Pakistan has exported 616,816 manpower to other countries in the current year to fetch foreign exchange and strengthen the national economy, WealthPK reports.

The Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development with its attached departments including the Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment (BE&OE) and the Overseas Employment Corporation (OEC) has sent 616,816 workers abroad this year.

Talking to WealthPK, an official of the ministry said that since 1971 till date, Pakistan had sent more than 13 million workers abroad in different categories to fetch foreign exchange and help to support the national economy.

He said that Pakistan was exporting skilled and unskilled labour to more than 50 countries across the globe but mostly manpower demands were received from the middle eastern countries.

The official said that 2,480 valid licence-holder overseas employment promoters affiliated with the ministry were involved in exporting manpower abroad.

He said that the government was seeking more options abroad to export workers in technical fields to earn maximum remittances as the country lagged in the strata of technical manpower exports.

The official told WealthPK that a number of technical training centres were established across the country to train workers before exporting the manpower abroad so that they could avail better employment opportunities and wages.

Credit : Independent News Pakistan-WealthPk