*ISLAMABAD – *During a Senate hearing on Thursday chaired by Deputy SenateChairperson Saleem Mandviwala, the foreign ministry told senators thatPakistanis are travelling to Saudi Arabia to beg.
Pakistani citizens are travelling to Jeddah, Riyadh, Mecca and Medina andbegging on the streets. They are especially active in the months of Ramazanand Zilhaj, said the ministry.
Federal Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari said action should be takenagainst these people. If tour operators are found complicit in this, theirlicenses will be cancelled, she warned.
She said Pakistan’s image is being ruined due to this begging.
A reply was also submitted regarding the number of Pakistanis jailed inforeign countries.