Overseas Pakistanis to Get New Digital Facilities
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has been briefed on expanded consular services for overseas Pakistanis, including the digitization of document attestation and foreign payment systems.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the prime minister chaired a meeting in Islamabad on Thursday to review progress on the initiatives.
Officials from the foreign ministry, interior ministry, FIA, IT ministry, Pakistani envoys and other senior representatives attended the briefing.
The meeting was told that Pakistan has already introduced a QR code-based system to simplify power of attorney, property transactions and document attestation.
Officials also briefed the prime minister on a faster complaint registration system through QR codes.
Shehbaz Sharif directed authorities to display QR codes prominently at Pakistani embassies and missions abroad and launch a public awareness campaign so more overseas Pakistanis can benefit from the system.
The briefing also highlighted new facilitation measures, including an evening shift at the Foreign Office in Islamabad and attestation services at the Asaan Khidmat Centre.
Officials said the attestation process has been linked with the databases of HEC, Inter Boards Coordination Commission, Nadra and the National Police Bureau to make it faster and more efficient. They added that the system has also shifted to a one-step Apostille process.
The government is also developing a mobile application for the digital attestation of birth, death, marriage and family registration certificates, the PMO said.
Reference Link:- https://propakistani.pk/2026/07/31/overseas-pakistanis-to-get-new-digital-facilities/
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
