ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iraq have agreed to finalize the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which is aimed at ensuring a legal and risk-free migration of Pakistani manpower to Iraq, Pakistan’s state-run media reported on Friday.
The developments were agreed upon in a meeting between Zulfiqar Bukhari, Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, and Iraqi Labor Minister Dr. Basim Abdul Zaman Majeed Al Rubaie, in Baghdad, on Thursday.
Bukhari also met the Iraqi President Barham Salih, at his office in Baghdad, on Wednesday.
“Pakistani labor force in Iraq came under discussion,” Pakistan’s Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development said in a statement after the meeting.
Bukhari apprised Salih of the fact that Pakistan seeks an increase in its labor force in Iraq based on the development activities in the country.
“The meeting included the agenda of importing more Pakistani skilled and non-skilled manpower to Iraq. Zulfikar Bukhari said that the economic potential of Iraq is not to be underestimated,” the statement read.
“There is a positive response being received from Gulf countries for the import of skilled and non-skilled manpower from Pakistan,” the statement added, quoting Bukhari.
Pakistan and Iraq agree on measures for safe migration of manpower
Pakistan and Iraq agree on measures for safe migration of manpower
- PM Khan’s special assistant visited the Arab country this week
- Islamabad actively seeking an increase in its labor force in Baghdad
Pakistan expresses solidarity with Canada as school shooting claims 9 lives
- At least 9 dead, 27 wounded in shooting incident at secondary school, residence in British Columbia on Tuesday
- Officials say the shooter was found dead with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after the incident
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday expressed solidarity with Canada as a high school shooting incident in a British Columbia town left at least nine dead, more than 20 others injured.
Six people were found at the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School while a seventh died on the way to the hospital, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said in a statement on Tuesday. Two other people were found dead at a home that police believe is connected to the shooting at the school. A total of 27 people were wounded in the attack.
In an initial emergency alert, police described the suspect as a “female in a dress with brown hair,” with officials saying she was found dead with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
“Saddened by the tragic shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia,” Sharif wrote on social media platform X.
He conveyed his condolences to the families of the victims, wishing a swift recovery to those injured in the attack.
“Pakistan stands in solidarity with the people and Government of Canada in this difficult time,” he added.
Canadian police have not yet released any information about the age of the shooter or the victims.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he was “devastated” by the violence, announcing he had suspended plans to travel to the Munich Security Conference on Wednesday.
While mass shootings are rare in Canada, last April, a vehicle attack that targeted a Filipino cultural festival in Vancouver killed 11 people.
British Columbia Premier David Eby called the latest violence “unimaginable.”
Nina Krieger, British Columbia’s minister of public safety, described it as one of the “worst mass shootings” in Canada’s history.
