Pak embassy starts cash disbursement to stranded workers in KSA

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Stranded Pakistanis in Saudi Arabia have started to receive 200 riyals per head by the Pakistan Embassy.

Pakistan Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Manzoor ul Haq said: “It is in line with the directives of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to help the expatriate Pakistanis in Saudi Arabia.”

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He further declared, “We have started disbursing cash among the workers at three camps namely Siteen, Aljazeera and Taif where food supply was not possible and the embassy was diligently working to ensure uninterrupted food supply to the Pakistani workers at 20 camps of the Saudi companies.”

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He clarified stated that diplomatic efforts are in progress to pressurise the companies by the Saudi Arabian government to provide dues and arrears to the stranded Pakistanis.