The Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development expressed concern over the discriminatory attitude of Australian Universities towards Pakistani students despite the fact they have paid heavy fees but universities are not allowing them for visas or to continue their online studies.
The Standing Committee met under the Chairmanship of Sheikh Fayyaz ud Din to discuss the various issues pertaining to M/o Overseas Pakistanis & HRD.
The Committee expressed grave concern over the Overseas Pakistanis detained in jails of deferent countries against minor cases and could not pursue their cases due to financial constraints. The Committee, therefore, directed that M/o Overseas Pakistanis & HRD may take up their cases at the appropriate forum and provide them legal assistance so that they came back to Pakistan at the earliest.
The Committee expressed concern over the unnecessary delay in finalizing the corruption cases of their officials and Community Welfare Attaches (CWA) in Departmental Account Committees despite the fact some of the cases are pending more than 15 years and directed that ministry may finalize their inquiry reports at the earliest and pursue their cases effectively pending in NAB, FIA and other Courts for adjudication so that culprits could be penalized accordingly.
The Committee also expressed concern over the discriminatory attitude of Australian Universities towards Pakistani students. The Committee, therefore, directed that the Minister of Foreign Affairs may be requested to take up the issue with the Australian Foreign Minister to find out its amicable solution.
The meeting was attended by MNAs Shahid Ahmed, Sajid Khan, Zulfiqar Ali Khan Dullah, Haji Imtiaz Ahmed Choudhary, Tashfeen Safdar, Syed Javed Husnain, Zahra Wadood Fatemi, Syed Abrar Ali Shah, and Dr. Mahreen Razzaq Bhutto, and officials of M/o Overseas Pakistanis & HRD and M/o Foreign Affairs were also present in the meeting.
