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Multan (Pakistan) – A Committee formed by the Government of Pakistan states that maximum number (90%) of beggars caught in the world are from Pakistan. Barely two days after this statement, 16 Pakistanis travelling from Multan in Pakistan to Saudi Arabia for begging were offloaded from a flight. The group included 11 women, 4 men and a boy. They were travelling to Saudi Arabia pretending to be Hajj Pilgrims. They have been detained for interrogation. When questioned by officials at the airport, they accepted that they were going to Saudi Arabia to beg. They also accepted that half the amount that they would have collected from begging in Saudi Arabia would go to the agents who had made arrangements to send them there.
Sixteen alleged #Pakistani beggars disguised as #pilgrims were offloaded from a #SaudiArabia-bound flight and arrested for trying to travel to the Gulf Kingdom to indulge in begging, according to a media report on Sunday.https://t.co/FYJwMr4chm
— Economic Times (@EconomicTimes) October 1, 2023
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