South China Morning Post
AsiaPac · 41 mins ago
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UAE deports Pakistani Shiites: jobs lost and savings frozen amid Iran war
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The UAE has deported over 100 Pakistani Shiite Muslims to Pakistan amid regional Iran tensions, with deportees losing jobs and access to frozen savings, prompting investigation by Human Rights Watch.
UAE deports Pakistani Shiites: jobs lost and savings frozen amid Iran war
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...
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