Special Assistant on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari says Kuwait has signed a bilateral framework with Pakistan to hire its healthcare professionals on regular basis.

In a tweet, he said under the agreement an increased number of Pakistani doctors, nurses and paramedics would be sent to Kuwait for work.

According to a news release shared by the Special Assistant, the agreement was signed by Kuwaiti Undersecretary for Health, Dr. Mustafa Ridha and Pakistan's Ambassador Syed Sajjad Haider in Kuwait.