Remittances from Overseas Pakistanis - Updates

[Owaiz]

Its not one way street. Pakistan have trade deficit of $5bn with UAE. Along with the fact that Pakistanis are 2nd or 3rd biggest property investors in UAE.

The biggest driver of the trade deficit is oil and oil products, which Pakistan must get from somewhere and is commoditised enough that UAE can sell to anyone else. I don't think Pakistanis living in Pakistan are the second or third biggest investors in UAE property and, in any case, top Pakistani politicians and generals owning property in Dubai gives more leverage to the Emiratis than to Pakistan. Sure, Pakistan has some cards, but, in the current context, the leverage is highly asymmetrical.

 

[Watandar]

@PK781

.the day the mideast starts telling our diaspora they're no longer needed, those remittances will dry up.

And why would they say that? They need labour of good quality and at reasonable wage rates. Pakistanis provide that. Who would they replace Pakistanis by?

Regards

They replace them with Indians as part of an economic and political alignment with India, like the UAE is doing.

 

[hydrabadi_arab]

Remittances by country FY2025-26. Total $41.6bn.

Country / Region	Total Remittances (Million USD)
Saudi Arabia	9,783.14
U.A.E. (Total)	8,806.95
-- Dubai (U.A.E.)	6,765.12
-- Abu Dhabi (U.A.E.)	1,719.20
-- Sharjah (U.A.E.)	143.38
-- Other four U.A.E. States	179.25
U.K.	6,325.75
Ten European Countries (Aggregate)	5,226.64
Other GCC Countries (excl. Saudi & U.A.E.)	3,933.96
U.S.A.	3,623.84
Italy	1,547.29
Oman	1,294.16
Qatar	1,175.94
Australia	1,142.07
Other Countries (Aggregate)	1,097.51
Spain	905.59
Kuwait	892.04
Germany	806.56
Canada	798.37
France	591.60
Greece	573.10
Bahrain	571.81
South Africa	290.74
Ireland	270.56
Belgium	207.88
Malaysia	167.57
Norway	150.04
Sweden	111.66
Netherlands	109.09
South Korea	108.77
Denmark	103.30
Japan	67.62
Switzerland	61.71