Shahbaz okays establishment of facilitation centres for Pakistanies abroad

19 Jan, 2017

Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has approved the establishment of the facilitation centers for overseas Pakistanis in four divisional headquarters of the province where desks of police and other departments will be set up to resolve the problems of overseas Pakistanis without any delay. The facilitation centers will be set up in Dera Ghazi Khan, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala and Lahore divisions. Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif ordered immediate measures to establish the centers.
He expressed these views while presiding over a meeting here to review performance of the Overseas Pakistanis Commission Punjab. Addressing the meeting, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said Pakistan nationals who have settled abroad are the ambassadors of the country and the resolution of their problems is the responsibility of the government. He said the Punjab government has established an independent commission to resolve problems of the overseas Pakistanis at the priority basis. He said the commission is taking all-out measures to resolve problems of overseas Pakistanis and the performance of the commission is satisfactory.
He said one-window facility will be available at the facilitation centers being set up at the four divisions. He said all pending cases of overseas Pakistanis should be resolved at the earliest and for this purpose all departments should co-ordinate closely.

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