Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaisar directed on Wednesday that all stranded Tableeghis/ Zaireen and Overseas Pakistanis who have tested negative or have completed quarantine period must be immediately repatriated to their homes by federal and provincial governments due to advent of holy month of Ramazan.
Chairing a meeting of the Functional Committee of the
Parliament on COVID-19 affectees here at the Parliament House, the Speaker
commended the job done by the Sub-committee led by Shehryar Afridi and directed
the committee to take up the issues faced by the journalist community and get
them resolved.
Speaker also directed Ministry of Foreign affairs to facilitate for Ramzan
package for laid off overseas Pakistanis.
Convener of the Sub-committee of the Functional Committee, Shehryar Afridi briefed the Committee on steps taken to repatriate the Tableeghi, Zaireen and Overseas Pakistanis. He said that over 10,000 Tableeghi and Zaireen have been repatriated domestically while rest are being facilitated by the authorities concerned. He also said that the focal persons of the provinces need to respond proactively to the committee while the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Foreign Affairs were taking lead in facilitating the return of the trapped religious travelers.
