Nepal and Qatar have agreed to sign an addendum protocol of a bilateral labor pact reached some three years ago to bring the accord into practice at an earliest, The Himalayan Times reported on Friday.
According to the daily, a five-member delegation led by Abdul Rahaman Mohammed Al-Khulaisi, joint secretary at the Qatari Labor Ministry held discussions with the senior officials at Nepali Ministry of Labor and Transport Management here on Thursday.
"The meeting agreed to implement the bilateral labor pact after signing of the addendum protocol for which a Nepali official delegation has been invited to Doha, Qatar," the newspaper said.
Qatar has recently emerged as the most popular destination among Nepalis and has already employed over 150,000 Nepali workers.
During the first four months of the current fiscal year, a total of 26,732 Nepali workers are working in Qatar. This Gulf country has recently overtaken Malaysia as the most popular destination for Nepali jobseekers among the Gulf countries.
Nepal and Qatar signed the bilateral labor pact on March 21, 2005 in Doha.
Source: Xinhua
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