Beggars Archives

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‘Stop sending beggars under Umrah visa: Saudi warns Pakistan over influx of beggars, says it would negatively affect bilateral ties

OpIndia Staff - 25 September, 2024

Saudi authorities cautioned that if Islamabad fails to take appropriate action, it could negatively impact the religious and interpersonal relations between the two nations.

News Reports

Gulf countries avoid hiring Pakistanis because they have earned reputations as beggars or criminals: Read what Pakistani Senate Committee was informed

OpIndia Staff - 31 July, 2024

Pakistani beggars often travel to Iraq and Saudi Arabia under the pretense of pilgrimage (ziarat).

News Reports

Pakistan govt, which routinely begs from the entire world, plans to block passports of over 2000 beggars so they don’t beg from the entire...

OpIndia Staff - 9 July, 2024

Most of the beggars from Pakistan travel to Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq posing as pilgrims visiting Islamic shrines. However, after landing in those countries, they start begging outside shrines.

News Reports

Mumbai: Bharat Jain, the world’s richest beggar continues to beg even after having a net worth of Rs 7.5 crore

OpIndia Staff - 7 July, 2023

Jain at present has amassed a net worth of 7.5 crore. His monthly income from begging fluctuates between Rs 60,000 and Rs 75,000.

News Reports

Video of Pakistani woman saying her rich family swimming in luxuries is full of professional beggars emerges amid severe economic crisis

OpIndia Staff - 26 February, 2023

The woman also informed that the family of beggars had even hired a makeup artist so that they could pass off as destitutes.

World

Not satire: Pakistan sets up anti beggary squad to eliminate professional beggars

OpIndia Staff - 3 October, 2021

It is interesting to note here that Google Images throws up pictures of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan when one searches for 'Bhikhari'.

Media Fact-Check

No, Indian Railways will not allow begging in trains and platforms, Ministry busts media reports

OpIndia Staff - 6 September, 2020

Multiple media houses had reported that the Indian Railways may decriminalise begging, thereby effectively allow begging on the trains and platform.

OpIndia Explains

‘Rats of Shah Dola’: How hundreds of children in the Islamic State of Pakistan are forcefully deformed and exploited as beggars

Dibakar Dutta - 16 June, 2020

In the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the microcephalic children find refuge at the shrine of Shah Daula in Varedia but are deformed and exploited to beg

Opinions

Dear Mr Chidambaram, pakodewalas have shown more enterprise than your leader ever will

Mahesh Jagga - 29 January, 2018

Why Rahul Gandhi's gang hates hardworking people

News Reports

A ‘beggar family’ in Saudi found to be owner of 5 cars including a Mercedes

Hemant Bijapurkar - 19 July, 2017

This is a new concept of offbeat entrepreneurship, or maybe not so new.

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