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Business Recorder
21-07-2025
- Business
- Business Recorder
First half of 2025: 336,999 Pakistanis went abroad for employment: ministry
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development has preceded around 336,999 Pakistanis abroad for employment from January 1 to June 30, through the Bureau of Immigration and Overseas Employment (BIOE). The number of foreign job seekers is also increasing day by day due to the productive policies of the country as new ways of jobs opening for skilled and unskilled Pakistani workers. An official source of BIOE told APP on Sunday that since inception of the Bureau in the year 1971; more than 10 million emigrants have been provided overseas employment duly registered with the Bureau. To a question, he said that during the year 2015, the highest number of Pakistanis (946,571) proceeded abroad for the purpose of employment. He said that so far, 116,300 foreign jobs were available with BIOE Overseas employment was playing a vital role in reducing the pressure of unemployment at home, besides being a major means of earning foreign exchange in the shape of overseas workers' remittances. The Board is thus serving as the mainstay for the national economy, by providing much-needed financial outlay for debt servicing, import bills, alleviation of poverty, development projects and economic activities. The Bureau, being a regulatory body, controls, regulates, facilitates and monitors the emigration process followed by the Overseas Employment Promoters (OEPs), in the private sector, besides 'direct employment, the mode adopted by the individuals, to seek foreign employment either through their own efforts or relatives and friends living abroad. The foremost task of Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment encompass collection, compilation and tabulation of emigration data of all those Pakistanis who proceed abroad for employment purpose. In fact, the Bureau has been engaged in maintaining comprehensive statistical record of all the migrant workers since 1971, which provides basis for planning and policy formulation by the Economic Division and other interested government departments. He said that the main function of this body was to control and regulate emigration under the Emigration Ordinance, 1979 and promote Emigration of Pakistani Citizens. It was the function of the Bureau to look after the interest and welfare of the emigrants and advise the Federal Government on emigration policies and procedures, Monitoring and supervision of Overseas Employment Promoters through 7 Protectorates of Emigrants Offices, Processing of Overseas Employment Promoters (OEP) Licences Pre-departure briefing to Emigrants. Mandatory Insurance coverage to Pakistanis workers abroad and Memorandum of Understating with Foreign Countries for Export of Manpower and Management of State Life Emigrants Insurance Fund (SLEIF).
NDTV
28-06-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
Mizoram May Seize IDs Of Refugees Who Often Cross Border To And From Myanmar
Aizawl: The Mizoram government is considering confiscating the identity cards of Myanmar refugees who repeatedly cross the international border to and from the neighbouring country, an official said on Friday. During a meeting with Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary Surinder Bhagat in Aizawl on Thursday, Chief Minister Lalduhoma told him that there are many refugees, who are obedient and follow the laws, while some of them are "repeatedly crossing the border to go to Myanmar and come back to Mizoram taking advantage of the crisis in the neighbouring country". The chief minister said that these refugees often violate the country's laws, and the state government would take stringent action against them, according to the official. "The Mizoram government will take stern action against those refugees who misbehave and often violate the laws. We have been thinking of seizing Myanmar IDs from those refugees, who repeatedly cross the international border during their stay in Mizoram," the official quoted Lalduhoma as saying. The chief minister also briefed Bhagat about the state government's plan to collect biometric details of Myanmar refugees taking shelter in Mizoram. The state government is likely to begin biometric enrolment of Myanmar refugees in July, another official said. Lalduhoma had also informed Bhagat, who is also the Protector General of Emigrants, about the issue of "illegal overseas recruitment by some placement agencies in the state". He had said that the licences of such agencies have been cancelled by the state government for illegally sending youths for overseas employment. Lalduhoma had also stressed the need for obtaining prosecution sanction orders from the Protector General of Emigrants (PGE) against those fraudulent placement agencies. PGE under the Ministry of External Affairs is the authority responsible for protecting the interests of Indian workers going abroad. Bhagat urged people to exercise caution while seeking jobs abroad.
Hindustan Times
27-06-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Mizoram contemplates confiscating IDs of refugees who often cross border to and from Myanmar
Aizawl, The Mizoram government is considering confiscating the identity cards of Myanmar refugees who repeatedly cross the international border to and from the neighbouring country, an official said on Friday Mizoram contemplates confiscating IDs of refugees who often cross border to and from Myanmar During a meeting with Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary Surinder Bhagat in Aizawl on Thursday, Chief Minister Lalduhoma told him that there are many refugees, who are obedient and follow the laws, while some of them are "repeatedly crossing the border to go to Myanmar and come back to Mizoram taking advantage of the crisis in the neighbouring country". The chief minister said that these refugees often violate the country's laws, and the state government would take stringent action against them, according to the official. "The Mizoram government will take stern action against those refugees who misbehave and often violate the laws. We have been thinking of seizing Myanmar IDs from those refugees, who repeatedly cross the international border during their stay in Mizoram," the official quoted Lalduhoma as saying. The chief minister also briefed Bhagat about the state government's plan to collect biometric details of Myanmar refugees taking shelter in Mizoram. The state government is likely to begin biometric enrolment of Myanmar refugees in July, another official said. Lalduhoma had also informed Bhagat, who is also the Protector General of Emigrants, about the issue of "illegal overseas recruitment by some placement agencies in the state". He had said that the licences of such agencies have been cancelled by the state government for illegally sending youths for overseas employment. Lalduhoma had also stressed the need for obtaining prosecution sanction orders from the Protector General of Emigrants against those fraudulent placement agencies. PGE under the Ministry of External Affairs is the authority responsible for protecting the interests of Indian workers going abroad. Bhagat urged people to exercise caution while seeking jobs abroad. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
National News
02-04-2025
- Politics
- National News
Minister Rajji meets Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee
NNA - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Youssef Rajji, on Wednesday met with the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee, at the Parliament headquarters, in the presence of its Chairman, MP Fadi Alameh, and a number of Committee members. Minister Rajji briefed the committee on Lebanon's foreign policy and the role of Lebanese diplomacy in addressing challenges and entitlements on the regional and international arenas. Minister Rajji and Committee members held a frank, transparent and constructive dialogue.
National News
13-03-2025
- Politics
- National News
Rajji receives American and German officials, calls for pressure on Israel to fully withdraw from Lebanon and implement UN Resolution 1701
NNA - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Youssef Rajji, on Wednesday received US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Middle East Affairs, Natasha Franceschi, accompanied by US Ambassador to Lebanon, Lisa Johnson. The meeting reviewed the political and security developments in Lebanon, in addition to the latest developments on the Syrian scene. Minister Rajji stressed "the necessity of Israel's complete withdrawal from the Lebanese territories it occupies and the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701." He thanked the United States for its mediation to secure the release of Lebanese prisoners held by Israel, and for its assistance to the Lebanese army. Rajji also emphasized the Lebanese government's determination to implement the necessary economic, financial and administrative reforms. Separately, Minister Rajji met in his office with the Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of the Federal Republic of Germany, Niels Annen, and the accompanying delegation, in the presence of German Ambassador to Lebanon, Kurt Georg Stoeckl-Stillfried. The general situation in Lebanon and the region, in addition to bilateral relations between the two countries, were discussed. Rajji stressed that "the immediate and unconditional Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon and the implementation of UN Resolution 1701 are an urgent necessity and a fundamental factor for achieving stability," calling for "pressure on Israel to implement this." On the issue of reforms in Lebanon, Rajji said that the Lebanese government is committed to implementing them and has the determination to achieve them. =============== L.Y
