Overseas Pakistani workers to be included in pension scheme

Islamabad - The government is set to materialise a plan to ensure overseas workers' inclusion in the scheme.

Overseas Pakistani workers will start getting pension in future, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari, has said.
The government is set to materialise a plan to ensure their inclusion in the Employees' Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) pension scheme.
"It is the first time in the history of Pakistan that a government will be launching a pension scheme for Pakistani expats under the EOBI pension fund," Bukhari told the Standing Committee of National Assembly on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development.
The informal labour of the country would also be included in the plan.
"It will be a major breakthrough as we are moving towards the national pension fund which will cover domestic labourers, brick kiln workers, freelance journalists and others," he maintained while highlighting the government's social security initiatives for the overseas Pakistanis and the country's workers.

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