ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has said that country’s sovereignty and economic strength was vital for taking independent economic and financial decisions.
“Meaningful and active role of Pakistani Diaspora was imperative to uplift our business and industrial sectors and to impart skills to youth and women to help Pakistan achieve self-sufficiency, which will enable our country to take independent political, financial and economic decisions for the betterment of the people.
The country can achieve accelerated economic growth by imparting skills to youth and women through short and extensive training courses in various fields especially in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector,” he said while virtually addressing the 45th Annual Convention of the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America (APPNA), USA, from Aiwan-e-Sadr on Saturday.
President APPNA, Dr Haroon Durrani, and members of the Pakistani Diaspora in USA attended the virtual convention.
The President regretted that Pakistan did not have the capacity in the past to absorb its highly educated, productive and precious human resource, which resulted in its migration to developed countries of the world where, by sheer dint of merit, they became high achievers in many high-value sectors and contributed in the development and prosperity of their host country.
He said that Pakistani Diaspora can contribute to uplift and add value to business, industrial, agriculture and…
