Federal Minister Chaudhry Salik Hussain took note of the alleged blocking of Pakistani passports abroad and officially wrote to the Ministry of the Interior to request an investigation.
The question was raised by Pakistan Business Forum France, whose leaders urged the government to take action. Hussain described the question of “very sensitive” and stressed that expatriates should not face excessive difficulties.
The Minister said that the abuse of Pakistani abroad would not be tolerated and announced that the facilitation offices would be installed at airports to help them.
A letter from the managers of the forum, including Ibrahim Dar, Zahoor Iqbal and Aslam Chaudhry, allegedly allegedly blocked their passports, the airport staff would have asked for bribes of up to 500,000 rupees.
The authorities promised rapid action to investigate and solve the problem.
Earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered the Pakistani Ministry and the development of overseas human resources to restore the Green Channel initiative to facilitate Pakistanis abroad.
He also announced the training of a committee to recognize distinguished members of the diaspora contributing to national development.
Speaking during the convention of the Pakistani World Foundation abroad, the Prime Minister recognized the contributions of the Pakistani diaspora and assured them of the government’s commitment to respond to their concerns.
