EU can benefit from skilled workforce of Pakistan Hina.

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani has said the European Union can benefit from a vast pool of skilled workforce of Pakistan by allowing legal migration.

She said this while addressing a joint press stakeout along with European Union Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs Ylva Johansson in Islamabad on Monday.

The Minister of State said Islamabad is cognizant of EU's concerns about illegal migration. She said her country has taken legislative and administrative measures to check and minimize illegal migration, which has now been completely stopped.

Hina Rabbani Khar said Pakistan and the EU had signed strategic engagements plans in 2019 under which they were agreed to work toward a broader and mutually beneficial and comprehensive dialogue on migration and mobility with clear targets and joint commitments. She said Pakistan welcomes European Union's commitment to launch a dialogue on migration and mobility next year.

The Minister of State said Pakistan minimized the possibility of illegal migration but at the same time it opened doors for legal migration of its talented pool of workforce. She said Pakistan is a clear country that has exportable surplus of human resource, which can be beneficial for the EU countries and rest of the world.

Keeping in view the shortage of manpower in EU, she said 65 percent of our population is below the age of thirty five. She said Pakistan has also established a mechanism to recruit and export manpower in many fields including IT...