LAHORE: Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Sajid Hussain Turi said on Thursday the government was speedily working on the resolution of overseas Pakistanis’ problems. Addressing the groundbreaking ceremony of the high-rise Commercial Building at the OPF Housing Scheme Phase-1 Khayaban-e-Jinnah here, he said that it was right of the overseas Pakistanis to be adjusted in new projects.
He said the staff of the ministry listen to the calls of overseas Pakistanis even in the late night to resolve their problems. He said a summary had been approved to constitute special courts for the resolution of overseas Pakistanis’ problems, adding the government wanted to resolve these issues in 6 months. The minister said that special opportunities of investment in the OPF schemes were being provided to the overseas Pakistanis, adding that educational issues of the overseas Pakistanis were also being resolved and they would be provided with the scholarships through the Higher Education Commission.
He said the development work in the OPF schemes would be completed in January 2023. The minister said that skilled workers would be sent to South Korea, Azerbaijan, Romania and other countries and a target of sending one million people to these countries had been set. He said that 500 houses had been handed over to the Punjab government in Texla after construction, adding that a number of houses had been constructed in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He said that 5500 flats would be handed over to the workers in February 2023.