Pakistani Beggars In Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia is troubled by Pakistani beggars. Saudi Arabia has expressed concern many times about the beggars coming from Pakistan under the guise of Umrah. But, now the Saudi government has also started action against these beggars. 10 Pakistani beggars have been caught in Saudi Arabia. These beggars had gone to Mecca on Umrah visa and started begging there.
Beggars sent back
Pakistan’s intelligence agency Federal Investigative Agency has issued a statement regarding this. The agency has said that Saudi Arabia has sent back 10 Pakistanis who were begging on Umrah visa. All these beggars have been taken into police custody as soon as they landed at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. After taking the beggars into custody, the Pakistani police have sent them to Karachi Anti Human Trafficking Circle. According to the information, these beggars were begging in Saudi Arabia for the last several months.
How many Pakistanis in Saudi Arabia?
Let us tell you that about 25 lakh Pakistanis live in Saudi Arabia and Pakistanis are second in the total number of immigrants. Now the kind of news that keeps coming out shows that many of them earn money by begging. This money comes to Pakistan, which also contributes a little to the country’s foreign exchange reserves.
A shocking case came to light
Last year, a shocking news related to beggars came to light in Pakistan. Here in Sargodha district of Punjab province, five lakh rupees were found in the pocket of a beggar who was unconscious. The surprising thing was that a passport was also found with this beggar in which it was recorded that he had gone to Saudi Arabia many times. After getting the passport, it became clear that the beggar used to go to Saudi Arabia and beg.
Saudi had reprimanded Pakistan
It is worth noting that before this, the Saudi government had also reprimanded Pakistan by showing a tough stand. Saudi had said that such people (beggars) should be stopped before coming here and action should be taken against them. Saudi officials had even warned that if Pakistan is unable to stop the beggars, it may affect the Pakistani Umrah and Hajj pilgrims.