Govt urged to take up expats issue with Saudi Arabia

Minister for Labour, Industries and Technical Education Bakht Baidar has asked the federal government to take up the matter of unjustified harassment of expatriate Pakistanis diplomatically with Saudi Arabian authorities and remove the prevailing concern among their families and relatives.
He expressed these views while talking to media after hearing public grievances here at Chakdara, Dir Lower on Wednesday.
The provincial minister said that expats Pakistanis living in Saudi Arabia were earning crucial foreign exchange for the country, while adding the receipts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa largely depended on the remittances of overseas Pakistanis in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states.
He demanded of the federal government to take up the issue with Saudi authorities on priority to stop the unjustified expulsion of Pakistani workers.
On this occasion, the provincial minister also answered the questions of journalists and said that the provincial government was making progress in this regard and all coalition partners were united on the agenda of positive change and permanent resolution of the problems being faced by the people.
Further, he said that an industrial estate would be established at Chakdara, district Lower Dir. He also said that an amount of Rs200 million had already been allocated for the scheme while keeping in view the requirements of the modern era, besides the establishment of one vocational centre each for boys and girls. In addition, a grammar school would also be established in the area soon.
Moreover, the provincial minister said that people have given them their mandate on the slogan of bringing positive change and the government would make all possible efforts for the abolition of the sense of deprivation among the citizens.
He said that the people would soon witness change and Qauumi Watan Party (QWP) would play a realistic role for the rights of Pakhtuns per the above mentioned party’s manifesto.