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Pakistan: Imm. head wants to produce more skilled workers for export

Bureau of Immigration Director-General Muhammad Ummer Morio has said that the number of Pakistanis working abroad could be substantially increased by producing more skilled manpower in the country.

He was speaking at a reception in his honour hosted by the FPCCI Standing Committee on Aviation, Chairman Muhammad Yahya Polani and Pakistan Overseas Employment Promoters Association (POEPA) Chairman Hanif Rinch.

He said that the government is taking all possible measures to widen the existing network of private establishments involved in manpower training in the country. He said that about 0.43 million Pakistanis were provided overseas jobs by the Bureau in 2008.
He said that tenders for three new projects worth $800 million had been offered by Saudi Arabia and hoped that this would open new vistas of employment for Pakistanis.


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