More stranded Pakistanis to return home from Saudi Arabia

JEDDAH: More stranded Pakistanis in Saudi Arabia will begin returning home this week.

Earlier 251 Pakistanis who had not received their dues returned to Pakistan.

The Saudi King Shah Salman helped the stranded Pakistanis to return.

This August over 8000 Pakistani labourers were stranded in various cities of Saudi Arabia after their employers failed to pay them salaries.

Thousands of jobless Pakistanis, Indians, and Filipinos are stranded and destitute in the Kingdom after a plunge in oil prices sparked construction layoffs.