any time soon.
Middle East, they have enough Pakistanis already.
May be to the wilderness of Australia to work in Chinese mines as slaves.
Why do.t the idiots focus on building Pakistan and generating jobs in Pakistan itself instead of promoting slavery.
Before some smart arse calls me an Indian Slave in the US, shall I point out I am Natural Born US citizen and of Indian heritage.
Nations normally try to generate employment within their borders via economic development, foreign investments and building large scale infrastructure projects to encourage industries, but in Pakistan they focus on sending their labour force overseas!!!! Rest assure that at present all the nations are focusing on their own local unemployment problems rather than importing labour !!!