Backbone: Overseas Pakistanis support economy

Overseas Pakistanis contributing more than $10 billion annually in the form of remittances.

ISLAMABAD:

Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain, while praising the role of expatriate Pakistanis, has said they are contributing more than $10 billion annually in the form of remittances which support the economy.

Hussain said on Friday that the role of Overseas Pakistanis Foundations would be made more effective to facilitate overseas Pakistanis at large.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 7^th, 2011.