With a view to sensitize Overseas Pakistanis living in Italy about the functioning of Overseas Pakistanis Commission (OPC), Punjab and institutional mechanism of redressal of their complaints, the OPC Punjab organized a Road Show in Arci Benassi Hall,Bologna, Italy.
Vice Chairperson OPC Shaheen Khalid Butt, Commissioner Afzaal Bhatti, DG Javed Iqbql Bokhari and Pakistani Ambassador to Italy Nadeem Riaz addressed the participants of Road Show. Around five hundreds Pakistanis living in Bologna and other adjoining cities of Italy participated in the said event.
Vice Chairperson OPC Shaheen Khalid Butt and Commissioner Afzaal Bhatti while addressing the participants, informed that OPC is playing a proactive role in redressing the grievances of Overseas Pakistanis; and they can contact OPC for the resolution of their problems any time. They told that Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Government has also adopted OPC Punjab Model to address the problems of Overseas Pakistanis . High ups of OPC informed that that Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif personally monitors the performance of OPC and an IT based system has been set up for online registration of the complaints. During the Road Show, questions-answers session was also held and Overseas Pakistanis living in Italy pointed out their problems. President PML-N Italy Khalid Gondal, President PPP Zaman Khatana, President PTI Tajammal Butt, President PAT Sajid Mehmud, President Jamaat Islami Khalil Butt, President Jamiat Ahl e Hadees Abdul Razzaq,community leader Asif Raza and Bashar Ummra also spoke on the occasion