• Senate panel told Middle Eastern markets turning to Bangladeshis, other nationals for labour needs
• Secretary paints bleak picture, says around half of crime rate among UAE labourers attributed to Pakistanis

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Stand­ing Committee on Overseas Pakist­a­nis was informed about deplorable standard of Pakistani workforce, ma­­inly in the Gulf region, has led to the shif­ting of preferences by Gulf employers to hire workforce from other regional cou­ntries, such as Bangladesh, instead of Pakistan.

The Senate committee meeting, chaired by Senator Zeeshan Khanzada, stressed that the government was ignoring the potentials available in this sector.

After facing criticism from members of the committee regarding failure of the government to harness........

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