President Dr. Arif Alvi has said that overseas Pakistanis have an important role in the development of Pakistan.
Addressing the inauguration ceremony of Roshan Apna Ghar Scheme in Dubai, he said that Pakistan produced brilliant doctors and engineers in 70s and 80s but the structure in Pakistan was unable to support them, therefore they emigrated to foreign countries.
He said that now Pakistan is changing and it has a huge potential for investment.
He said that Pakistan has investment friendly environment with tremendous opportunities for investment, including in the Information technology sector.
He said that the investors are being provided better facilities and security for their investment in the country, which is rising and developing at a fast pace.
He said that Pakistan provided refuge to four million Afghan refugees for three to four decades but not a single Pakistani leader said that they should be repatriated to their home country.
He said that Pakistan sacrificed 80 thousand lives and suffered loss of billions of dollars in the war against terror.
