Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday asked his economic team to focus on facilitating the Pakistanis living abroad in sending remittances to the country through banking channels and incentivising them. “Around nine million overseas Pakistanis are the country’s asset,” the premier said at a ceremony held to launch the ‘Sohni Dharti Remittance Programme (SDRP)’ – a move aimed at encouraging the use of formal channels. He said the overseas Pakistanis should be treated as VIPs as the country and they had a mutually beneficial relationship. The premier claimed that the overseas Pakistanis were immensely contributing to the country's economy. “The government appreciates their role in bridging the gap between exports and imports of the country.”PM Imran added that the government was working on a plan to give overseas Pakistanis concession in taxes as well.

Source: The Express Tribune November 26, 2021 04:23 UTC