More than 100 Shiite Muslims from Pakistan’s Chakwal district return from the United Arab Emirates without jobs, luggage, or access to savings they had accumulated abroad, according to reporting reviewed by journalists. The accounts describe people being sent back during the period of heightened tensions in the “Iran war,” and they are among a larger group that sources describe as potentially numbering in the thousands. Pakistan’s Shiite community raises alarms about the deportations, saying the returns have left families with lost income and frozen or inaccessible funds. Human Rights Watch is reported to be investigating the situation. The coverage references immigration and visa-related materials, including immigration documents and visa-status screenshots, to corroborate claims about the individuals’ status and circumstances. The issue centers on alleged mass deportations by the UAE and the resulting impacts on Pakistani residents, particularly Shiites, who report being unable to recover employment or savings after being returned to Pakistan. The reports do not provide a confirmed total number of deportees in the sources provided, but they characterize the returns as part of a wider pattern during regional conflict.
Over 100 Pakistani Shiites deported from UAE return with jobs and savings lost
More than 100 Shiite Muslims from Pakistan’s Chakwal district return from the United Arab Emirates without jobs, luggage, or access to savings they had accumulated abroad, according to reporting revie...
- Over 100 Shiite Muslims from Pakistan’s Chakwal district return from the UAE without jobs and with luggage missing.
- Returned individuals report being unable to access savings they had accumulated abroad.
- The deportations are described as occurring during a period of heightened tensions tied to the Iran conflict.
- The reports say the deported group could number in the thousands, though an exact total is not confirmed in the provided accounts.
- Human Rights Watch is reported to be investigating the alleged deportations.
In a cluster of villages in Pakistan’s largely rural Chakwal district, more than 100 Shiite Muslims have returned from the United Arab Emirates without jobs, luggage or access to the savings they spent years building abroad. They are among potentially thousands of Shi’ites deported from the UAE to Pakistan during the Iran war, raising alarm in Pakistan’s Shiite community and prompting Human Rights Watch to investigate. Journalists reviewed immigration documents, visa-status screenshots and...
3 months agoBy Saad Sayeed and Mubasher BukhariCHAKWAL, Pakistan, May 25 (Reuters) - In a cluster of villages in Pakistan's largely rural Chakwal district, more than 100 Shi'ite Muslims have returned from the United Arab Emirates without jobs, luggage or access to the savings they spent years building abroad.They are among potentially thousands of Shi'ites deported from the UAE to Pakistan during the Iran war, raising alarm in Pakistan's Shi'ite community and prompting Human Rights Watch to investigate.
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