Qatar delays vote on pledge to reform 'abusive' worker sponsorship system

Country’s shura council postpones vote in further blow to rights groups’ hopes of ending kafala system, which ties workers to employersQatar’s pledge to reform a sponsorship system which has been blamed for the abuse of foreign workers by the end of this year is in doubt after its advisory legislative council delayed a vote on the proposals.Human rights campaigners criticised the move, the latest blow to efforts to end the kafala system that ties workers to their employers and prevents the