ISLAMABAD, June 12: A well-known Saudi construction company has communicated to the government of Pakistan its intention of hiring 20,000 skilled workers from Pakistan for one of its projects in Jeddah.

Sajjad Anwar, general manager of the Bin Laden Group, told Mumtaz Akhtar Kahloon, chairman of the National Vocational and Technical Education Commission (Navtec), here on Saturday that his company needed 10,000 carpenters and an equal number of masons for a five star hotel being built in Jeddah.

Mr Anwar met the Navtec chairman as part of a delegation of the Pakistan Investor Forum in Saudi Arabia.

The delegation was led by Hajab Gul of the Organisation of Islamic Conference.

Mohammad Yousuf Ibrahim, another member of the delegation, said 200 skilled workers were required for his two projects in Saudi Arabia.

Mr Kahloon assured the delegation that Navtec would train the workers at its vocational and technical institutions and prepare them as per the required standardised curricula and demand, a press release said.