Coronavirus: Stranded expat workers in UAE seek help to go home

Coronavirus: Stranded expat workers in UAE seek help to go home

Stranded expat workers in the UAE, many of them who lost their jobs, urged their governments to take urgent steps to enable their repatriation.. �While Pakistani expatriates welcomed the special flights initiative by the UAE and Pakistani governments, their appeal to the Pakistan government is to reconsider high ticket prices, which they are unable to pay after losing jobs or availing unpaid leaves.. Also read: Pakistanis in UAE concerned about ticket price for special flights. We will request the authorities concerned to take up our cases on humanitarian basis and arrange special flight with a reasonable discount on tickets," one of the stranded Pakistan workers said.. We appeal Prime Minister Imran Khan to rationalise the airfare for those Pakistani workers who lost jobs and are returning to the country," said Faeza Hussain.". I want to go to Pakistan as I have no savings to stay without a job," he said.. Sajid Iqbal, who used to work in a limousine company, said he has no food left to survive.". I appreciate the initiative of special flights and will consider myself lucky if I get a chance to be on board as soon as possible," Iqbal said.. Another worker who lost