El Sidd
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@El Sidd Not challenging anyone's knowledge here but just sharing my two cents.
There have been a series of tweets from the Police Chief and at least one other before him, against Pakistan and tweets are tweets but let's look a bit deeper.
Here is bit of context from AL-SHARQ news website translated via Google, as my Arabic is still very dodgy:
Dhahi Khalfan humiliates the Pakistanis .. the countries of the blockade (against Qatar) and Pakistan political and economic dispute is burning
Arab News Sunday, 01-04-2018 at 5:37 pm
Ahmed Ibrahim
To the extent that it provokes anger, Dhahi Khalfan often ridicules his comments and allegations, turning recently into a joke on Twitter after he was told that his grandfather was the biggest owner of a property in Doha !. His account ..
That the deputy head of police and public security in Dubai, back to be spearhead in a silent conflict between the UAE and Saudi Arabia on the one hand and Pakistan on the other ...
Where Dhahi Khalfan launched a violent campaign that was described as "racist incitement" against Pakistanis working in the UAE and the Gulf, through a series of inflammatory and circular tweets against them at his official account in "Twitter"
"We have seen Pakistanis do a great harm to our Gulf societies," Khalfan wrote in a tweet. "A call to citizens not to employ Pakistanis."
"Why are the Indians disciplined, while the sedition, criminality and smuggling in the Pakistani community are rampant," he said in another.
Khalfan does not stop stirring controversy, and he attacked in a tweet earlier in the Yemenis and said: "Sedtona .. Arabs .. Arabs .. Talatoa 60% of the left and Persians and Ahbash and Africans .. Best shut up ... Do not remember the Arabs."
This sharp attack by Dahi Khalfan of the Pakistanis was preceded by a lot of information indicating a rupture in Saudi-UAE and Pakistani relations. The US Wall Street Journal revealed that Saudi Arabia had abandoned Pakistan's support and succumbed to US pressure and voted to include Islamabad on a terrorism financing list. , Despite sending 1000 troops to the Kingdom to protect the system, as revealed by the site "Middle East A" British.
Reports indicate that Pakistan's mood has reached an unprecedented stage of discontent with Saudi Arabia's actions with Pakistan, which is evident by the Pakistani media's handling of this relationship, which has been beset by many contradictions ...
In the UAE, many Western newspapers reported the silent port conflict between the two countries, where the UAE sees the expansion of Gwadar port in Pakistan as a game changer in the region that would reshape the region's economic agenda.
Many analysts believe Pakistan's strategic port of Gwadar is a powerful threat to Dubai in the region. This controversial issue has recently caused a silent economic war between the UAE on the one hand and Pakistan on the other.
Are the slogans of Dahi Khalfan the beginning to break the silence and to declare the already heated dispute in the corridors of politics and economy?
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My own two cents:
I think that basically, the souring of relations with Arab countries in general is due to the following:
- Yemen Conflict - (SPCI No 1) : Sharif's backtracking from returning the favour of their exile in Saudi Arabia as well as Saudi support of Pak in Past. (RS and Army didn't)
- Qatar Blockade - (SPCI No 2) : Sharif's continued business interests in Qatar further middle-fingured Saudia-UAE etc. (the blockade countries)
- Gwadar Port - UAE Vs Pak: Obvious one to one business conflict between the two countries and UAE taking advantage of point 1&2.
UAE is simply using the ( SPCI No1&2) Sharifs Personal Conflict of Interest issues with Saudis that have hampered SAUDI - PAK relations to do as much lobbying against Pakistan as required to harm potentially substantial Saudi and Arab investment and developing business interests in Gwadar. Business is business.
So it's not just about some Arabs waking up one day and starting agitation against Pakistan due to Yemen or Gwadar but also our beloved Sharif's Business in Qatar and PCI that is being considered backstabbing by Saudis and in particular UAE has Yemen, Qatar and Gwadar politics to play with too.
UAE has every right to do what her interests put her in decision making.
The systematic pressure put on Pakistan is not some personsal clash of unwritten unspoken promises.
Dubai fights hard each day and have nightmares of beirut just like Doha and Bahrain.
Pakistan and Pakistanis respect the cordial 'brotherly' relations the two countries enjoy.
The amount of dough in the game is mind boggling. Only a fair just person can distribute this fairly or else the region is nose diving towards war.