Tag: Kuwait

  • Kuwait lifts ban on visas for Pakistani citizens after a decade

    Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Sunday announced that Kuwait will resume different visas for Pakistani citizens after a 10-year pause. Sheikh Rashid met Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah during his one-day visit to Kuwait.

    Kuwaiti Interior Minister Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah and Pakistan’s Ambassador to Kuwait Syed Sajjad Haider were also present during the meeting.

    “It has been decided to immediately restore family and business visas between Pakistan and Kuwait,” wrote the interior minister in a tweet.

    He said that the restoration of work visa will create new employment opportunities for Pakistanis, and it would also boost trade between the two countries.

    Kuwait imposed a ban on the issuance of visas to Pakistani citizens in 2011.

    During the visit he also gave the Kuwaiti premier a special letter from Prime Minister Imran Khan.

  • KYA BOLA? (Aug 20): PML-N govt’s finance minister all-praise for PTI to Kuwait running out of money

    KYA BOLA? (Aug 20): PML-N govt’s finance minister all-praise for PTI to Kuwait running out of money

    Following are some snippets that stood out from Urdu newspapers on August 20, 2020, which The Current takes no responsibility for.

    PML-N Govt’s Finance Minister All-Praise For PTI

    It has been reported by Daily Jang that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former finance minister Miftah Ismail has said, “Hukoomat ne Ehsaas Programme mein ghareebo ko paisay diye… iski tareef krta hun.”

    ‘Hukoomat Aur Yeh Saal’

    It was reported by Daily Dunya that Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed has said, “Nawaz Sharif deal kr k gaye… mazeed siyasatdaan andar janay walay hain. Teesra saal hukoomat k liye imtahan ka saal hoga… agar pichlay saalo ki tarha yeh saal bhi aisay guzar gya to phir buhat barray masail paida ho jayeingay.”

    Kuwait Running Out Of Money

    It was reported by Daily Dunya that Kuwait’s Finance Minister Barak Ali Al-Shaytan has warned the parliament that only two million dinars remain in the country’s treasury and no money will be available to pay government employee’s salaries after October.

  • Employment opportunities for Pakistani doctors, nurses and paramedics in Kuwait under new agreement

    Kuwait has signed a government-to-government bilateral framework agreement with Pakistan to hire its healthcare professionals on a regular basis, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (OP&HRD) Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari has said.

    “We [have] signed an agreement with the government of Kuwait to send an increased number of Pakistani doctors, nurses and paramedics to work there,” Bukhari tweeted.

    He also expressed gratitude to the government of Kuwait for recruiting Pakistani medical professionals on a priority basis. “I thank our Kuwaiti brothers for preferring Pakistani healthcare professionals. This is a big step towards bringing our two great countries further closer,” the SAPM said.

    He also shared the news release of Pakistan’s Embassy in Kuwait, which confirmed the development.

    According to the release, the agreement was signed by Kuwaiti Undersecretary Ministry of Health Dr Mustafa Ridha and Pakistani Ambassador Syed Sajjad Haider on behalf of Overseas Employment Corporation (OEC) at the Ministry of Health of Kuwait.

    The cooperation agreement would institutionalise the recruitment of healthcare professionals from Pakistan for Kuwait on a regular basis as per the requirements of Kuwait’s Ministry of Health.

    Meanwhile, Kuwait’s International Health Relations Department Director Dr Rehab Al Watyan was quoted by Kuwait’s state news agency as saying that the agreement would enhance cooperation between the medical community of Pakistan and Kuwait and “would provide an opportunity to benefit from their experiences in dealing with disasters and epidemics, and to address the COVID-19 epidemic”.