NAVTTC Chairperson Gulmina Bilal Ahmad met with Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Nasir Mansoor Qureshi, a delegation of overseas promoters, and ICCI officials to discuss obstacles to manpower export and to agree on closer coordination to improve skills training and streamline approval processes for workers heading abroad.<\/p>\n
The meeting at ICCI included Naveen representatives from NAVTTC\u2014Gulmina Bilal Ahmad, Director NSIS Suleman Mirza, and Takamol\u2019s Zeeshan Ali\u2014alongside a delegation of overseas promoters led by Faheem Iqbal, chairman of the Pakistan Overseas Employment Promoters Association, and Umar Hannan Qureshi, convener of ICCI\u2019s Export of Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis Committee. ICCI President Nasir Mansoor Qureshi and several chamber members attended the session.<\/p>\n
Gulmina Bilal Ahmad outlined NAVTTC\u2019s recent initiatives to equip young people with market-relevant technical skills and to promote women\u2019s participation in trades traditionally dominated by men. She said the Prime Minister\u2019s strong support for the national skilling agenda has accelerated these efforts and broadened their reach across the country.<\/p>\n
She also described NAVTTC\u2019s collaboration with Takamol to ensure Pakistani workers meet international employment standards, noting mandatory skill verification tests are conducted at approved centers in Pakistan to satisfy Saudi Arabia\u2019s hiring requirements. NAVTTC frames these measures as part of a broader effort to align training and certification with global labor market expectations.<\/p>\n
Representatives of overseas promoters raised several operational concerns, citing delays in approvals, burdensome procedures, and a specific request to abolish NAVTTC\u2019s trade test requirement for loaders and unloaders. They urged regulatory reforms to reduce bottlenecks and improve the ease of exporting manpower.<\/p>\n
ICCI President Nasir Mansoor Qureshi praised NAVTTC\u2019s role in transforming the technical and vocational training sector and emphasized the importance of collaboration between training authorities and the business community. He offered ICCI\u2019s full support for joint training programs, awareness sessions, and workshops aimed at increasing youth employment, empowering women, and facilitating labor mobility to markets such as Saudi Arabia and China.<\/p>\n
The meeting ended with a commitment to strengthen coordination between NAVTTC and ICCI to streamline processes, address promoters\u2019 concerns, and better prepare Pakistan\u2019s workforce for overseas employment. Other participants included Abdul Rehman Qureshi, Muhammad Talha, Noor Fatima Alvi, Saeed Khan, Zia Qureshi and Zanab Khan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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