Overview
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed Pakistani embassies to step up identification and transmission of verified overseas job openings at a review meeting on Monday.
- He ordered full digitisation of the Protectorate of Emigrants to speed up paperwork and reduce delays for workers seeking jobs abroad.
- Officials told the meeting that about 800,000 young people are registered on the UNICEF-backed Digital Youth Hub and that missions will post vacancy details and qualification requirements there.
- The PM instructed the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis, NAVTTC and the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme to scale vocational skills, foreign-language training and internationally recognised certifications and to align Pakistani credentials with destination-country standards.
- Officials were asked to produce performance reports and proposals for 'Country of Destination Centres', and the announcements are managerial directives whose practical impact will depend on embassy follow-through and employer uptake abroad.