06-06-2009, 01:54 AM
Pakistan Ambassador to Libya Jamil Ahmed Khan briefing the journalists said that 30-50 thousands Pakistanis would be recruited by Libya in the backdrop of Asif Ali Zardariâs recent visit. Libya is the country which betrayed Pakistan rather sold its reputation by opening its mouth on the nuclear issue. It was the Libya which named Pakistan (on behest of western powers) which allegedly helped it in its nuclear energy building up as it was assured if its names Pakistan, it would become a blue eyed boys in the eyes of with West more particularly with USA would again become
When General Musharraff visited Malaysia, the nation learnt through our newspapers that the Malaysian government had announced plans to recruit 100,000 Pakistani workers amid an acute labour shortage. A few months back Asif Zardari visited (perhaps Malaysia) a similar type of news repeatedly we read in our newspapers. Last year it was also read that Japan was to recruit thousands of Pakistanis.
It was Benazirâs second tenure. I was then employed in the Gulf State of the Bahrain in a big government department. The Overseas Pakistanis Minister came to Bahrain and visited our Department. The Head of the Department told the Minister that there were 7000 people of different nationalities working in the Department largest of them being then the Pakistanis. This information was translated into our rulerâs own style and language. The next day Pakistani TV and newspapers on the front page stated that the Bahrain had desired to recruit 7000 Pakistanis. Immediately telephones started coming from families in Pakistan that the younger son, son-in-law, so and so nephew should be got recruited. The Department was flooded with hundreds of applications by mail from Pakistan daily. The recruiting agents in Pakistan started collecting applications from job seekers. When we clarified our relatives home that the news was wrong and there was no recruitment plans they did not believe us. On flood of applications and offers from recruitment agents in Pakistan to our Department tell each of them was the best recruitment agent in Pakistan, the Department spoke with the Pakistan Embassy which had to face a bad face. During the last 10 years our each Prime Minister, President and Overseas Pakistanis Minister after his trip to Arab countries told the nation that how many thousands the visited government had promised to recruit Pakistanis, if all those figures are calculated today the whole nation in the record must have gone to Middle East.
When General Musharraff visited Malaysia, the nation learnt through our newspapers that the Malaysian government had announced plans to recruit 100,000 Pakistani workers amid an acute labour shortage. A few months back Asif Zardari visited (perhaps Malaysia) a similar type of news repeatedly we read in our newspapers. Last year it was also read that Japan was to recruit thousands of Pakistanis.
It was Benazirâs second tenure. I was then employed in the Gulf State of the Bahrain in a big government department. The Overseas Pakistanis Minister came to Bahrain and visited our Department. The Head of the Department told the Minister that there were 7000 people of different nationalities working in the Department largest of them being then the Pakistanis. This information was translated into our rulerâs own style and language. The next day Pakistani TV and newspapers on the front page stated that the Bahrain had desired to recruit 7000 Pakistanis. Immediately telephones started coming from families in Pakistan that the younger son, son-in-law, so and so nephew should be got recruited. The Department was flooded with hundreds of applications by mail from Pakistan daily. The recruiting agents in Pakistan started collecting applications from job seekers. When we clarified our relatives home that the news was wrong and there was no recruitment plans they did not believe us. On flood of applications and offers from recruitment agents in Pakistan to our Department tell each of them was the best recruitment agent in Pakistan, the Department spoke with the Pakistan Embassy which had to face a bad face. During the last 10 years our each Prime Minister, President and Overseas Pakistanis Minister after his trip to Arab countries told the nation that how many thousands the visited government had promised to recruit Pakistanis, if all those figures are calculated today the whole nation in the record must have gone to Middle East.