Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment was set up in October, 1971 under the directive of the then President by amalgamating the three different agencies viz. National Manpower Council, Protector of Emigrants and Directorate of Seamen’s Welfare. Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment is a centralized agency of the Federal Government for processing recruitment demands of the Pakistani manpower through Licensed Overseas Employment Promoters, etc. for the different manpower importing countries in the world especially in the Middle East.