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Arab News
24-05-2025
- Business
- Arab News
Pakistan to export female beauticians to Saudi Arabia — state media
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Overseas Employment Corporation (OEC) will send skilled female beauticians to Saudi Arabia in response to a demand from a private firm in the Kingdom, state media reported on Friday, outlining the qualifications required for applicants. The initiative comes as part of Pakistan's long-standing labor export relationship with Saudi Arabia, which remains the top destination for Pakistani workers and contributes over $700 million in monthly remittances to the South Asian country. Pakistan regularly sends skilled labor to Gulf nations, including medical professionals, engineers and technicians. The latest move targets the beauty and personal care sector. 'Overseas Employment Corporation, an attached department of the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, will export skilled workers (female beauticians) to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,' the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) said. It informed a Saudi firm is seeking beauticians for various roles, including senior hairdresser, nail technician (gel and acrylic), eyelash specialist, makeup artist, waxing and bleaching specialist and wig technician. The required qualifications include a minimum of three years' experience and an age limit of under 40 years. APP said the firm will offer senior beauticians a monthly salary of 3,000 Saudi Riyals or approximately $800. Employees will also receive free shared accommodation with furnishings and air conditioning, food allowance, and round-trip airfare, along with surface transport within Saudi Arabia if needed. The news report said applications must be submitted via the OEC website by June 8. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia enjoy robust economic, defense and cultural ties. The Kingdom hosts over 2.7 million Pakistani expatriates and remains the largest source of remittances to Pakistan, a crucial lifeline for the country's cash-strapped economy.
Daily Mail
16-05-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
This is the strange mark on my big toe that my nail technician told me to get checked out... she saved my life
They trim our hair, polish our nails and ease our tired muscles – but beauticians, manicurists, hairdressers and barbers can do far more than that. In fact, many are now trained to potentially save our lives.
Daily Mail
11-05-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
Beauticians who carry out Botox procedures face being fined thousands of pounds for saying they are 'nurses'
The job title 'nurse' is set to be protected by law so that anyone using it must be registered or face thousands of pounds in fines. New legislation being drafted by the Government will prevent beauticians who carry out Botox procedures from claiming to be nurses. It will also apply to the more than 8,000 staff in the NHS who have 'nurse' in their title but no formal nursing qualifications. These include workers with titles such as 'assistant nurse practitioner' and 'clinical support nurse'. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said: 'I've been appalled to read reports of so-called nurses spreading dangerous misinformation and harming the public. This new legislation will help crack down on bogus beauticians... and those attempting to mislead patients. 'British people hold nurses in the highest regard, and we trust them in our most vulnerable moments, so patients need to know they are genuinely being seen by a nurse.' Currently anyone – including those struck off by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) for misconduct or criminal convictions – can call themselves a nurse, and only be prosecuted if they harm patients. Paul Rees, NMC chief executive, said: 'The public should always feel confident that anyone using the title 'nurse' is a registered professional with all the safeguards that brings. We look forward to working with the Government and our stakeholders to deliver [this].' Health Secretary Wes Streeting said 'this new legislation will help crack down on bogus beauticians... and those attempting to mislead patients' Nicola Ranger, chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing union, called the announcement 'an important moment for our safety-critical profession', adding: 'A change in the law... will provide better legal protections for nurses and reassurance to patients.' London South Bank University professor Alison Leary, of the #ProtectNurses campaign, whose petition for the protection of the title appeared on the Government's website, said: 'We were approached by patients and families who felt they had been misled, sometimes with catastrophic consequences.'
