ISLAMABAD: A facilitation centre has been formed for Pakistani labourers without wages in Pakistan’s embassy in Riyadh, said the Prime Minister House’s spokesman.
According to the spokesman, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has issued directions for the assistance and complaint resolution of the labourers in Saudi Arabia. A special fund has also been allocated for the plight of the struck Pakistani workers.
On July 29, the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development was briefed about 450 Pakistani workers facing financial problems in the Dammam area of Saudi Arabia.
The committee meeting at the Parliament House noted that overseas Pakistanis are facing severe financial problems as the company that hired them did not pay them salaries for the last several months.
Foreign Affairs Additional Secretary Tasawar Khan had told the committee that the Pakistan’s embassy in Riyadh was in contact with the workers. He had said that the government of Saudia Arabia had assured of clearing the dues of Pakistani workers.
Earlier it was reported that more than 1.6 million Pakistanis proceeded to Saudi Arabia during 2011-15 for employment purposes, making the country the largest market for Pakistani workers across the world.
According to an official of the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, overall 49.9 percent (1.6 million) workers had proceeded to Saudi Arabia during the stated period.
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