The government of Pakistan has decided to abolish the National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP) for facilitating the Pakistani expatriates at maximum level, said spokesperson of Ministry of Overseas Pakistani (MOP) here Tuesday.
The choice was taken after the advice of Particular Assistant to Prime Minister on Abroad Pakistanis Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari.
The choice had been authorised by the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan.
“Now abroad Pakistani can journey to Pakistan with out visa”, he added.
The government abolished the mandatory requirement for overseas Pakistanis to obtain National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP), one of the sources of revenue for the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA). It also reduced biometric verification charges for the labourers going abroad.
Both the decisions were taken during a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan in the wake of a briefing given to him by the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development.
The government decided to undertake a couple of new initiatives to facilitate the overseas Pakistanis.
The PM announced that the government would soon unveil a special incentives package aimed at encouraging the overseas Pakistanis to transfer remittances through banking channels.
NICOP is a registration document issued to an eligible Pakistani who lives abroad. Any Pakistani citizen can apply for the document so that they can travel to the South Asian country without a visa, in case they hold dual nationality.
Had an extensive mtg this morning on Overseas Pakistanis. We are going to announce a special package of incentives to encourage them to send remittances through banking channels by removing all hindrances & procedural issues. Philippines did this successfully.— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) October 12, 2018
This is very good news for overseas Pakistanis.thanks imran khan
ReplyDeleteGreat person great decisions! Sulut too Mr Prime Minister
ReplyDeleteThis is great and Imran Khan proved to be a great leader. My issue is that I opened up a bank account in Habib Bank in 2006. After two years my account was frozen and I could not deposit and withdraw anymore. They want me to come back to pakistan for finger prints if I want to continue my account which was hard for me to travel from Australia to pakistan just for $100.00 so I am losing that amount and my account
ReplyDeleteYou can't give the special credit for one step regarding the overseas Pakistani problems
ReplyDeleteLook at to the economy, look at to the courts, police, education,heal heand all basic necessities for the people of pak. This is what he is doing because he faced this problem in the past.
ReplyDeletePm should also have a look at the PIA pricing who are effecting the economy of Pakistan.
ReplyDeleteMy 2 trips this year (2018) to Pakistan been on Turkish airlines saving of £1100.
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