{"id":345412,"date":"2023-07-26T09:18:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T04:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=345412"},"modified":"2023-07-26T09:18:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T04:18:59","slug":"imran-khans-claim-1-2m-professionals-left-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/imran-khans-claim-1-2m-professionals-left-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Imran Khan\u2019s claim 1.2m professionals left Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nThe Pakistan Overseas Employment Promoters Association (POEPA) has rejected the claim about 1.2 million professionals who have gone abroad for employment in 18 months.<br \/>\nPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan claimed that 1.2 million professionals from Pakistan had gone abroad for employment in 18 months.<br \/>\nReacting to the PTI chairman\u2019s statement, POEPA expert Adnan Paracha termed it negative propaganda.<br \/>\n\u201cFor the last 40 years, professionals are being sent abroad. In two years of Covid-19, the whole world was closed. In 2020 and 2021, very few people were able to get jobs abroad due to the travel ban,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cIn the year 2022, as many as 835,000 people from Pakistan went abroad for employment. In six months of the year 2023, at least 390,000 people have left Pakistan for jobs abroad,\u201d he maintained.<br \/>\n\u201cIn the last 18 months, 900,000 people of labour and semi-scale have gone abroad for employment out of whom 300,000 have gone in the drivers\u2019 category,\u201d he stated.<br \/>\n\u201cIn the last 18 months, only 70,000 to 75,000 doctors, engineers, and paramedical staff have left Pakistan for jobs abroad. Only 70,000 to 75,000 professionals have left Pakistan in 18 months,\u201d he maintained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD The Pakistan Overseas Employment Promoters Association (POEPA) has rejected the claim about 1.2 million professionals who have gone abroad for employment in 18 months. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan claimed that 1.2 million professionals from Pakistan had gone abroad for employment in 18 months. 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