{"id":116097,"date":"2026-06-22T20:02:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T15:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=116097"},"modified":"2026-06-22T20:02:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T15:02:04","slug":"saudi-arabia-announces-400000-jobs-for-pakistanis-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/saudi-arabia-announces-400000-jobs-for-pakistanis-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia announces 400,000 jobs for Pakistanis workers"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan <\/span>gears <\/span>up <\/span>to <\/span>send <\/span>thousands <\/span>for <\/span>World <\/span>Cup <\/span>2034 <\/span>construction. <\/span>A <\/span>strategy <\/span>aimed <\/span>at <\/span>sending <\/span>approximately <\/span>300,000 <\/span>to <\/span>400,000 <\/span>skilled <\/span>workers <\/span>for <\/span>infrastructure <\/span>projects <\/span>in <\/span>Saudi <\/span>Arabia <\/span>related <\/span>to <\/span>the <\/span>FIFA <\/span>World <\/span>Cup <\/span><\/a>2034 <\/span>is <\/span>on <\/span>the <\/span>cards, <\/span>aiming <\/span>to <\/span>open <\/span>up <\/span>new <\/span>opportunities <\/span>abroad <\/span>for <\/span>the <\/span>country\u2019s <\/span>laborers, <\/span>according <\/span>to <\/span>planning <\/span>documents.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>plan <\/span>by <\/span>Pakistan’s <\/span>labor <\/span>workforce <\/span>strategy <\/span>document <\/span>includes <\/span>deploying <\/span>individuals <\/span>to <\/span>build <\/span>projects <\/span>related <\/span>to <\/span>the <\/span>2034 <\/span>Saudi <\/span>Arabian <\/span>World <\/span>Cup <\/span>as <\/span>part <\/span>of <\/span>its <\/span>ambitious <\/span>Vision <\/span>2030 <\/span>agenda, <\/span>starting <\/span>in <\/span>2026 <\/span>until <\/span>the <\/span>event <\/span>is <\/span>hosted, <\/span>said <\/span>officials <\/span>with <\/span>knowledge <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>planning <\/span>process.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Pakistani <\/span>nationals <\/span>are <\/span>most <\/span>likely <\/span>to <\/span>benefit <\/span>in <\/span>a <\/span>variety <\/span>of <\/span>fields, including construction<\/span>, <\/span>aviation, \u00a0<\/span>tourism, <\/span>infrastructure, <\/span>travel, <\/span>and, <\/span>well, <\/span>anything <\/span>relating <\/span>to the accommodation<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>services <\/span>industry.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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As <\/span>part <\/span>of <\/span>its <\/span>broad <\/span>program <\/span>to <\/span>improve <\/span>worker <\/span>capabilities and <\/span>enhance <\/span>their <\/span>globally <\/span>competitive <\/span>performance <\/span>in <\/span>numerous <\/span>jobs <\/span>outside <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>nation, <\/span>Pakistan <\/span>is <\/span>putting <\/span>focus <\/span>on <\/span>its <\/span>skills <\/span>and <\/span>talent, <\/span>in <\/span>addition <\/span>to the development of recruitment procedures<\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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For <\/span>the <\/span>duration <\/span>of <\/span>Jan-Mar <\/span>of <\/span>fiscal <\/span>year <\/span>FY26, <\/span>it’s <\/span>estimated <\/span>that <\/span>nearly <\/span>215,719 <\/span>Pakistanis <\/span>had <\/span>enrolled <\/span>themselves <\/span>in <\/span>soft <\/span>skills <\/span>development <\/span>programs <\/span>for <\/span>enhanced <\/span>overall <\/span>flexibility <\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>workplace, <\/span>performance, and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>their <\/span>eligibility <\/span>for <\/span>jobs <\/span>internationally.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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More <\/span>than <\/span>762,499 <\/span>workers <\/span>have <\/span>recently <\/span>been <\/span>officially <\/span>enlisted <\/span>by <\/span>Pakistan\u2019s <\/span>immigration <\/span>bureaucracy <\/span>this <\/span>past <\/span>year <\/span>for <\/span>jobs <\/span>internationally, <\/span>while <\/span>some <\/span>15 <\/span>million <\/span>Pakistanis <\/span>have <\/span>departed <\/span>since <\/span>1972. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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In <\/span>excess <\/span>of <\/span>ninety-six <\/span>percent <\/span>of <\/span>Pakistan\u2019s <\/span>migrant <\/span>workforce <\/span>heads <\/span>out <\/span>to <\/span>Gulf-area <\/span>nations <\/span>( <\/span>GCC <\/span>countries <\/span>and <\/span>even <\/span>most <\/span>significantly <\/span>to <\/span>countries such as the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>United <\/span>Arab <\/span>Republic <\/span>& <\/span>Saudi <\/span>Arabia), <\/span>an <\/span>official <\/span>figures <\/span>declaration <\/span>disclosed.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Within the year 2025<\/span>, <\/span>Saudi <\/span>Arabia <\/span>remained <\/span>the <\/span>favorite <\/span>destination <\/span>for <\/span>emigrants <\/span>from <\/span>Pakistan <\/span>since <\/span>530,256 <\/span>had <\/span>journeyed <\/span>to <\/span>the <\/span>kingdom <\/span>for <\/span>employment <\/span>reasons, <\/span>nearly <\/span>70 <\/span>percent <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>workforce <\/span>in <\/span>that <\/span>given <\/span>year, <\/span>it <\/span>said. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Already, <\/span>Saudi <\/span>Arabia\u2019s <\/span>\u201cVision <\/span>2030\u201d <\/span>plan <\/span>has <\/span>driven <\/span>increased <\/span>need <\/span>for <\/span>international <\/span>labor <\/span>for <\/span>construction, <\/span>infrastructure <\/span>development, <\/span>hospitality, and facilities<\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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This <\/span>coming <\/span>FIFA <\/span>Cup\u2019s setting promises<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>additional <\/span>economic <\/span>boom <\/span>and <\/span>even <\/span>building <\/span>action <\/span>that <\/span>requires <\/span>large <\/span>amounts <\/span>of <\/span>labour. <\/span><\/span>Pakistan <\/span>also <\/span>looks <\/span>to <\/span>modernize <\/span>emigration <\/span>with <\/span>digitisation <\/span>and <\/span>even <\/span>smarter <\/span>recruitment, <\/span>hoping <\/span>to <\/span>boost <\/span>job <\/span>openings <\/span>and <\/span>also <\/span>remit <\/span>revenue <\/span>coming <\/span>home.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan gears up to send thousands for World Cup 2034 construction. A strategy aimed at sending approximately 300,000 to 400,000 skilled workers for infrastructure projects in Saudi Arabia related to the FIFA World Cup 2034 is on the cards, aiming to open up new opportunities abroad for the country\u2019s laborers, according to planning documents. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":28205,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[427,24640],"class_list":["post-116097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-jobs-in-saudi-arabia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116098,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116097\/revisions\/116098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}