LONDON - Over 5,000 butchers from Pakistan would get employment in the halal meat industry of UK through Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between National Halal Foods Group (NHFG) of UK and Overseas Employment Cooperation of Pakistan. The MoU has been signed here at the Pakistan High Commission, London Friday. Speaking on the occasion Pakistan 's High Commissioner to UK Wajid Shamsul Hasan said that through the efforts of National Halal Foods Group (NHFG), opening of outlets of halal meat in leading supermarkets of UK and Europe, will provide employment opportunities for Pakistani butchers along with export of meat from Pakistan to the international market of halal meat. The signing of Memorandum of Understanding between the UK based National Halal Foods Group (NHFG) and Overseas Employment Cooperation of Pakistan's Ministry of Labour Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis took place at the Pakistan High Commission London. The MoU was signed by Community Welfare Councillor of Pakistan High Commission Muhammad Talha Saeed and Chief Executive Officer of NHFG Muhammad Zahid Yaqoob. Expressing his views Zahid Yaqoob said as a result of this MoU over 5000 butchers from Pakistan will be given employment in the UK for producing halal meat for the outlets in UK's leading chains of supermarkets including ASDA and TESCO. He further said that there was a market of $50b of halal meat in which Pakistan can obtain its share by producing halal meat of international standards.