Former deputy prime minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi said on Sunday overseas Pakistanis were playing a pivotal role in strengthening the national economy.
He was speaking to a delegation of overseas Pakistanis from Spain who had called on him at his residence. Mehr Irfan, the leader of the delegation, bemoaned the discontinuation of the PIA service between Lahore and Barcelona. He said this had inconvenienced overseas Pakistanis living in Spain. The delegation members complained of the step motherly conduct of the government towards them. They said the government was not interested in helping them overcome the challenges confronting them. The delegation members said the government had compounded their problems by withdrawing facilities for overseas Pakistanis instead of addressing their grievances.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 2rd, 2015.
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