Kathmandu, September 26
Minister for Labour and Employment Surya Man Gurung said on Monday that the government is lifting the ban on sending Nepali nationals for employment in certain sectors of Afghanistan and Iraq. He said the next Cabinet meeting is likely to take a final call.
Gurung, speaking at a Reporters’ Club face-to-face programme, said: There’s tremendous pressure to send workers to the two countries. Most probably, the next Cabinet meeting will take an appropriate decision. Prime Minister himself has called for a proposal to this effect.
‘American and British ambassadors, among others, have met Prime Minister and pressed him to send Nepali workers for employment in their embassies based in Afghanistan and Iraq’
Minister Gurung claimed that American and British ambassadors, among others, have met Prime Minister and pressed him to send Nepali workers for employment in their embassies based in Afghanistan and Iraq.
‘Most probably, the next Cabinet meeting will take an appropriate decision’
They have pledged to guarantee Nepali workers’ security. The government will lift the ban and send workers (to those countries).
Gurung said the ambassadors have pledged to arrange bulletproof vehicles for moving workers from red zone to green zone.
