Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:18am on 29 Sep 2023,Friday International
Pakistan has increasingly been exporting beggars to countries like Saudi Arabia and Iraq, according to Pakistan's Secretary of Overseas Pakistanis. He told a parliamentary committee that 90% of beggars detained in West Asian nations are from Pakistan. Many beg under the guise of religious pilgrimage after arriving on Umrah visas. The ambassadors of Iraq and Saudi Arabia have complained to Pakistan about the growing number of Pakistani beggars, who often end up jailed. The problem reflects Pakistan's economic crisis and skyrocketing inflation, which has plunged more of its citizens into poverty. With terrorism and donkeys previously counted among its exports, Pakistan's latest dubious export is beggars.
