ISLAMABAD: Responding to a surge in posts advertising fake jobs in the UAE, Pakistan’s government issued a warning to its nationals seeking jobs in the Middle East. Through a post on Twitter, the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (MOPHRD) shared screen grabs of “fake” Dubai-based job adverts, advising people not to make […]
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Pakistanis in jails abroad
The Ramazan amnesty by the government of the United Arab Emirates will reunite 572 Pakistanis who had been in jails in that country with their families in Pakistan in time for on Eid. Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal, who shared the news with reporters at a weekly press briefing, said 2,409 Pakistanis were languishing […]
4 apprehended in Sharjah for forcing Pakistanis into begging
SHARJAH: A group of four people was arrested for forcing Pakistanis residing in Sharjah into begging. According to police, the group brought 35 people from Pakistan to Sharjah promising them jobs, but later they forced them to beg. Out of 35, 14 people were disabled, police stated. All four members were sentenced to one-year imprisonment and […]
Pakistanis among 90 migrants feared dead in shipwreck off Libya
GENEVA: At least 90 people were feared dead on Friday in the latest migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, the UN migration agency said. “At least 90 migrants are reported to have drowned, when a boat capsized off the coast of Libya this morning”, the International Organization for Migration said […]