South Korea has agreed to consider inclusion of Pakistan in the list of 'source countries' for import of manpower, and to increase the quota of Pakistani workers. Talking to newspersons here on Monday, Labour Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said that in the past South Korea had been importing Pakistani manpower under two programs--Industrial Training Programme, and Work Permit Programme.
He said that Pakistan had been exporting manpower under Industrial Trainee programme for the last several years and, at the moment, there are 3,946 workers in South Korea.
Sarwar said he had held meeting with his South Korean counterpart, Kim Dae Hwan, during his state visit, and added that South Korean government was considering to abolish the current Industrial Trainee Programme completely and replacing it with Work Permit Programme.
He said that he had also met Kim Jae II, Executive Auditor of Construction Association of Korea, Kim Young Duk, Executive Policy Support Bureau of CAK, Park Young Jun, President of Korean Institute of Construction Technology Education and Kim Yong Gu, Chairman, Korean Federation of Small and Medium Businesses to explore job opportunities for Pakistani workers.
He said that Foreign Workforce Policy Committee would review and include additional countries eligible for exporting manpower under the Work Permit Programme some time by the end of this year, or at the end of first quarter of next year.
He said that after abolishing this Industrial Trainee Programme and placing Pakistan in the 'source country' list, the government would be able to export its manpower under Work Permit Programme with enhanced quota.
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