Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday directed the newly-appointed community and labor welfare attachés at Pakistani missions abroad to work diligently to find employment opportunities for skilled workers from Pakistan, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
He advised that the welfare of the overseas Pakistani community should be their top priority. He instructed to always keep Pakistan’s interests in their mind besides making vigorous efforts to promote Pakistan’s image abroad. The prime minister directed the newly appointed attaches to also seek opportunities to bring business and investment to Pakistan. The officials briefed the prime minister about their action plans related to their respective stations.
“I am confident that your appointment has taken place through a highly transparent process,” the prime minister said while talking to the group of the attaches here at the PM House. “Overseas Pakistanis who are bringing valuable foreign exchange worth billions of dollars to Pakistan are our assets,” he said.
The prime minister expressed his best wishes for the officials. The meeting was attended by the Prime Minister’s Special Assistant Tariq Fatemi, the Prime Minister’s Coordinator Rana Ehsan Afzal, and other senior government officials.