Articles of the year 2020
Published on November 21st, 2020
A voice message is doing the rounds that the Pakistanis in Dubai are being harassed by the UAE authorities. In graphic accounts, cars are being stopped and the drivers told to park while their documents are to be checked.
The Pakistanis amongst passengers are made to wait three hours before being allowed to go. This is a shocking example of discrimination against Pakistanis.
A counter narrative is being offered by the Pakistani Embassy in Riyadh that this was fake news to malign the embassy and their treatment at the hands of Dubai authorities.
This Pakistani embassy explanation does not hold good, as the Pakistani government has shown weakness in support of Pakistani nationals.
The embassy staff has always been politically appointed and aims at primarily making money for themselves by creating hurdles for the Pakistani nationals.
These staffers should be screened from time to time and those officers with any complaints against them should be sent home immediately.
The foreign office in stating that this was anti embassy propaganda is a blatant lie and is far from the reality of the treatment meted out to the Pakistanis visitors to the embassy.
The foreign office should examine that the Dubai embassy has no shade in the waiting area for applicants to stand - sometimes three hours at a time under the Arab sun. This treatment of Pakistani visitors to the embassy is unacceptable and should be corrected. The Ambassador should be recalled immediately.
The Ambassador is responsible for the ill treatment of Pakistanis at the embassy. With Israeli presence in the UAE, this maltreatment will only get worse as the UAE government will try to make lives more inhospitable for Pakistanis in the region and will try to pander to the Israeli policy.
We have been treated shabbily by the Arabs and are called “miskeen.” This term is used extensively by courtesy of the Pakistani government not asserting itself against the Arab behaviour.
The Arabs treat the Pakistani government and flag with respect, by virtue of our size and power. However, their treatment of our own embassy towards our citizens is the cause of this behaviour.
The ambassador must be called immediately as Pakistani visitors at the embassy have been ill treated for the last 20 years. This ill treatment of Pakistanis is not at the hands of UAE officers only, but at the Pakistani embassy itself. This must be corrected immediately. The ambassador must be asked for an explanation.
They show themselves to concentrate on providing service to the Pakistani nationals visiting the embassy to assist them and not create hardships.
These Pakistanis toil away, abroad from home in adverse and some time sub- human conditions to support Pakistanis by sending here the good earnings that sustain their beloved homeland.
For the embassy staff to create more misery is unacceptable. The government should carefully screen out any untoward behaviour and punish the culprits.
Our prime minister has raised the international stature of Pakistan as seen by the treatment of Imran Khan at the White House and any other country he visits.
He’s probably one of the most popular international leaders. His charisma and respect is the result of hard work and honesty of purpose. This recognition is as well deserved as his love for Pakistan.
The UAE rulers should realise that they are similar to Las Vegas as an artificial entity created in the desert to promote and be sustained by gambling but Vegas is protected by the American might.
Dubai tourism is completely artificial and with no protection. They are allowed safety by their neighbours : Pakistan, India and Iran by keeping miscreants away.
This artificial bubble could evaporate at one gun shot. The glittering façade would evaporate and Dubai would empty out immediately.
All this ill treatment of the Pakistani in the UAE is just the beginning. The Israeli presence in the UAE has not taken effect.
The Arabs will soon learn that the arrogance of the Americans will compare to the Israeli behaviour. MBS with his murderous intent is only a short step from being thrown under the bus. The house of Saud maybe looking for a new family name.