"Awal Gulf Manufacturing" announced its bankruptcy, liquidation, and complete closure in a case filed before the Bahraini judiciary, which will render 220 Bahraini employees of the company unemployed.

Ibrahim Sharif, the former Secretary-General of the Waad Society, expressed that the reason for the bankruptcy of "Awal Gulf Manufacturing" and the unemployment of 220 Bahraini employees working there is a "government approach that favors the stranger over the local."