Maybe labor exploitation in Qatar is the hottest topic today, but there is one man who seems to be still optimistic for their first ever attempt to host soccer’s biggest event inside an Asian State; this is Al Thawadi –the general secretary of the 2022 committee, who is talking about latest accusations that are letting them down after unveiling a stunning prototype of their much hyped world cup venue named Al-Wakrah. Actually, Qatar seems to be the prime target of all those European pros who just don’t want a soccer world cup happens outside American or Europeans states and that is why right from the moment this Arab nation was rewarded to host 2022 biggest soccer event, it has been facing criticisms on various platforms which includes their biggest problem to date – the rising temperature during traditional world cup timings. But, Thawadi is the man who only sees a positive thing in criticisms as well that is why he now takes about recent Amnesty International claims about workers’ conditions in world cup construction sites where reportedly, sub-contractors are forcing laborers to live like animals. The member of executive committee sees these accusations will surly improve how work is being done in his country, however, he still seems to be having a single point agenda – to present world cup in its most exclusive style.
Last week, when they unveiled their first stadium’ proto, whole world applauded them for their great attempt, but again, there are many who are taking this design as resembling to a woman’s private parts creating another controversy while as per Qatar world cup committee, this design is based on the sails of a traditional dhow boat which Qataris have traditionally been using for pearl diving.
He talked about various things that matter to them as far hosting one of their prestigious sporting events is concerned, and replied about recent Amnesty international’s claims, “If you look at the way we’re engaging NGO’s like Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and so on, engaging different stakeholders … you can see for a fact that there are results on the ground, steps being taken.”
He also criticized their own Kafala system that supposed to take care of migrated workers in Qatar and said, “The fact that the kafala system is under review by the council of ministers is a simple example of the fact that there are systems that need to be changed. Some of these systems were developed in a different lifetime, at a different time in Qatar’s life. Today, like any law, any legal system anywhere in the world, as circumstances change and as events change the law develops and evolves itself.”