ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Speaker Legislative Assembly Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Chaudhry Latif Akbar has said that overseas Pakistanis and Kashmiris were the backbone of the national economy.
He said protecting the rights and resolving the issues of overseas was imperative for the progress and prosperity of the country.
He was talking to media on the arrival of a high-level overseas Pakistanis and Kashmiris delegation from abroad on Saturday.
The delegation reached under the leadership of prominent overseas Kashmiri leader Riaz Komervi, Convener of the Kashmir Coordination Committee of the Overseas Pakistanis Welfare Council, UK (OPWC) to attend the Overseas Pakistanis Convention scheduled to be held in Islamabad today.
Overseas community’s trust in Pakistan
The AJK LA Speaker noted that the significant rise in remittances in recent months was reflection of the overseas community’s trust in Pakistan’s bright future.
The Speaker observed that the arrival of overseas Pakistanis and Kashmiris to participate in the convention was a highly positive development.
The convention, he emphasized, would serve as a milestone in highlighting the challenges, roles, and contributions of Pakistanis living abroad.
Calling the Overseas Pakistanis Convention a welcoming initiative, Akbar said that expatriates would now have the opportunity to directly present their concerns to top government forums and explore improved options for investment in Pakistan.
The overseas Pakistanis and Kashmiris delegation was earlier received at the airport with bouquets of flowers by senior government officials and representatives of the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) besides the concerned functionaries of the AJK government.
