ISLAMABAD, Jan 19 (APP): Around 11,36,556 workers had been sent to abroad by Bureau of Emigration & Overseas Employment (BEOE) during last three years from 2019 to 2021.
Director General of BEOE Kashif Ahmed Noor told APP here on Wednesday, he said that BEOE had established in 1971 to sent the workers abroad in different countries.
He said that 6,25,203 workers sent to abroad in 2019, 2,24,705 in 2020 and 2,86,648 in 2021.
To a question he underlined that Since 1971 to 2021 around 1,16,29,014 workers exported to abroad in different categories including accountant, agriculturist, artist, blacksmith, cable jointer, carpenter, clerk/typist,
comp/analyst, cook, denter, designer, doctor, draftsman, driver, electrician, engineer, fitter, for/supervisor, goldsmith, labourer, manager, mason, mechanic, nurse, operator, painter, pharmacist, photographer, plumber, rigger, salesman, secr/stenographer, steel fixer, storekeeper, surveyor, tailor, teacher, technician, waiter/bearer, welder and others.
He said that BEOE had exported the workers in different countries including Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, South Korea, Malaysia, China, Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Brunei, Cameroon, Crotia, Cyprus, Gabon, Gen-lsland, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, U.K, USA, Uganda, West Africa, Yemen, Zambia and others.
He said that total 4,582 Overseas Employment Promoter (OEP) have registered with BEOE and having licenses to facilitate the people and send the workers abroad and adding that he said valid licenses OEP 1960, Invalid 147, expired 1561, cancelled 172 and surrendered 721.
