Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Sajid Hussain Turi has embarked on a ten-day official visit abroad.

He will visit Switzerland, Romania, Greece and Portugal where he will meet with the authorities concerned and the Pakistani community. 

The purpose of the foreign visit is to create new employment opportunities for Pakistanis in different countries, to discuss the problems of the Pakistani community with the authorities of the respective countries and to promote bilateral relations.

He will also meet the Director General of the International Labor Organization in Geneva and discuss with him the rehabilitation and relief of the workers affected by the recent floods in Pakistan.

It should be noted that the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, with the support of ILO, has already started a cash-for-work program for the rehabilitation of flood-affected workers in Balochistan and Sindh, which will be extended to all affected areas of the country.