PR No. 100 Islamabad: October 12, 2018

Prime Minister chaired a follow-up meeting with Mr. Zulfiqar Bukhari, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis, on the issues faced by overseas Pakistanis and ensured to announce a package of incentives to encourage Pakistanis abroad to send remittances through banking channels. Following decisions were taken in the meeting: NICOP will be optional for emigrants and workers. Ministry of Finance, FBR, SBP and NADRA are to make a workable plan to remove hindrances in the remittance mechanism. Legal reforms in civil and criminal laws are to be introduced to protect the properties of overseas Pakistanis. Strict action is to be taken against those that encroach the properties of overseas Pakistanis. Biometric verification charges for labor going abroad reduced from Rs. 45 to Rs. 10 per verification. Mr. Zulfiqar Bukhari to produce a workable system to create incentives and ease for foreign remittances.

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