JAKARTA: Indonesians and other foreign nationals are looking with hope to Starmer's Labour government for potential easing of a new set of stringent visa rules designed by the previous Conservative administration that has left them with fewer options in a narrower jobs market.
FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Athletics - Men's Javelin Throw Final - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 08, 2024. Gold medallist Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan celebrates. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq/File Photo
Nadeem was met by his family, including his father who placed a garland around his neck to thousands chanting"Long Live Arshad Nadeem! Long Live Pakistan!", as he touched down in the eastern city of Lahore. His triumph is seen by Pakistanis, struggling with an economic crisis and rising militancy, as all the more impressive since Nadeem was born and raised in a mud brick house in an impoverished corner of rural Punjab. As a young man, he trained in wheat fields with homemade javelins.“I have come here... to welcome our hero. Pakistan has gained this happy moment after 40 years. It has become a double pleasure with Aug.
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