Commissioner Punjab Overseas Pakistanis Commission Syed Khadim Abbas has said that overseas Pakistanis are playing a key role in the economic development of the country and their remittances are supporting millions of families. The protection of the interests of the hardworking and tireless Pakistanis living abroad and the priority solution of their problems is the responsibility of the administration and the police, which cannot be shirked. Addressing the meeting to review the pending applications. Commissioner Sahiwal Division Shoaib Iqbal Syed, RPO Mehboob Rasheed, Director Police Matters OPC Imtiaz Ahmed Khan, Revenue Officer OPC Sheikh Najam Hussain, Additional Commissioner. Ordnance Shafiq Ahmad Dogar, AC General Muhammad Waqas Zafar and AC Revenue Mian Nadeem Arshad, Deputy Commissioners of the three districts, District Police Officers and officers of the relevant departments participated. Commissioner OPC Syed Khadim Abbas emphasized on the officers. He directed that the long-pending applications of Overseas Pakistanis should be resolved on a priority basis so that their financial interests can be protected. He expressed concern over the illegal occupation of the properties of hardworking Pakistanis and said that the government cannot tolerate the occupation of others' property built by their hard earned money. On this occasion, it was informed in the meeting that 471 applications of overseas Pakistanis were received in Sahiwal division, out of which 185 have been resolved while 150 have been closed. Currently, only 119 applications are pending across the division, out of which 84 are related to Sahiwal district, 31 are related to Okara district and 3 are related to Pakpattan district. Commissioner OPC Syed Khadim Abbas expressed displeasure over the pending applications for more than a year and issued instructions to resolve them at the earliest.
