Special Assistant to the PM for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Syed Zulfikar Bukhari has said that all possible facilities and conducive environment for business would be provided to foreign investors.
In a statement issued here on Saturday, Bukhari said that Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development is ensuring implementation on the Prime Minister's 100-day reforms agenda to ensure quick redressal of issues pertaining to overseas Pakistanis and their families.
He said as the Prime Minister's first 100 days in the government are nearing completion, major reforms have been introduced by different ministries to bring revolutionary changes in public service while Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development takes lead in initiating and implementing Prime Minister's 100-day reformative agenda.
Bukhari said the recently installed Call Serzameen, emigrants' biometric verification system, Naya Pakistan Calling and e-governance system, establishment of Qatar Visa facilitation centre and strengthening of banking channels are the major inventiveness in his ministry. The digitization of departmental affairs was imperative for sustainable development of the country since most of developed countries have switched to e-culture, he said.
He referred to the sluggish archaic system practiced over the years in his ministry when single complaint had to move from section officer to secretary, regretting only 3,000 complaints of the last year were on record. Underling benefits of e-governance he said, "I could have direct access to the affairs of my department as well as complaints of expatriates, pledging for one-day processing of the complaints especially related to overseas Pakistanis and their families."
The ministry's digital 24/7 complainant cell 'Call Sarzameen' will quickly address the forwarded complaints of expatriates pertaining to the ministry and it is another hallmark achieved by his ministry. Naya Pakistan Calling, he said, would provide a gateway to the professional Pakistani Diaspora to share their prowess and experiences for national development, Zulfikar explained.
Currently, each intending emigrant at the respective Protectorate of Emigrants Office was being verified/registered through emigrants' biometric verification system.
He said the department is taking various measures for increased use of banking channels by removing red tapes in sending remittances to boost the foreign reserves.