Ambassador Manzoor-ul-Haq said on Thursday that Pakistani embassy in the Kingdom Saudi Arabia (KSA) has started paying 200 Riyals per head to stranded Pakistani workers at three camps of Saudi companies where food supply was not possible.
“We have started disbursing cash among the workers at three camps, namely Siteen, Aljazeera and Taif having 300, 300, and 200 individuals respectively,” the ambassador told the news agency from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Haq said the embassy was diligently working to ensure uninterrupted food supply to the Pakistani workers at 20 camps of the Saudi companies.
He mentioned that an arrangement of cooked food for 700 workers was also made on a priority basis on Wednesday.
He said diplomatic efforts were in progress to pressurise the companies by the Saudi Arabian government to provide dues and arrears to the stranded Pakistanis.
The ambassador said during his visit to the Song camp on Wednesday, where 800 Pakistanis are residing, he met the workers and enquired about their well-being.
