DUBAI – UAE government has lifted the restriction it imposed two weeks backseeking the police character certificate (PCC) for Pakistan workforce.
“The withdrawal of the condition has paved the way for substantial exportof manpower from Pakistan, as the process will now be free of any kind ofimpediment, and this will ultimately result in substantial surge in theremittances in the years to come.”
The UAE Embassy in Islamabad also confirms the development saying itsgovernment has withdrawn the restriction seeking police charactercertificate from indenting Pakistan workers. The News in its edition ofMarch 29, 2018, printed the story with headline “Manpower export to GulfStates touches lowest ebb’ painting the dismal situation stemming out ofthe imposition of restriction seeking provision of police charactercertificate duly attested by the foreign office and UAE Embassy inIslamabad for Pakistani workforce which may lead to the massive reductionin the remittances.
The official said that UAE authorities reviewed its decision and withdrewthe condition of police character certificate for Pakistani workers. “Moreimportantly, the UAE government has also decided not to charge anythingfrom Pakistani workforce even they will be provided free air tickets.”Ex-Senator and an eminent politician, Envor Beg, said that this is acommendable gesture on behalf of the UAE government and now it is time forPakistani government to make contact at the level of Prime Minister withtop leadership of Dubai government to harness the maximum quota forPakistani workforce required for erecting the huge structure needed forExpo 2020.
Mr Beg again stressed the contact with Dubai government should be no lessthan the premier level keeping in view the significance of the size of pieof the cake (jobs for building structure needed for Expo 2020) that isbeing offered toPakistan, India, Bangladesh.
Dubai is going to hold Expo 2020 at international level and is spendingmammoth amount of $10 billion. For the construction of huge structure,Dubai needs the workforce from various countries. Pakistan’s foreign officemust come forward and take the maximum advantage out of the goldenopportunity the UAE has provided by lifting the restriction. This willensure the arrival of manpower from Pakistan in Dubai at the maximum sothat they could stimulate the remittances on large extent in the country.And if the government fails to exploit the situation, then Indian workforcewill automatically fill the space.
When the UAE government had imposed the condition seeking police charactercertificate, the Indian government swung into action and geared itsaggressive diplomatic efforts and managed to get the said restrictionabolished.
He said Indians know how to operate and no wonder their home remittancesare touching $60 billion per annum; whereas, Pakistan’s remittances standat $17 billion and if the government continues to remain inactive, thenPakistan will sustain the huge dent in the foreign exchange reserves.
However, the UAE government has also provided the ease for Pakistaniworkforce by withdrawing the restriction and now the ball is in the courtof Pakistani government.