PESHAWAR
\nMany youth of Pakistan wanted to establish their careers in the country while score other tried their luck abroad for a better future.
\nKhurshid Alam (28), a resident of Amankot village of Nowshera district, who served in construction industry for 12 years left for Saudi Arabia eying for a prosperous future for his family.
\nBefore his departure to the holy land, Khurshid said that Saudia Arabia was his favourite country in term for better wages to labourers and would got an opportunity to perform Umra there,\u201d said the motivated Khurshid while tears rolling down over his face while separating from his family at Bacha Khan Intl Airport.
\nConsidering Saudia Arabia like his second home, he said that his work visa and village fellows would help him to secure a better job quickly.
\nAkhtar Ali, a car painter of Pabbi Nowshera district took advantage of the Govt goal oriented overseas employment policies and joined his company at UAE last month after obtaining visa.
\n\u201cI have joined my duties and was thankful to the Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Sajid Hussain Tori for socioeconomic empowerment of youth,\u201d he told APP.
\nSince the collation government took over in April last year, has sent nearly one million skilled and semi skilled Pakistanis to 16 different countries for employment.
\nFederal Minister for Overeas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Sajid Husain Tori said the government has sent Pakistanis abroad for employment after signing proper MoUs and agreements with 16 foreign countries to ensure their jobs security and dignified stay there.
\nHe told APP after presiding over seperate meetings of officers and focal persons at regional office of the Overeas Pakistan Foundation (OPF) here today.
\n\u201cPeople are not go by themselves abroad rather being sent to these foreign countries under proper visas and work permits as per MoU to ensure their jobs security and dignified stay in these states,\u201d he said. He said MoUs with more countries were under consideration.
\nSajid Tori said travelling abroad through illegal means should be discouraged as such negative practices were not only inflicting financial losses but also causes great difficulty to immigrants besides tarnishing the country\u2019s image overseas.
\nThe Minister said vocational education and professional training was imperative for sustainable progress and devolopment of the country.
\n\u201cWithout quality education and vocational training to youth, the country\u2019s devolopment seemed difficult and collective efforts was required to promote technical education in all areas of Pakistan,\u201d he said.
\nThe Federal Minister said that efforts was being made to provide rights to labourers associated with mines and mineral sector in line of the standard of the International Labour Organization.
\nSajid Hussain Tori directed the concerned authorities to address problems of the shortage of staff and provide all basic facilities to OPF schools.
\nEarlier, the Minister was informed that 114 complaints out of 151 complaints received by OPF Regional Office has been addressed. Most of these complaints were related to land and law and order issues.
\nUnderscoring the need of spreading awareness among people regarding importance of role of overseas Pakistanis in the country\u2019s devolopment, the Minister said shortage of staff at OPF schools would be addressed.
\nOPF schools at North Waziristan and South Waziristan districts would be opened.
\nThe four years long pending funds cases have been cleared due to cooperation of the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development.
\nAs many as Rs794.86 million education scholarship to 3399 students, Rs122.8 million for marriage grants and Rs73.7 million death grant to 130 people have been provided during 2022-23.
\nAfter recommendations of the commitee, one lakh journalists were being brought under jourisduction of EOBI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR Many youth of Pakistan wanted to establish their careers in the country while score other tried their luck abroad for a better future. Khurshid Alam (28), a resident of Amankot village of Nowshera district, who served in construction industry for 12 years left for Saudi Arabia eying for a prosperous future for his family. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-344129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n