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Pakistan has topped the list of countries with the highest number of illegal overstayers after the 2016-2017 Umrah season, Arab News reported on Tuesday.
According to Arab News, the 6,905 pilgrims from Pakistan stayed in Saudi Arabia illegally after the pilgrimage season was over.
Pakistan was followed by Nigeria with 1,629 overstayers and Egypt with 1,081, the daily added.
Indonesia, which had the second highest number of overstayers in the 2015-2016 Umrah season, came in at the fourth place with 592 illegal people. It was followed by Sudan, Arab News said.
According to an article published by the Saudi Gazette in February, Saudi Arabia deported more than 39,000 Pakistanis in the four months prior to the report for "violating the rules of residence and work".
Over 100 Pakistanis were deported by the Gulf state on the charges of overstay in the kingdom in 2015. "Most of them travelled to Saudi Arabia on Umrah visa, but slipped there to find work," an official had said at the time.
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Oct 25, 2017 02:24pm
We should take note of this and stop such people from giving the nation a bad name.
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Oct 25, 2017 02:32pm
Another Feather in the cap
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Oct 25, 2017 02:39pm
It will definitely lead to rejection of Visa's for genuine cases.
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Oct 25, 2017 02:53pm
Nice one Pakistan
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Oct 25, 2017 02:56pm
Pakistan, Nigeria & Egypt !! The land of pure always gets friends of its repute in every domain !! Some other lists have them paired with Somaliya & North Korea !!
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Oct 25, 2017 02:58pm
Once CPEC comes, everyone can stay illegally in CPEC
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Oct 25, 2017 03:02pm
Very very bad omen, indeed.
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Oct 25, 2017 03:18pm
CPEC has started showing the effects. Pakistan is topping many lists these days.
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Oct 25, 2017 03:20pm
Illegal here too?
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Oct 25, 2017 03:32pm
Lol... the gap with the second position is so ahead that im not even mad, that's amazing !!
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Oct 25, 2017 03:46pm
The problem is that Pakistan Embassy (PE) itself does not take action against those people who are culprit. PE should punish such people.
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Oct 25, 2017 04:00pm
Sad.. Poor guys have to come back to the land of pure..
Is anyone listening .. please provide these poor fellas jobs, so they can lead their life with dignity..
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Oct 25, 2017 04:03pm
Another star on the chest
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Oct 25, 2017 04:06pm
No surprise here.
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Oct 25, 2017 04:12pm
Going to Umrah ( washing the sins ) and then staying illegally at the very place
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Oct 25, 2017 04:20pm
@Hmmwattosay Will CPEC complete by 2020 ??
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Oct 25, 2017 04:40pm
How could a brother Muslim country deport 39000 individuals from another brotherly Muslim country?
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Oct 25, 2017 04:45pm
Look on the positive side. They have guts to face new challenges and dare to step into the unknown. Staying illegally is not something small, it shows the determination of people to make it. But at the same time we cannot encourage illegal immigration
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Oct 25, 2017 05:30pm
Really, the politician should see that pakistan is doing first in so many things. Its a alarming situation guys
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Oct 25, 2017 05:54pm
Saudia should handle this. They make billions out of Pilgrim visits. They should find a way to find and control such illegal people.
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Oct 25, 2017 05:56pm
@Jo what can Pakistan govt do abt this? These people are issued visa by saudia. Pakistan cannot stop them. If Saudia allows someone to come in their country, it becomes their responsibility to find and catch any wrongdoing happening there.
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Oct 25, 2017 06:19pm
Wow, right back to gr8 deeds after performing Umrah.
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Oct 25, 2017 06:27pm
And they say Saudis treat discriminately with them??????
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Oct 25, 2017 06:33pm
Does it include Nawaz Sharif who it seems is still in Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah and now on his way to Madina. Shocking that he uses his wife’s illness as an excuse for not attending accountability court yet he is travelling in Saudi Arabia to arrange an NRO. It therefore confirms that his wife’s illness is no so serious.
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Oct 25, 2017 06:55pm
Maybe these people despise the military rule and living conditions in Pakistan so they stayed there
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Oct 25, 2017 07:18pm
Corrupt and greedy society.
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Oct 25, 2017 07:52pm
Pakistan should provide more job opportunity and stop giving jobs just to relatives and friends of the ministers specially in Sind. The other ticking time bomb for Pakistan is the population growth, if not put in control there will be severe food and water crisis plus law & order situation as hungry people must eat to live.
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Oct 25, 2017 08:16pm
@Jo how many places and how many will and can be stopped, moreover, how to stop is the real hurdle .
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Oct 25, 2017 08:18pm
@Mannan and what if embassy has involvement of some kind ?
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Oct 25, 2017 10:24pm
@husaina ..... Undocumented workers without jobs are deported. The uneducated do not have a clue that Saudi Arabia is in an economic slump and that jobs are not increasing because infrastructure projects and business expansion is on hold.
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Oct 26, 2017 01:17am
"Pakistan tops list of 'illegal overstayers' after Umrah: report"
Nothing new. Pakistanis are well known thieves and liars.
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Oct 26, 2017 03:34am
The clear message is, people want to escape from Pakistan at any cost. Same thing for Chinese.
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