Role of expatriates: OPS-FCCI ties to help boost FDI

OPS chairman says overseas Pakistanis are making serious efforts for the solidarity, development and prosperity

FAISALABAD: Overseas Pakistan Solidarity (OPS) Chairman Malik Javaid Ahmed has said the overseas Pakistanis were making serious efforts for the solidarity, development and prosperity of Pakistan.

The OPS chairman expressed these views during a visit to the Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) with a 10-member delegation to explore opportunities of cooperation and strengthening bilateral relations between the two organisations. He said overseas Pakistanis have started practical efforts from the platform of OPS to help Pakistan in the resolution of its social problems in addition to attracting maximum foreign direct investment (FDI).



During a meeting with senior FCCI vice president Rana Sikandar Azam, he said the expatriates living in different parts of the world share the same feeling for the motherland and they wanted to make it a fully developed and prosperous country.

He said the expatriates have also direct links with foreign investors and they were in a position to convince them to invest in Pakistan. However, in this connection, FCCI should play its proactive role as the foreign investors cannot afford the bureaucratic attitude of the government departments.

“We have huge untapped natural resources which could bring prosperity to the nation provided; these are explored and utilised in the best interest of the country,” he remarked.

However, he said that despite of much positivity, our exports, FDI and foreign remittances were declining and it was a matter of concern for all of us.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 12^th, 2017.