Government plans to send 1 million Pakistanis abroad for employment.

The federal government has planned to send around one million skilled citizens abroad for employment by August this year.

This was stated by Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Sajid Hussain Turi while talking to the media after inspecting the Overseas Pakistani Foundation’s Facilitation Desk and other facilities at Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar.

The Minister said South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Romania, Portugal, Malta among other countries have shown keen interest in hiring services of Pakistanis.

He said one window facilitation desk will be established at Bacha Khan airport for redressal of complaints of overseas Pakistanis.