#haniya javed

[tothequeerphenomena]

first lesbian situationship in a nutshell

the blonde is abbey and the other one is hanna!!!! and that is a birthmark on her cheek too many people ignore it and it’s a pain

hanna in this little concept sheet is my favourite thing bc it’s my first time drawing her since i lost my stylus and i’ve come up with new little design rules to draw her with

big puppy eyes at all times she’s meant to look a bit like a kicked puppy at all times i need her to CAUSE EMOTION

big blush when around abbey

also she’s not actually that orange it’s how it looks from me taking a photo of my ipad on my phone

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The return of migrants in huge numbers raises a lot of questions, not only about their settlement and employment, but also on how Pakistan’s economy is to bear the remittance gap. From January to November 2018, 346,467 workers migrated from Pakistan, as compared to 496,286 during the whole of 2017. Consequently, remittances to Pakistan also saw a steep drop in the last two years. For the fiscal year 2016–17, overseas Pakistanis sent about US$19,351million, down 2.84 percent from US$19,917 million in the previous year. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) host the bulk of the Pakistani labour force abroad and, hence, send the most remittances back to Pakistan. Remittances from Saudi Arabia alone faced a fall of 8.35 percent in fiscal year 2016–17.

Haniya Javed, 'How the Saudi recession is hurting Pakistani labour', Dawn

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Jadoon doesn’t plan to return to Pakistan, if he can avoid it. He’s a survivor of the financial crisis that hit the Bin Laden Group and forced thousands of Pakistani migrant workers to return home, giving up salaries worth years of service. At the peak of the crisis, another subsidiary of the Bin Laden Group offered him a job and he decided to go for it. “I thought going back and starting from scratch would be more difficult for me,” says the 36-year-old who went to Saudi Arabia when he was 25. “I thought it was better that I remain on duty and recover my previous dues that are still pending with the company.” As of now, Jadoon is still waiting for six months’ worth of salary from previous years, while his iqama stands expired. “I mostly stay in my compound and if the police catch us on the way or back from duty, the company is responsible for us then. Between 2015 and 2018, the situation has improved a lot. I don’t plan on going to Pakistan anytime soon. You see, Saudi Arabia has nothing but oil and we [Pakistan] have everything and yet we spend our lives like slaves of our political system.”

Haniya Javed, 'How the Saudi recession is hurting Pakistani labour', Dawn

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In 2015, when crisis hit the Bin Laden Group, and the employees of Empower Contracting weren’t paid for three months, they decided to go on a strike. For Zulfiqar Hussain, a 32-year-old resident of Rawalpindi, six more months went in waiting. His health insurance began to expire and savings were fast running out for him and 50 other Pakistanis. “I resigned but it wasn’t the end for me. We waited another 10 months for money and gratuity settlement and to simply get our exit from the kingdom.” According to Zulfiqar, 80 percent of those who initiated the strike were Pakistani nationals. He has spent seven years in Saudi Arabia as a mechanical supervisor and thinks Pakistani workers are the first ones to speak against any violation of rights. “Even in small companies, the smallest of problems will be called out by Pakistanis first. They are eyed as trouble-triggers often.” The shift in Saudi Arabia, from being the largest importer of Pakistani labour, to now reporting high numbers of deportations and voluntary returns, leaves Pakistan in a murky situation.

Haniya Javed, 'How the Saudi recession is hurting Pakistani labour', Dawn