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ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: Federal Minister for Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis, Owais Ahmad Ghani, has said the government would resolve problems of Overseas Employment Promoters on priority basis.
The minister said this while talking to Khyber Group of Overseas Employment Promoters, Peshawar Zone, which called on him here on Saturday.
The delegation apprised the minister of their problems and demanded prompt action by the government to resolve them.
Ghani assured them that their problems would be resoled soon.
Overseas Employment Promoters are the backbone of the national economy as they earn a lot of foreign exchange and provide employment abroad, the minister added.
He, however, called upon them to do their business according to the rules and regulations of the respective countries.
MANPOWER EXPORT: The Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment and overseas employment promoters registered 14,088 persons during August showing an increase of 26.44 per cent as compared to the corresponding period last year.
The BEOE officials hoped that the government would achieve the target of registering 150,000 persons by the end of the year.
“It is expected that export of manpower will improve in future and about 150,000 Pakistani workers will be able to get overseas employment during the year 2002,” the officials said.
The BEOE has advised the intending migrant workers to get before their departure a copy of the foreign service agreement duly registered with the protector of emigrant’s office with copies of power of attorney and demand letter from their overseas employment promoters.
They may also obtain the receipt of amount paid to the overseas employment promoters, otherwise the complaints lodged later will not be entertained.
Also, the officials have warned those desirous of foreign employment to be careful about the illegal agents and sub-agents who deprived the innocent persons of their money under the pretext of providing employment to them in a foreign country.—APP
