ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has secured a quota of 10,500 jobs in Italy over the next three years, enabling 3,500 Pakistani workers to be employed annually across sectors such as healthcare, hospitality, agriculture, and shipbreaking.

According to a state-run Press Information Department press release issued on Saturday, Pakistan has secured a quota of 10,500 jobs from Italy.

The press release said that over the next three years, 3,500 Pakistanis will travel to Italy annually for employment under seasonal and non-seasonal quotas.

This includes 1,500 Pakistanis under the seasonal quota and 2,000 under the non-seasonal quota each year.

Skilled and semi-skilled

Pakistan has been allocated job quotas for skilled and semi-skilled workers in the sectors of shipbreaking, hospitality, healthcare, and agriculture.

Opportunities will be offered in fields such as welding, technician roles, chefs, waiters, housekeeping, nursing, medical technicians, farming, and agriculture.

Italy is the first European country to allocate job quotas for Pakistan.

Working group meeting

The second meeting of the Joint Working Group between Pakistan and Italy will be held in Islamabad in February 2026, the PID press release said.

A Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development spokesperson said Italy is the first European country to formally allocate a country-specific labor quota to Pakistan, calling it a landmark development in Pakistan-Europe labor cooperation, Radio Pakistan reported on Sunday.

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Italy allocates 10,500 jobs to Pakistanis over three years