ISLAMABAD: PM Shehbaz Sharif ne mulk se bahar rehne wale 1.2 crore (12 million) Overseas Pakistanis ki Pakistan ki maeeshat ke liye khidmaat ko sarahte hue unhein qaumi sarmaya qarar diya hai.
Unhon ne kaha ke Overseas Pakistanis ki saalana remittances 38 billion dollar se zyada hain jo na sirf mulki maeeshat ko sahara deti hain balkay mulk bhar mein laakhon gharanon ki zindagi chalane mein bhi bunyadi kirdar ada karti hain.
International Migrants Day ke mauqay par apne paighaam mein, jo har saal 18 December ko manaya jata hai, PM ne kaha ke Overseas Pakistanis duniya bhar mein Pakistan ki saqafat aur salahiyaton ke safeer hain.
Unhon ne wazeh kiya ke paison ke ilawa in migrants ki asal taqat unki mehnat, skills aur azm mein chhupi hui hai.
Shehbaz Sharif ne is baat ka bhi izhar kiya ke hukumat is baat ko yaqini bana rahi hai ke bahar mulk kaam ke liye jane walay afraad ko darkaar salahiyaten faraham ki jaen.
Unka kehna tha ke aaj ki global economy mein kamyabi ke liye technical skills ke sath sath social skills aur foreign languages par bhi aboor hasil karna zaroori hai.
PM ne bataya ke hukumat vocational training systems ko international standards ke mutabiq hum-aahang kar rahi hai aur foreign language aur social training ko farogh diya ja raha hai taa ke Pakistani workforce global mauqon ke liye tayar ho.
Unhon ne mazeed kaha ke European Union Talent Partnership ke ilawa mukhtalif mumalik ke sath moahiday (MoUs) par kaam ho raha hai taa ke Overseas Pakistanis ki qualifications ko tasleem kiya ja sake aur unke huqooq ka tahaffuz yaqini banaya jae.
PM ne National Immigration and Welfare Policy aur National Reintegration Policy ka bhi zikar kiya, jin ka maqsad migrants ke liye mehfooz aur ba-izzat safar aur har marhalay par tahaffuz faraham karna hai.
Unhon ne kaha, “Aaj ke din ke mauqay par humein apne azm ko dobara taaza karna chahiye ke hum bahar jane walon ko behtar skills aur mehfooz mauqay faraham karein taa ke mushtarka taraqqi mein apna kirdar ada kar saken.”
Is saal International Migrants Day ka theme “My Struggle Story: Cultures and Development” hai, jo insani hijrat ke zariye saqafati farogh, innovation aur sustainable development par musbat asraat ko ujagar karta hai.
