Efforts afoot to activate MoC with Japan for workforce export: Overseas ministry.

ISLAMABAD -- Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (OP and HRD) has stepped up its efforts to send Pakistani skilled workforce to Japan by activating the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) signed between the two countries last month.

'We have held a meeting with the Japanese government at the counselor-level to operationalize the MoC at the earliest," a senior officer in the OP and HRD ministry told reporter.

He said the overseas ministry had shared proposals and put some questions before the Japanese authorities in the meeting took place last week.

The proposed actions included establishment of Japanese language testing facility, skill development of Pakistani workers as per Japanese requirement and provision of the Overseas Employment Promoters list to Japan, he added.

He said the MoC signed with Japan would open up new avenues for Pakistanis to work in 14 Japanese sectors including construction, information technology, nursing, manufacturing, engineering and others.

Japan was facing serious shortage of workers at the moment due to aging society and shrinking population, he pointed out.

He said the MoC with Japan would be...