Pakistanis attack Bangladeshis in UAE

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Pakistanis attack Bangladeshis in UAE
News Desk, bdnews24.com
Published: 2013-08-22 22:59:57.0 BdST Updated: 2013-08-22 22:59:57.0 BdST

Pakistanis attack Bangladeshis in UAE - bdnews24.com

Bangladeshi labourers have been attacked by Pakistani co-workers at a camp in Dubai, UAE, over ‘intercultural issues’, reports an online Emirate newspaper.

Quoting witnesses, ‘7 Days in Dubai’ reported on Thursday that Bangladeshi workers were stabbed in a camp near the construction site of the giant Arabtec on Tuesday night.

The initial scuffle was reported in the dining area, but it soon spread to other sections. “The fighting spread to accommodation, where gangs of Pakistanis went looking for Bangladeshi workers,” one witness told the newspaper.

Forty people were taken to hospital and 25 arrested after the fight at that the Saadiyat Construction Village.

Arabtec’s Head of Group Corporate Communications, Ashraf Zeitoon, said the fight was sparked by ‘intercultural issues’. “It snowballed from a squabble between two workers and soon tens and tens got involved. Nobody was seriously injured but 40 are in hospital.”

Witnesses said dozens of workers were attacked with sticks, hammers, metal bars and wooden spears shaped from trees in a mass brawl.

The newspaper said the fighting was thought to have continued into Wednesday morning, when police personnel were drafted to restore order.

Those who fought one another were all inmates of the same camp.

Zeitoon said: “We have now separated the Pakistani and Bangladeshi living quarters.

“The company is working to improve relations between the nationalities. The problems Pakistanis and Bangladeshis have with each other go way beyond the borders of the UAE,” he added.

The report said the violence followed a major strike mostly by Bangladeshi workers in May over pay.

Arabtec cancelled some of the Bangladesh workers’ visas and sent them home, replacing them with Pakistanis. The move, some workers said, had had caused the tension.

“The fighting is said to have been sparked by name-calling in the dining area and a dispute between two men over a room key. That sparked the brawl and both sides called for reinforcements,’ the newspaper said.

Police helicopters hovered over the site on Wednesday morning, while Arabtec officials, police response teams and security guards rushed in and out, it added.

 

[BDforever]

@Armstrong @Talon @Alpha1 @RAMPAGE @Tk_90 and others not good

 

[Roybot]

Intercultural issues? More like Bangladeshis acting all gangster.

@Imran Khan, your views?

Group clashes leave
38 workers injured - Khaleej Times

Two groups of workers clashed in a labour accommodation on Saadiyat Island early this week leaving 38 people wounded, sources said. The law-enforcement authorities controlled the situation and took some people into custody on Tuesday evening.

According to witnesses, the incident happened when a group of Bangladeshi workers allegedly beat up some Pakistani workers around 8pm on Monday after an exchange of heated arguments between two workers of either nationality over the handing over of a key.

Next day, Pakistani workers allegedly ganged up and roughed up Bangladeshi labourers and in the evening both groups again had a fight leaving at least 38 people wounded.

The attack was a result of a long-brewing unease which started a couple of months back when Pakistani workers did not join Bangladeshis in their strike against low wages. The management fired and deported several workers replacing with Pakistanis, according to Farooq Langoov, Welfare Counsellor at the Pakistan Embassy, who met with Pakistani workers and narrated their side of the story to this correspondent.

Asharf Zaitoon, spokesperson for Abu Dhabi-based Arabtec Holding, told Khaleej Times that two colleagues from Pakistan and Bangladesh quarrelled with each other over the handing over of a key of the kitchen. Later, several other workers joined the minor quarrel.

The spokesman also confirmed that all those who were taken to hospital have been discharged after being administered first aid. Zaitoon said those who were taken into custody soon after the brawl had also been released and they were all back to work.

The incident did not affect the construction activities at the two main sites, including the Mid-field Terminal at Abu Dhabi International Airport and Louvre Abu Dhabi, he added. The Bangladeshi and Pakistani diplomats amicably resolved the issue in cooperation with Arabtec Holding officials on Thursday afternoon.

Farooq Langoov said the minor dispute had been resolved and for future, a mechanism had been devised to sort out any misgivings among workers, in order to avoid any brawl.

He appreciated the UAE authorities and Arabtec Holding for their cooperation in resolving the issue amicably. Stressed from day’s hard work, construction workers of different nationalities clash with each other on minor issues like queuing up for food.

But, Zaitoon said that his company had allotted separate accommodation to Pakistani workers on their request. “Now they have been relocated to Al Yas Island,” he said.

On measures Arabtech has taken to stop such incidents from repeating in the future, he hoped this would not be repeated again due to the composition of the company’s labour accommodation. The company has people of up to nine nationalities stayin

 

[naveen mishra]

still east is not accepting west......

 

[Rahil khan]

Not acceptable....Even if Indians and Pakistanis can have perfect relations abroad, why this drama than??

 

[Gautam]

OMG!!
Life is no PDF.

 

[Alpha1]

Sad incident but I think this is an isolated incident and basicaly was a quarrel!

 

[xTra]

@Skies

What are your views on this.

 

[BDforever]

Intercultural issues? More like Bangladeshis acting all gangster.

@Imran Khan, your views?

Group clashes leave
38 workers injured - Khaleej Times

WOW ! ! !

if BDian are guilty, they must be punished.

 

[Skies]

What type of Cultural Issue?

Anyway, any other source other than BDnews24.com?

@Skies

What are your views on this.

No one should insult each others culture. At least a citizen of one country to other country.

And I also heard before that in Middle East there a some tussle between BD workers and Pk workers. But do not know well who is guilty.

 

[Imran Khan]

0yeee na laro

Intercultural issues? More like Bangladeshis acting all gangster.

@Imran Khan, your views?

Group clashes leave
38 workers injured - Khaleej Times

simply pak-ind have more salary then them so they didn't join them in strike so BD guy don't like it . after few months they beaten a pakistani on monday so weekend ko dhulai ker di pakistaniyoon ne un ki ab araam rahy ga .

 

[Skies]

Pakistani workers must have complained the authority if they had any issue. Such incidents of attacking is uncivilized.

 

[HIMEL@BD]

Is it a reminder of 1971?

 

[naveen mishra]

Pakistani workers must have complained the authority if they had any issue. Such incidents of attacking is uncivilized.

see difference..........when Indian was taking over Al Ghurair Iron & Steel project ,in Abu Dhabi, UAE, lots of Bangladeshi skill worker join them,to whom with they have work in PHP and KYCR steel in bangladesh

Is it a reminder of 1971?

although Bangladeshi never miss chance bashing Indian in this PDF.......but brutal fact is , the way Indian accept Bangladeshi....Pakistani will never

 

[Skies]

Is it a reminder of 1971?

Yes, but this is such an invisible correlation that can only be seen by the Awami leagues.