{"id":211833,"date":"2021-08-28T07:48:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T02:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=211833"},"modified":"2021-08-28T07:48:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T02:48:57","slug":"overseas-pakistanis-biggest-asset-for-pakistan-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/overseas-pakistanis-biggest-asset-for-pakistan-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Overseas Pakistanis \u2018biggest asset for Pakistan\u2019: PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nPrime Minister Imran Khan Friday said that overseas Pakistanis are \u201cthe biggest asset for the country.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cUnfortunately, we [Pakistan] couldn\u2019t benefit from this asset,\u201d said PM Imran Khan.<br \/>\nThe premier, while addressing the inauguration ceremony of the Apna Ghar programme as the chief guest, said that he has witnessed overseas Pakistanis progressing.<br \/>\nHe said that overseas Pakistanis sent the biggest amount of foreign exchange to Pakistan to help stabilise the national kitty.<br \/>\nPM Imran Khan added that the technical expertise of overseas Pakistanis had to be welcomed in Pakistan but that couldn\u2019t be done due to several hurdles.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is difficult to change things all of a sudden but we are trying our best to do that,\u201d he assured the overseas Pakistani community.<br \/>\nThe premier said that land grabbers operating in Pakistan \u201cillegally occupied plots that overseas Pakistanis had bought in the country.\u201d<br \/>\nHe further stated that corruption is the \u201cbiggest hurdle in the way of investments in Pakistan\u201d because the people who are used to a corruption-free environment cannot work in a country having a racket of corrupt individuals.<br \/>\n\u201cNonetheless, we will try to provide safety to the investors by bringing improvements in the system,\u201d the premier promised.<br \/>\nSharing his views on the difference between import and export, PM Khan said that this difference can be removed with similar short-term schemes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday said that overseas Pakistanis are \u201cthe biggest asset for the country.\u201d \u201cUnfortunately, we [Pakistan] couldn\u2019t benefit from this asset,\u201d said PM Imran Khan. The premier, while addressing the inauguration ceremony of the Apna Ghar programme as the chief guest, said that he has witnessed overseas Pakistanis progressing. 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