Govt encouraging foreign investors to invest in Pakistan: FM Qureshi
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FM said there has been a historic increase in foreign remittances this year
NEW YORK (Web Desk) - Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that Pakistan needs a strong economy for effective foreign policy and the government is focusing on priorities at this front.
Talking to American-Pakistani Entrepreneurs in New York, he said we are encouraging foreign investors to invest in Pakistan.
He said there has been a historic increase in foreign remittances this year and the credit goes to Pakistanis living abroad.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Pakistan has received over one billion dollars remittance during six months after launching of Roshan Digital Pakistan initiative.
In his most recent media comments on the working of Pakistan’s embassies/ consulates abroad, Prime Minister Imran Khan was gracious enough to console the Foreign Office, so as to mitigate the loss of morale caused by his earlier public chastisement of the organisation. Nevertheless, he again emphasised the need to improve consular and welfare services the Foreign Office provides to Pakistan’s nine-million strong diaspora worldwide as well as the.
Daily Times
May 16, 2021
In his most recent media comments on the working of Pakistan’s embassies/ consulates abroad, Prime Minister Imran Khan was gracious enough to console the Foreign Office, so as to mitigate the loss of morale caused by his earlier public chastisement of the organisation. Nevertheless, he again emphasised the need to improve consular and welfare services the Foreign Office provides to Pakistan’s nine-million strong diaspora worldwide as well as the need for robust economic diplomacy.
Like most governmental institutions in Pakistan, the Foreign Office is direly in need of wide-ranging reforms. It is heartening to note that in a recent address to senior diplomats, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi announced the setting up of a reform taskforce. While I am not privy to the purview of this committee, nor have an idea as to how serious this initiative is, some thoughts based on my years of interaction with the institution are shared for whatever they are w
Foreign service officers miffed at Imran’s jab
Foreign service officers miffed at Imran’s jab
Anger has been building among the foreign service officers over Prime Minister Imran Khan’s comments accusing them of harbouring ‘colonial mindset’ and ‘callousness’ in dealing with the expatriate community.
Prime Minister Khan had, while speaking to envoys posted in 19 countries through video conferencing on Wednesday, said that he had noticed “shocking callousness” of Pakistani diplomats posted overseas after a few recent incidents involving the expatriates.
He was in particular critical of the missions in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, which host the largest Pakistani communities overseas, but the way the comments were delivered made it look like a censure of the entire foreign service.
In this file photo, Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks to Pakistani ambassadors posted in world capitals. DawnNewsTV/File
ISLAMABAD: Anger has been building among the foreign service officers over Prime Minister Imran Khan’s comments accusing them of harbouring ‘colonial mindset’ and ‘callousness’ in dealing with the expatriate community.
Prime Minister Khan had, while speaking to envoys posted in 19 countries through video conferencing on Wednesday, said that he had noticed “shocking callousness” of Pakistani diplomats posted overseas after a few recent incidents involving the expatriates.
He was in particular critical of the missions in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, which host the largest Pakistani communities overseas, but the way the comments were delivered made it look like a censure of the entire foreign service.