DUBAI – Head of General Security in Dubai Lt General Dhahi Khalfan tooktoTwitter to denounce Pakistanis, accusing them of being a “dangerousthreat to Gulf societies”.
In his recent diatribe on April 1, Lt Gen Dhahi Khalfan, who is the head ofgeneral security of Dubai, wrote in Arabic: “The Pakistanis pose a seriousthreat to the Gulf communities for the drugs they bring with them to ourcountries.”
The tweet, followed by a series of similar attacks targeting Pakistanis,came in the backdrop of a drug racket being busted in Dubai. The tweet wasalso carrying a photo apparently showing three Pakistani smugglers, alongwith the drugs allegedly recovered from them.
No government data is readily available to show that Pakistani citizenshave been involved in certain crimes in UAE more than immigrants belongingto other countries.
Khalfan resorted to generalising, however, asking his fellow citizens “notto employ Pakistanis”. The security official, who was the head of DubaiPolice Force until 2013, termed it a “national duty to stop hiringPakistanis”.
In continuation of his diatribe, the official went on to make sweepingcomparisons between Pakistanis and their arch rival Indians.