ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has sent more than 3,500 doctors and health professionals to Kuwait during the pandemic, the prime minister’s adviser on overseas Pakistanis said. Pakistan and Kuwait signed an initial agreement for 600 Pakistani medical professionals to work in the Gulf state in July 2020. After that more Pakistani health workers found employment in Kuwait. Arab News reported, “Pakistan has sent more than 3500 doctors, nurses, and technicians to Kuwait during the pandemic and 3000 more are in the pipeline, while at the same time, KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) is recruiting hundreds of medical professionals too,” the PM’s aide, Ayub Afridi said, as quoted in a statement by his office. TLTP
