MoC signed to send skilled Pakistani workers for multiple Japanese sectors.

ISLAMABAD -- Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis Secretary and Human Resource Development Aamir Hassan and Japanese Ambassador to Pakistan Kuninori Matsuda Monday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC), formally enabling Pakistani skilled workforce to enter Japan's labour market.

The signing of MoC will open new avenues for Pakistanis to work in 14 Japanese sectors including construction, information technology, nursing, manufacturing, engineering and others.

'To hire Pakistani labour, we need to sign this framework with Pakistan as Japan was facing serious shortage of workers at the moment due to aging society and shrinking population," the Japanese Ambassador sai.

He said Japan was creating new working visa regime as it expected to welcome upto 340,000 skilled workers from across the world including Pakistan.

'I always feel happy to bring good news when it comes to Japan-Pak relations but today is special as the signing of the MoC is definitely a big step in promotion of relationship between Pakistan and Japan,' the ambassador remarked.

He said this framework would not only provide job opportunities to many skilled Pakistanis but also create new vistas for robust bilateral cooperation.

Mentioning education as one of another sector where Japan would facilitate Pakistan, he said Japanese embassy in Pakistan would create a network of Japanese language programme throughout the country that would eventually help the students in pursuing their education in Japan, besides encouraging people-to- people exchanges.

Kuninori Matsuda said the framework would also provide opportunity to Japanese companies to make investments in Pakistan and vice versa.

He urged Pakistanis to learn Japanese language to get maximum employment opportunities in his country.

Secretary OP and HRD Aamir Hassan said the country, at present had sent only 1,600 Pakistani labour to Japan through Bureau of Emigration and...

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