Nearly 1.1 Million Pakistanis have been sent abroad for work by the PTI government over the past two years, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Zulfiqar Bukhari’s statement. With the total rising 16.73 per cent since 2014-15, most of the remittances came from Gulf countries, the PM’s aide said, adding that agreements had been reached over the last two years with various countries including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and others.