The Wonders of Dubai

Lo0natic · January 17, 2006, 12:46pm

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This means i should be going from this section

Iconoclast · January 17, 2006, 1:31pm

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Sadaf:

Pinkie You are absolutely right. I agree that the Arabs treat us south Asians like crap, and they are now planning to get us out of their land. It was US who builded up this whole nation. Almost 90% or maybe more than 90% of the labour force is from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, SriLanka etc. Pakistanis use to hold over 50% of the managerial jobs 10 years ago, but now that ratio is dropped down to only 8% Whereas the managerial jobs occupied by Indians have risen upto 45-50%. Well, who's responsible? The Indians have really spoiled the market for Pakistanis. Because they are also willing to work for as low as 3000/-Dhs for a managerial post. I know a living example of someone, who lost his job just a week after he was hired because the company found 2 Indians who were willing to work for the company in the same field for the same salary. just imagine. 1 Pakistani replaced by 2 Indians for 7000/-Dhs. Plus, Indians are more flexible in their work area. They can bend and break. But the Pakistanis can not. THey still have the AKAR in their bones.

People around the world, especially the Muslim would used to admire us Pakistanis for the courage we had shown in building up our own nation. But sadly, this admiration is no longer there. People of Malaysia used to hug and call a Pakistani "BROTHER" but now..... No one bothers. Arabs had Pakistan in their good books, until some black sheep ruined it for us. I agree that we are being generalized for that. All of us arent the same but there is a THAPPA on us now, which is hard to wash.

Wrong, they hate Pakis and like Indians coz indians tolerate the insult better than Pakis, otherwise indians are not better workers. And another thing is that indians support each other much more than Pakis do.

blueberry · January 17, 2006, 2:03pm

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yep allof these issues are important but must be resolved individually by Pakistan Govt..so boycotting to go to these countries is not a solution neither criticizing them....:)

underthedome · January 17, 2006, 3:31pm

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I'm marveling at how it's done. The creating of these Islands is pretty intense as is there up keep. Dubai is forward thinking in the fact they are creating a economy that is not just reliant on oil, selling (rather leasing) property to the rich and creating a tourist haven is something that many other oil rich nations aren't doing and Dubai deserves credit for this.

Sharaabi · January 17, 2006, 9:58pm

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For clarity sake...Dubai hardly has any oil reserves. 90% of the nations oil reserves belong to Abu Dhabi, the remaining is shared among the other 6 states.

Whatever Dubai has achieved uptill now is dude to their own shrewd business sense.

underthedome · January 17, 2006, 11:24pm

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^
Exactly, in 1990 the oil sector made up 35% of it's GDP today it's something like 8%.

TeenDabbyWala · January 17, 2006, 11:28pm

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How do the locals treat each other? Do they discriminate against each other? Not all locals share the same background, some claim ancestory in Iran, Turkey, etc, some from the Arabian province itself, and some are African.

Captain_Lota · January 17, 2006, 11:31pm

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Agreed, no harm in marvelling at whats being done and how its done. Though it is unfair to give all (or any) credit to Dubai when really its all a work of western technology and cheap eastern labour. Dubai can be credited for coming up with the idea of creating a tourist destination and all.

When you're at an art gallery you look at a beautiful painting and praise the artist, not the owner of the gallery. :)

Sincerely,
Captain Lota

LuxuryItem · January 17, 2006, 11:33pm

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Calm down folks, let's not castigate pinkie for telling the truth -- arabs are racist and Dubai/ UAE arabs are no different.

Pakistani investors should look forward to investing in Gwadar if it ever takes off that is.

pinkie · January 18, 2006, 3:28am

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Salam everyone.

Its nice to hear that some people agree with me.

Personally i dont think the UAE is being all too smart about its long term plans. Yes i do give them credit for coming to the realization that their oil will run out and that they should think long term

BUT
to be a tourist haven you need to have the following:

1) Cheap (compared to places like india, dubai aint cheap!)
2) Shopping (this may have been the case in the 80s and 90s not no more)
3) Historical Sites (Nill for the UAE)
4) Nice weather (that much is true.. especially if youre a Brit deprived of the sun)
5) Nice Beaches (sorry Dubai's beaches are far from crystal clear... try the Bahamas or Indonesia etc.)
6) Fun factor (sorry UAE chicks aint all that (id go to Italy for that) / booze doesnt run freely/ the beaches are segregated/forget about getting laid)

The reason why British folks go there is three things:
1) SUN SUN SUN
2) The get to do cool deserty things.. like riding all terrain vehicles in the desert or camel racing or jet sking etc.
3) THey get treated like royaly by the locals and even pakistanis/indians

Anyways if they were smart the folks from the UAE better think of what fortunes the Indians (who have a really rapidly expanding middle class) could bring!

Finally, its a myth that the Abudhabi has OIL and Dubai does not... everyone know that families in the UAE are intermarried and that there is no such thing... Sheick Macktoum is one of the richest men in the world... what got him there was oil!!!
Adios

TeenDabbyWala · January 18, 2006, 3:57am

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Hahah.. I had a thread while back about this, difference between activities Americans did, and activities Desis did in Mid East.

gujmon · January 27, 2006, 8:20am

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Captain Lota:

Lol seems like im not the only one with some beef against Dubai. But its not their racist attitude that bothers me. Thats something you have to take for granted.

What bothers me is the people who wonder at Dubai's marvels as if they were Dubai's own creations. Anybody ever cared to check Dubai's own R&D? They dont have any! All they have is bucketloads of money. Bring in technology from the west and cheap cheap labour from Bangladesh ($5 / day) and you have a great business venture.

Other places in the world might not be as breathtaking, but whatever they have is home made. The only thing Dubai can be really proud of is the money they have, which probably wont last long, soon after they run out of gas. Good luck to them anyway.

underthedome i'm i sorry didnt mean to discredit your thread. I just saw a video on one of the links you pasted. The one about The Palm resort/residences. Theyre all nice and dandy but to me personally they represent the height of materialism. I'd rather live a low profile life in my cozy apartment and take my chances in the next Life. Hey i'm taking God's word for it.

Sincerely, Captain Lota

Asslam oalikum
Hi Captain
I am extremely agreed with you. What is the level of pride for these arabs and dubaians. Nothing just God giftted money which ALLAH has even blessed to the worst in the world and Prophet described it as an exam.
Dear they have pride for just a world trade centre and the roads and new housing schemes. Is it for the people living in west?. I was just stunned when my friend in Dubai claimed that we made it happen to arrange the meeting of IMF without any problem ???/ The nations who r benefitting from imf and world bank mean lenders are not allowing them to carry on even their meeting in their countries and we r proud that w e made it happen. they r proud of Emoirates Airline??
INA LILAH WA INA ILAHE RAJEON and very soon they will be controlled by India.
ALLAH muslims ki haalat par reham karein