Overseas Pakistanis Commission Punjab Vice Chairperson Ch Waseem Akhtar has said that all the concrete steps are being taken for the timely resolution of the problems of Overseas Pakistanis.
It has been decided in a high-powered meeting chaired by Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Zulfi Bokhari that efforts to be made for the integration of OPC Portal and Pakistan Citizen Portal in order to push for one Portal across the country.
This step will help in resolving the issues of overseas Pakistanis pertaining to federal departments smoothly which is a milestone for the service of overseas Pakistanis. Complaints of overseas Pakistanis will now be resolved via Pakistan Citizen Portal and the performance of Pakistan Citizen Portal is already phenomenal as we know it.
He further said that for the provision of assistance to overseas Pakistanis, police facilitation centre/desk shall be established in at least 5 major cities of Punjab. DG (BE&OE) will provide the name of the cities as per diasporas frequency, MD (OPF) will maintain liaison with Punjab Police to allot piece of land in Lahore by March 2020.
Directions from the chief secretary shall be given to all departments to attend the Monthly Review Meetings of Overseas Pakistanis Commission. He said that it is the top most priority of PTI-led government that problems of overseas Pakistanis to be resolved without any delay. OPC has lived up to the expectations of Pakistani expatriates and has resolved thousands of complaints retrieving the land worth billions in short span of time. We shall continue to serve our overseas Pakistanis as per the vision of Prime Minister Pakistan Imran Khan.