The Overseas Employment Promoters (OEPs) in private sector are playing a vital role in promoting employment and in enhancing the export of our manpower.
Therefore, government should further facilitate and encourage them in their activities so that they could explore more opportunities of overseas employment for our human resource with the leading employers and contribute effectively towards strengthening the economy.
This was stated by Mian Shaukat Masud, President and Muhammad Ishtiaq Qureshi, Vice President of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry in a statement issued here on Sunday.
They said millions of Pakistani workers have got employment abroad since 1971 and more than 75 per cent to 80 per cent overseas employment has been managed by the licensed Overseas Employment Promoters, which shows their crucial role in reducing unemployment and improving lives of the people. They called for merging the Bureau of Immigration and OEC to save unnecessary expenditure and to streamline their working.