Pakistan beats India, Bangladesh in manpower export in 2020: OPHRD

ISLAMABAD   –  Beating other regional players like Bangladesh and India in manpower export, Pakistan has emerged as ‘Manpower Export Leader’ in the region by sending around 224,705 workers to various countries for various job assignments in 2020, despite the coronavirus  pandemic.

Bangladesh sent 217,699 workers abroad and India 94,145 for employment purpose during the same period, said the OPHRD (Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development) ministry while making comparison in a tweet.

Adding to the tweet, it said, “Pakistan becomes a ‘Manpower Export Leader’ in the region despite the pandemic, leaving behind India and Bangladesh in the export of manpower in 2020.”

According to the Economic Survey of Pakistan, launched by the government last week, so far over 11.43 million Pakistanis had gone abroad for employment to more than 50 countries. It said the migration of Pakistani workers was mostly concentrated to Gulf Cooperation Council countries (96 per cent) with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates hosting the majority.

However, due to COVID-19 pandemic, overall a declining trend was observed in terms of emigrants registered in 2020 including GCC countries, it mentioned, adding Saudi Arabia (KSA) was the main destination for Pakistani workforce where more than 60 percent of emigrants proceeded followed by UAE (24 percent) and Oman (4.6percent).

Out of the total, the OPHRD ministry sent 136,339 people to the KSA, 53,676 to the UAE, 10,336 to Oman and many to the other countries during 2020.

The survey said the ministry was striving to boost export of Pakistani manpower by exploring new job markets in the world.

“A comprehensive diversification strategy has been developed for top five priority countries including Saudi Arabia, UAE, Malaysia, Qatar and Oman along with other five potential countries such as Kuwait, South Korea, Japan, Germany and China to promote the export of manpower to these countries,” it added. It expounded the OPHRD major initiatives for export of manpower to the South Korea, Japan and other countries.

Article source: https://nation.com.pk/15-Jun-2021/pakistan-beats-india-bangladesh-in-manpower-export-in-2020-ophrd