Saudi Arabia leads Middle East with 1.2m Pakistani jobs
Overseas Pakistanis minister Chaudhry Salik Hussain told the National Assembly that 1.7 million Pakistanis work in six Gulf states, with more than 1.2 million having gone to Saudi Arabia in three years.
Chaudhry Salik Hussain told the National Assembly that 1.7 million Pakistanis are employed in six Gulf countries.
More than 1.2 million Pakistanis travelled to Saudi Arabia for work over the past three years.
Over the same period, 169,000 went to the UAE, 145,000 to Qatar, 91,000 to Oman, 80,000 to Bahrain and 10,000 to Kuwait.
Some 1.871 million Pakistanis left Pakistan for employment abroad between 2024 and 2026.
In 2026 alone, 15,850 people departed for foreign work, including 681 highly qualified and skilled workers.