Pakistan, Aug. 5 -- The Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (OP&HRD) will resume exporting skilled workers to Kuwait, state-run media reported on Monday, after the Gulf country lifted a 19-year visa ban on Islamabad earlier this year.

In May, Kuwait officially lifted its long-standing visa ban on Pakistani nationals, allowing the resumption of work, family, business and tourist visas. Kuwait had stopped issuing visas to citizens of Pakistan, Iran, Syria and Afghanistan, citing difficult security conditions in the countries.

Thousands of Pakistanis every year travel abroad for jobs in Gulf countries, Europe, the United States and other nations. The remittances sent by Pakistani citizens employed abroad is cruci...