Laid-off overseas workers find it hard to feed families - Newspaper
SHANGLA: The workers who returned home from Gulf countries before and during the Covid-19 pandemic are finding it hard to earn a living for their families as their visas and work permits have expired. Saleemur Rehman of Punyal area of Shangla worked in a company in Bahrain for 15 years before returning home in January 2020 for a well-deserved break of seven months. Within a few months of his return to Pakistan, he got a call from the company’s management, telling him that his visa had expired and he could no more be accommodated in the firm. Mr Rehman said the management told him that the c...
Source: dawn.com