The agreement was signed by Federal Minister for Labour and Manpower Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah and Qatar Minister for Labour and Social Affairs Dr Sultan bin Hassan Al Dhabit Al Dousari.
The agreement will provide an opportunity for more people to be accommodated in Qatar and in rehabilitating the Pakistanis whose contracts expire subsequently.
It will also help the workers who, after the expiry of contract or otherwise, will be able to get full benefits in terms of social security, ages or any other emolument which are their legal dues.
Under the additional protocol, it will be a step forward to ensure additional employment opportunities in Qatar and will be reviewed once a year by a joint committee to facilitate Pakistani workers.
Shah said around 75,000 Pakistanis were working in Qatar. Under the agreement, he said, they would send 30,000 workers to Qatar in 2008.
He said he would soon visit Qatar to discuss matters relating to export of IT experts, doctors and engineers.
The minister said Qatar was seeking skilled manpower but Pakistan lacks trained workers because of discontinuation of policies in the past many years.
However, the government plans to set up more vocational institutes countrywide to train workers to meet requirements of international labour markets, he said.