While chairing the 8th Manpower Export Coordination committee on Wednesday in Islamabad, the Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Jawad Sohrab Malik noted that efficient execution of any policy is crucial for prompt delivery of public service.
He added that however a Policy well concieved, without its implementation it will only gather dust in the files or record rooms. The SAPM directed that all the members of the committee to brainstorm and thresh out a well concerted Roadmap for enhancing the Export level of country’s Manpower that also defines new achievable and rationalized objectives.
The roadmap should also envelope the timelines along with the expected concrete results for quick service delivery.
The SAPM asserted that it is our foremost priority to expand the reach of our manpower around the world by facilitating them with the skill set and capacity to meet the demands of the host country.
He stated that there are wide untapped opportunities available for our nursing staff and the Youth abroad. However, due to constrictions posed by the lack of technical and language skills, we could not capitalize our Human Resource to avail the opportunities abroad.
SAPM has directed the committee to eliminate all the bottlenecks and gridlocks faced by the prospective workforce adding that all the concerned line ministries to be conveyed the seriousness of Government’s purpose on the subject and there will be zero tolerance for any kind of negligence and non-conformance on their part.
The SAPM also stated that Ministry of Education and NAVTEC should take steps for enhancing the language skills of our manpower particularly in the internationally recognized languages.
He added that Pakistan has huge youth bulge that has a tremendous potential to excel in any field, we need to leverage our youth by building their capacity and skills in foreign languages and modern technologies.
