{"id":6976,"date":"2011-05-16T09:21:31","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T05:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/?p=6976"},"modified":"2011-07-16T12:19:10","modified_gmt":"2011-07-16T08:19:10","slug":"qatar-ministries-to-hire-qatari-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/middle-east-business\/middle-east-economics-analysis\/qatar-ministries-to-hire-qatari-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar Ministries to hire Qataris as Taxi Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/QatarTaxi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6977\" title=\"QatarTaxi\" src=\"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/QatarTaxi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/QatarTaxi.jpg 498w, https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/QatarTaxi-145x93.jpg 145w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a>The Qatari Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Art, Culture and Heritage will soon be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepeninsulaqatar.com\/qatar\/152232-ministries-to-hire-citizens-as-drivers.html\" target=\"_blank\">hiring <\/a>Qatari  nationals as drivers. While to those not familiar with Gulf politics  this may seem like the very definition of a non-story, this really is  news for Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally Qataris shun \u2018menial\u2019 jobs like these. They are often  looked down on as work only fit for expatriates from, say, the sub  continent.<\/p>\n<p>These jobs are specifically being aimed at Qataris will little or no  qualifications who even in Qatar\u2019s highly skewed work place cannot not  get a job.<\/p>\n<p>Good stuff. Here\u2019s hoping this is the first inkling of a change of  pace here in Qatar. Having said that, I\u2019d not like to be the VIP waiting  at the airport to be picked up\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAVID ROBERTS: The Qatari Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Art, Culture and Heritage will soon be hiring Qatari nationals as drivers. This really is news for Qatar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":6977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,90,152],"tags":[18287,18307],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6976"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}