Guidelines for Exporting Manpower in Pakistan

Abstract

An increase of 1.5 million workers in the workforce every year would only be an added advantage to Pakistan if they can all secure employment. This seems like a remote possibility
considering the country’s economic, politi cal and investment climate. The present state of
lawlessness refl ects that youth have adopted a path of anarchy to sustain themselves. A soluti
on to this problem is imperati ve. Nature has created a balance in demographic distributi on
such that as there are regions with populati on explosion, so there are regions with shrinking
populati on. Our survival lies in identi fying countries where workforce dilemma exists and
fabricati ng a workforce in line with their requirements. Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis must
assume a proacti ve role of preparing guidelines for labor exports and guide other ministries
to chart plans to materialize this strategy. Remitt ances from Pakistanis abroad have been the
main stay of of its economic stability however; its use is yet to be opti mized. It is, therefore,
essenti al for the economy to move from low value occupati ons to higher end occupati ons. This
long-term strategy is realisti c subject to cooperati on among all stakeholders.