ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Overseas Employment Corporation (OEC) will be exporting skilled workforce comprising tradesman assistants to Saudi Arabia, Pakistani state media reported on Sunday.
These Pakistani workers, aged between 25 and 50 years, are required to hold high school certificates, diploma degrees or proof of recognized apprenticeship programs in the specific area of assignment.
This skilled Pakistani workforce would work under the Saudi Ministry of National Guard – Health Affairs, Pakistan’s state-run APP news agency reported, citing an official.
“[For high school graduates], minimum of 1 year’s position-related practical experience in the specific area of assignment [is] essential,” the report read. “[For diploma holders], no previous experience is required.”
Those who matched the requirements could apply for the positions via OEC’s website: https://oec.gov.pk, according to the report.
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have deep cultural, defense and economic ties, deeply rooted in history and religion. The Kingdom is home to over two million Pakistanis, making it the largest contributor to remittance inflows into the South Asian country.
Saudi Arabia has initiated several groundbreaking projects that are expected to significantly impact the Pakistani labor market. Rana Mujtaba, a spokesperson of the Pakistani Education and Professional Training Ministry, told Arab News in April that Islamabad was working on a new education policy to impart different technical skills to at least a million youth per annum to export trained human resource to the Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia.
Pakistan’s Overseas Employment Corporation to export skilled workforce to Saudi Arabia
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Pakistan’s Overseas Employment Corporation to export skilled workforce to Saudi Arabia
- These Pakistani workers will be required to hold high school certificates, diploma degree or proof of recognized apprenticeship program
- Saudi Arabia has lately initiated several groundbreaking projects that are expected to significantly impact the Pakistani labor market
Pakistan PM orders strategy to improve project execution as multilateral lenders propose reforms
- Shehbaz Sharif says he will personally lead a steering committee to speed up priority projects
- Four working groups proposed to streamline approvals, procurement, land issues and staffing
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed officials to draw up a detailed strategy to improve the planning and execution of development projects, saying he would personally chair a steering committee aimed at ensuring timely and transparent completion of priority schemes.
The move came during a meeting where the World Bank and Asian Development Bank presented recommendations to the government on strengthening project implementation.
According to the prime minister’s office, participants received a briefing that said project approvals involve multiple steps and need simplification, while timely procurement and better readiness tools could also help accelerate implementation.
“National projects of critical importance must be completed transparently and on time,” Sharif told officials, according to the statement. “This is our priority.”
He said the federal and provincial steering committee on development-sector reforms would be headed by him.
The statement said four working groups were also proposed during the meeting: one to review approval and preparation processes, a second to modernize procurement, a third to address land acquisition and resettlement challenges, and a fourth to focus on human-resource alignment and staff deployment for development schemes.
Sharif thanked the World Bank and Asian Development Bank for their support and said development projects must be aligned with the objectives of Pakistan’s Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) and provincial Annual Development Plans (ADPs).
The meeting was attended by senior federal ministers, provincial representatives, senior civil servants and the country directors of both multilateral lenders.
