Manend Team 
OTTAWA, (MANEND NEWS): The High Commission for Pakistan in
Ottawa along with Consul Generals of Pakistan in Montreal, Toronto
and Vancouver held an E-Katchehry with the members of the Pakistani
community in Canada.
The High Commissioner for Pakistan in Canada, Raza Bashir Tarar
made the opening and concluding remarks while Consul General of
Pakistan in Toronto Abdul Hameed moderated the session. During an
extensive session, the suggestions and observations of the community
members regarding consular services were noted and they were
assured that their input would be taken and used on a regular basis to
further improve consular services. The participants were informed that
the idea of engaging the Pakistani diaspora through open public-cum-
consultative forums once every month had full backing and blessing of
the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister of Pakistan who consider
Pakistani diaspora as an asset for the nation and fully acknowledges
and appreciates their stellar role and contribution in the national
development.
The launch of Roshan Digital Accounts and recent announcement for
online visa application were indication of the government’s resolve to
provide easy and quick public services to the Pakistanis abroad.
The community members lauded the initiative of the High Commission
for Pakistan for holding the E-Katchehry on a monthly basis and
observed that a regular and broad-based consultative process between
the community members and the High Commission would go a long
way in strengthening the communication and understanding of
community issues to lead to better consular services as desired by the
community.
