Coronavirus: OEC portal registers over 28000 expats for re-employment.

ISLAMABAD -- The portal of Overseas Employment Corporation (OEC) has received an overwhelming response from the Pakistani expatriates, who have lost their overseas jobs in the wake of coronavirus pandemic.

"So far, more than 28,000 people have registered themselves on the portal for re-employment and it is expected that this number would cross 40,000 by the first week of July,' an officer of the OP and HRD ministry told reporter on Tuesday, while highlighting the advantages of portal.

The portal was recently launched by the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (OP and HRD) to provide assistance to the returning emigrants in...