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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iraq have agreed to finalize the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which is aimed at ensuring a legal and risk-free migration of Pakistani manpower to Iraq, Pakistan’s state-run media reported on Friday. 
The developments were agreed upon in a meeting between Zulfiqar Bukhari, Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, and Iraqi Labor Minister Dr. Basim Abdul Zaman Majeed Al Rubaie, in Baghdad, on Thursday.
Bukhari also met the Iraqi President Barham Salih, at his office in Baghdad, on Wednesday. 
“Pakistani labor force in Iraq came under discussion,” Pakistan’s Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development said in a statement after the meeting. 
Bukhari apprised Salih of the fact that Pakistan seeks an increase in its labor force in Iraq based on the development activities in the country.
“The meeting included the agenda of importing more Pakistani skilled and non-skilled manpower to Iraq. Zulfikar Bukhari said that the economic potential of Iraq is not to be underestimated,” the statement read.
“There is a positive response being received from Gulf countries for the import of skilled and non-skilled manpower from Pakistan,” the statement added, quoting Bukhari.