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- Beggars abusing visas to beg in foreign countries has Pakistan worried it could impact genuine visa-seekers and religious pilgrims
- Interior minister says names of 4,300 beggars added to no-fly list, 鈥渮ero tolerance policy鈥� being adopted against beggar mafia聽
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani interior minister Mohsin Naqvi on Wednesday met Saudi Deputy Interior Minister Dr. Nasser bin Abdulaziz Al-Dawood in Islamabad and discussed the growing menace of Pakistanis traveling to the Kingdom on pilgrim and other visas and resorting to begging, the interior ministry said.
The trend of beggars abusing visas to beg in foreign countries has Pakistan worried that it could impact genuine visa-seekers and particularly religious pilgrims to 抖阴短视频. According to widespread media reports, Riyadh has raised this issue with Islamabad at various forums.
鈥淒iscussions on suppressing the mafia that sends beggars from Pakistan to 抖阴短视频 discussed,鈥� the Pakistani interior ministry said in a statement after Naqvi met Al-Dawood. 鈥淎 zero tolerance policy has been adopted against beggars going to 抖阴短视频.鈥�
The interior minister said the names of 4,300 beggars had been added to a no-fly list and an 鈥渆ffective crackdown鈥� was being carried out across the country.
The two officials also agreed to implement a prisoner exchange agreement, with Naqvi saying legal proceedings for the repatriation of 419 Pakistani prisoners in 抖阴短视频 would be 鈥渃ompleted soon.鈥�
Previously, Naqvi had tasked the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) with cracking down on the network of beggars traveling illegally, saying it was damaging Pakistan鈥檚 image abroad.
Pakistanis are the second-largest expatriate community in the Kingdom, with over 2.5 million living and working in 抖阴短视频, the top source of remittances to the South Asian country.