ISLAMABAD, Jan 1 (APP):Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states still remain top-destination for Pakistani emigrants as half a million people opted for these countries to get employment in multiple sectors during the last year. The data, compiled by Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment (BEOE), indicated that 539, 976 Pakistani workforce proceeded to GCC member countries in 2019, constituting some 95 per cent of the total outgoing manpower which is 563,018. Among the Gulf countries, Saudi Arabia alone imported 294,156 Pakistanis as compared to 100,910 in 2018, registering a marked growth of 191 per cent in previous year. The United Arab Emirates employed 195,241 Pakistani manpower, followed by Oman 26,062, Qatar 17,413, Bahrain 6,988 and 116 by Kuwait. Overall, the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (OP&HRD) has facilitated 563,018 Pakistanis to get jobs in different countries, witnessing a massive increase of 47 per cent in 2019 as compared to 2018 when only 382,439 went abroad for overseas employment in various trades. Rubbishing some reports circulating in some media sections that a large number of qualified youth left Pakistan due to unemployment, an official source in the OP&HRD ministry said the total number of emigrants who got foreign … Continue reading GCC countries remains top-destination for Pakistani workers in 2019