The only people who suffer any thing negative are who are illegally in the country on visit visas and they do not return back , so obviously their employers take advantage of situation and make them work for less.
Also not having a standardized pay scale, helps the companies abuse
immigrants - who are constructing the best buildings in UAE and roads and its infrastructures.
Do UAE nationals get better privledges , YES, I think Europe and US are more libral when it comes to Human Right , equality and other matters - US/Europe is generally enjoys a better Judicial system , the main issue with US is their loopsided forigne policy other then that , they donate TONES of cash to all 3rd world countries
Most of the so call countries , we know , don't have Justice system and this is why there are abuses of labour and other matters which are well documented on Human Rights pages. You get in argument with a Arab cop and you could be sent in Jail for 7 days or 3 days etc there is no rule of law - some British person was holding hands with his wife , at UAE beach was prisoned lol I mean that is how it works there
Other then that if you can stay quiet and do your work , you will make good living by Pakistani Standards. Most US/British Expatriates who work in UAE openly say that the engineers from Asia who work building all the buildings and construction work don't get even 10% of their net worth - and they never complain - becasue they have no RIGHTS no one is there to raise their pay scale or anything if they ask they get fired and the UAE finds replacements -
I think its a social issue that will fade away as the countries rules become more civilized.
But its up to our own countries Embassies to ensure that labour laws are respected and people are not abused -
Its our Embassy's Job to give guidelines to people coming in look here is a normal pay rate , for your position (Engineering/Doctors/Accountants etc ) so make sure you get comparable salary for your net worth - and also Embassies should black list companies with known human rights abuse cases logged in past 1-2 years.
The case of our Cricketr Asif being banned from Dubai airport is an example - I think with little bit of diplomacy and privacy the matter could have been resolved -
UAE is generally good to Pakistan lets keep it at that
Pakistani working overseas annually send 10 billion dollars to Pakistan thur their work in Middle east so is not all that bad - specially since our own gov can't create jobs for our work froce.
We could be building our own engineering projects for desalination plants our own power plants for coal conversion to energy or our own petro chemical industry
But we are not - so if they are giving our nationals a chance to live there - beggars can't be choosers , while I do feel that more can be done , to bring the labour issues to light
UAE , and other middle east countries are close to Pakistan and hopefully there would be more cooperation between brotherly nations and I hope that the labour issue in the Middle east can improve - with time
"RESPECT is only found in your own nation"
