{"id":39724,"date":"2026-02-25T11:32:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/?p=39724"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:32:24","slug":"italy-to-issue-10500-work-visas-for-pakistans-skilled-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/39724","title":{"rendered":"Italy to issue 10,500 work visas for Pakistan\u2019s skilled workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ROME: Italian interior minister Matteo Piantedosi has said that ten thousand and five hundred work visas will be issued for Pakistan&#8217;s skilled labour force to promote legal migration.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He made the announcement during a meeting with Pakistan&#8217;s interior minister Mohsin Naqvi in Rome.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian interior minister said the two countries will enhance mutual cooperation to promote legal migration.<\/p>\n<p>Matteo Piantedosi said holders of Pakistani diplomatic passports will be exempt from Italy&#8217;s visa requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian interior minister expressed readiness to expand cooperation with Pakistan in areas of mutual interest.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting focused on enhancing cooperation in combating drug trafficking, human smuggling and terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Both interior ministers praised the efforts taken to curb illegal immigration and human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan&#8217;s interior minister Mohsin Naqvi informed his Italian counterpart about Pakistan&#8217;s effective measures to prevent illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>He said there has been significant reduction in illegal immigration due to strict surveillance at airports and sea borders.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian counterpart said the successes of Pakistani institutions in preventing illegal immigration, human trafficking and drug trafficking are commendable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROME: Italian interior minister Matteo Piantedosi has said that ten thousand and five hundred work visas will be issued for Pakistan&#8217;s skilled labour force to promote legal migration. He made the announcement during a meeting with Pakistan&#8217;s interior minister Mohsin Naqvi in Rome. The Italian interior minister said the two countries will enhance mutual cooperation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":39725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366,31,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","category-news","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39726,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39724\/revisions\/39726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}