PakSword
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It is confirmed by various sources that an iqama is a tool that facilitates in parking Swiss Bank accounts without the account being back traced to country of origin as iqama is used so account points to country of source or country of account holder as UAE (instead of Pakistan in this case).
Not denying what you have stated, but unless it is proven in the court of law that Iqama was solely obtained to launder money, not for the residence purpose, it can't be used against anyone. And it is extremely difficult to ascertain this.
Particularly, UAE's iqama doesn't give you a right to live indefinitely in the country. It is a temporary visa with work rights only.
Difference in this visa and the the visit visa is only the work authorization. In some countries, working and getting paid in any organization (whether inside or outside of the country) leads to conflict of interest. In our country, the law doesn't specifically restrict parliamentarians to work for other organizations or businesses. It is because the constitution was written by those people who have industries/ agricultural lands etc and they get benefits from these businesses.
If a clause of conflict of interest is included in the constitution, most of the parliamentarians will lose their seats.