ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (OP&HRD) will resume exporting skilled workers to Kuwait, state-run media reported on Monday, after the Gulf country lifted a 19-year visa ban on Islamabad earlier this year. 

In May, Kuwait officially lifted its long-standing visa ban on Pakistani nationals, allowing the resumption of work, family, business and tourist visas. Kuwait had stopped issuing visas to citizens of Pakistan, Iran, Syria and Afghanistan, citing difficult security conditions in the countries.

Thousands of Pakistanis every year travel abroad for jobs in Gulf countries, Europe, the United States and other nations. The remittances sent by Pakistani citizens employed abroad is crucial for the South Asian country to shore up its foreign reserves, especially as it grapples with a prolonged economic crisis. 

“Overseas Employment Corporation, an attached department of the Ministry of OP&HRD, would export skilled workers to the State of Kuwait after a long time,” the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported. “Pakistan has been sending its skilled workers to Kuwait.”

The state media said there were vacancies for the post of a warehouse supervisor, whose maximum age can be 35, and has diploma or a bachelor’s degree and must be fluent in English, in Kuwait. APP said applicants should possess strong customer service skills and have experience working in retail warehouses or logistics companies.

Jobs for the posts of warehouse coordinator, warehouseman, carpenter, and unskilled workers, assistant furniture and drivers were also available, the state-run media said. It said the deadline for the submission of documents by applicants is Aug. 15, 2025.

Pakistan, which enjoys cordial relations with Kuwait and cooperation in several sectors, established diplomatic relations with the Gulf country in October 1963.