The overseas Pakistanis in many Western and Gulf countries are facing problems due to non-issuance of machine readable passport by the foreign missions abroad, says a press release received from a group of Pakistanis working abroad here on Tuesday.
The Pakistani embassies in other countries issue manual passports, which are not acceptable to the host country if they desire to visit any country, especially for performance of Hajj or Umra, the statement further added. Continue reading »
ISLAMABAD : The Supreme Court directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday to review modalities on whether overseas Pakistanis could exercise their right of vote in general elections, analyse the matter in light of the experience of other countries and submit a report to it by February 6. Continue reading »
LONDON: A number of well-respected Pakistani business community figures in Europe are joining Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in the hope that he will bring to Pakistan the promised and much-needed change.
Imran Khan has been always popular in Europe for his cricketing exploits, especially for winning the World Cup and building the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital, but his “Tsunami” is reverberating outside of Pakistan too. The European Pakistani businesses joining Khan’s party are being led by Germany-based Syed Khurram Raza Kazmi, who chairs Pakistan Overseas Association Forum (POAF). Kazmi, who owns multiple businesses, claims that the POAF has over 200000 registered members and most of them are supporters of Imran Khan. He said overseas Pakistanis loved Pakistan but all the major parties had let them down badly and there was no trust left in them.
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PAKISTAN has achieved a quantum jump in home remittances by overseas Pakistanis, the amount of which is increasing with the passage of time partly because of global developments and partly because of measures taken by the banking sector to ensure quicker disbursement of the money. But experts point out that the amount could go even double in foreseeable future if the Government addresses the problems confronting the forexbusiness.
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It appears that the cash-starved federal government is trying to save every single penny it can in the face of a deepening financial crisis. The government has closed down one of its schools in Lahore and fired its staff without any prior notice.
The staff and students of OPF Girls College’s school section, which is managed by the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF), have rejected and subsequently protested the government decision. Continue reading »
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has targeted to achieve over $13 billion remittances from overseas Pakistani workers for the current fiscal year 2011-12. SBP Deputy Governor Operations Muhammad Kamran Shahzad said during a seminar on the ‘Role of Construction and its Allied Industries in the Economic Development of Pakistan’ that foreign remittances to Pakistan stood at less than $1 billion in the year 2000 and rose to $12 billion in the previous year 2010-2011. Overseas Pakistani workers remitted an amount of $6.3 billion in the first half July-December 2011 of the current fiscal Continue reading »
DUBAI : Former prime minister and Pakistan’s largest opposition party president Nawaz Sharif has appointed former ambassador Javed Malik, as his Special Adviser on Foreign Relations and Overseas Pakistani Affairs.
As Adviser to the PML president, Javed Malik will be advising and assisting former prime minister on matters relating to foreign affairs, build goodwill for the country and interact with international media on behalf o the party and its president. Being resident overseas he has also been tasked to reach out to the overseas Pakistanis living around the world and create opportunities for them to work from the PML-N platform. Continue reading »
KARACHI: The overseas Pakistanis have offered their financial assistance of $115 million for the underground coal gasification project to produce 100 megawatts electricity in the country.
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DUBAI: Member of British Parliament Lord Nazir Ahmed met with former Ambassador and prominent UAE based Pakistani, Javed Malik and UAE based Pakistanis in Dubai to discuss the strategy to challenge the bar imposed by Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Pakistanis with dual nationality to contest elections.
Lord Nazir Ahmed said that overseas Pakistanis are an asset for Pakistan and in addition to sending billions of dollars in foreign exchange have a lot of skills and talents which could play a significant role in nation building process and any effort to disenfranchise them would greatly discourage them. Continue reading »
By Dr. Sania Chaudhry
A recent news item in a local publication that Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will observe the dual nationality restrictions in all future polls and by-polls has generated a lot of reaction at the domestic and international platforms. Such sensitive issues may also serve well to reinforce the diversion strategy of the ruling party to divert the attention of the masses to a sideline issue, as countdown on the numbered days of this failed government has already begun. The dual nationality poll ban is hardly an issue, as the Constitution clearly lays down the criteria for parliamentary electoral candidates, which should have been implemented in letter and in spirit at the time of each election and by-election. Continue reading »
The News/Murtaza Ali Shah
LONDON: A coalition of concerned overseas Pakistanis is set to challenge a decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to bar dual-nationality holders from contesting elections in Pakistan.
At a debate at the Willesden Green Pakistani community centre, it was decided by an overwhelming majority that the ECP decision should be challenged at the Supreme Court level.
More than 200 people from different parts of Britain gathered at the town hall and expressed their resolve to oppose the ban. A Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin, Burhan Khan, also participated in the gathering over the telephone. Continue reading »
Karachi: Besides increasing the existing charges, the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan has levied new charges including Embarkation Fee, Government Airport tax, Infrastructure Development and Security charges etc which may affect growth of air traffic as well as profitability of the airlines already under acute financial stress.
According to Pakistan International Airlines the Civil Aviation Authority Pakistan (CAA) has levied new taxes and increased the existing airport charges on airline ticket per passenger effective January 1, 2012. PIA Spokesman said today. Continue reading »
KARACHI: Federal government has revised the profit rates on National Savings Schemes (NSS) effective from January 1, 2012 till further notification.
A spokesman of NSS centre said on Friday the new rates of profit on different NSS have been made in order to provide maximum financial benefit to the investors.
An official of the Central Directorate of National Savings said the new profit rate on Special Savings Certificates (Registered), Accounts would be now 11.67 percent. Continue reading »
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court sought a reply from the government on Wednesday on a plea of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan relating to the right of overseas Pakistanis to vote. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was hearing identical constitutional petitions filed by PTI chief Imran Khan and others and made the Ministry of Law, Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis, Ministry of Foreign Continue reading »
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