ISLAMABAD -Overseas Pakistanis in UAE faces the worst setback overcoronavirus economic downturn.
The coronavirus pandemic has brought the economies around the world to ahalt and the United Arab Emirates is no different. As per the reports,thousands of people have been affected in the country.
Pakistani Consul General in UAE, Ahmed Amjad Ali, has revealed that around10,000 Pakistani expats have lost their jobs due to the coronavirusoutbreak.
He said that more than 35,000 people have contacted the consulate in Dubaito return to their homeland. The preparations to send them to Pakistan havebeen ramped up, he said.——————————
Tourists, unemployed and the elderly will be given preference.
He said that the consulate has made all possible arrangements for thescreening of returning people at the Dubai airport.
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Bringing back our people in such large numbers will be a huge challenge forus.
Dubai authorities say that they are ready to operate special flights toevacuate stranded Pakistanis and are awaiting permission in this regard.——————————
Things got a little out of hand when hundreds of Pakistanis broke thecountry-wide lockdown and gathered outside the consulate on Sunday forregistration.
However, the consulate security staff made them observe social distancingmaking long queues, standing at least a meter away from each other.
