18,000 highly educated, 3,795 doctors, 5,946 engineers, 5,659 accountants, 11,000 managers, nurses, and others included
Muhammad Azhar, Daily Dawn, Dawn TV Report
Islamabad: The number of Pakistanis going abroad for work is continuously increasing, last year, 762,000 Pakistanis went abroad, including 18,000 highly educated and trained doctors, engineers, managers, nurses, and computer analysts.
The Bureau of Immigration has released the details of Pakistanis going abroad, according to which 762,499 Pakistanis went abroad for work last year, 35,000 more Pakistanis went abroad last year compared to the year 2024.
Saudi Arabia issued the most work visas. Saudi Arabia issued 78,000 more visas this year than last year. The highest number of 530,000 Pakistanis went to Saudi Arabia for work.
The UAE issued work visas to 52,664 Pakistanis. 68,376 Pakistanis went to Qatar, more than 37,000 to Bahrain, 9,375 to Oman, and 6,590 to Kuwait for work.
Similarly, 3,609 Pakistanis went to Malaysia on work visas, 2,230 to China, more than 6,000 Pakistanis went to Iraq on work visas, 4,355 to Britain, 5,288 Pakistanis went to Turkey, and 1,000 Pakistanis went to the United States on work visas.
In total, Pakistanis went to more than 54 countries for work last year.
Which professions went abroad?
Last year, 762,499 Pakistanis who went abroad included 18,352 highly educated and 13,657 highly trained Pakistanis. Among those who went abroad, 222,171 trained and 466,000 untrained Pakistanis were also included.
Among the highly educated people, 3,795 were doctors, 5,946 engineers, 5,659 accountants, 11,000 Pakistani managers, 1,600 nurses, and 1,500 computer analysts were included.
Similarly, 1,725 teachers, more than 14,000 supervisors, and more than 6,000 operators went abroad.
Of these 700,000 people, 465,000 were Pakistani laborers, and 163,000 were drivers.
Which province sent the most people?
According to provincial data, 393,000 Pakistanis from Punjab, 227,000 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 58,733 from Sindh, 5,000 from Balochistan, 27,500 from Azad Kashmir, 39,500 from the tribal areas, 8,000 from the federal capital, and 1,600 from the northern areas went abroad for work.
It should be noted that in 2023, more than 862,000 Pakistanis went abroad in search of work. In 2024, this number decreased by 15 percent, and more than 700,000 Pakistanis went abroad for jobs. However, in 2025, this number increased by 35,000 people.
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