Pakistani workers stranded in Saudi Arabia
Summary
Date Reported: 3 Aug 2016
Location: Saudi Arabia
Companies
Saad Trading and Contracting - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: 520
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 520 - Pakistan , Construction , Gender not reported )Issues
Failing to renew visas , Wage TheftResponse
Response sought: No
Action taken: None reported.
Source type: News outlet
Thousands of out-of-job Pakistanis are stranded destitute in Saudi Arabia after the plunge in oil prices sparked construction layoffs. It is only...when some media outlets highlighted the issue that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif took notice...The foreign office...said that government was making all efforts to help laid-off Pakistani employees, and a facilitation centre has been set up for the distressed in Riyadh..520 workers from M/s Saad Trading and Contracting Company [and] 8,000 workers of Saudi Oger.