In the darkest hour of Covid-19 pandemic, unprecedented leaps in unemployment have been witnessed worldwide — and not in Pakistan alone. Overseas employment is the cherished goal of most countrymen and when some friendly country signals that it is open to welcome Pakistani workforce, it naturally mitigates the Covid-induced pain. This is precisely the case when first Qatar said jobs for Pakistanis will rise and now Kuwait has followed suit. According to media reports appearing in the first week of March, Qatar’s Consul General Mishal M Al-Ansari said that Doha has plans to increase employment opportunities for Pakistanis to over 300,000 in the coming years from the current 150,000. He noted that Dr Al-Sabah had appreciated the positive contribution of more than 100,000 expatriate Pakistanis towards the development of Kuwait.

Source: The Express Tribune March 23, 2021 03:59 UTC