Overseas Pakistanis valuable asset to country: governor

LAHORE:A delegation of overseas Pakistanis from Saudi Arabia called on Punjab Governor Balighur Rahman at the Governor’s House on Friday. The delegation during the meeting expressed satisfaction over the political and economic stability in Pakistan. 

Speaking on the occasion, Punjab Governor said that overseas Pakistanis are the valuable asset for the country, who are playing an important role in the stability of the national economy by sending plenty of remittances. He said that whenever the country faced difficult times; be it floods or earthquakes, Pakistanis living abroad always came forward and helped their countrymen.

The governor said that economic and political stability in the country is the harbinger of a bright future and the journey of development will start again in the country. He further said that the young generation is the most valuable asset of the country and special attention is being given to the character development of the youth in the universities. A consortium has also been formed on character building in public and private universities, the governor said. On this occasion, the overseas Pakistani delegation demanded to open campuses of Pakistani private and public universities in Saudi Arabia.

The overseas Pakistani delegation comprised Maher Abdul Khaliq, Maher Ikram Lak, Malik Shahid Hussain, Malik Ali Hussain, Rana Abdullah Ashraf, Kashif Nawaz Randhawa and Malik Asghar.