Govt asked to bring back Pakistanis stranded in Saudi Arabia

PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) provincial Chairman Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao on Wednesday asked the government to bring back the Pakistanis stranded in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states.

In a statement issued from Watan Kor, he criticised the government for ignoring the Pakistanis who had stuck in Saudi Arabia due to the cancellations of the flights in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Sikandar Sherpao said the overseas Pakistanis played a key role in the development of the country as they sent remittances to Pakistan. The QWP leader said like the entire world, the coronavirus related restrictions had also caused problems for the Pakistanis working in Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Middle East. He maintained that the bodies of over 70 Pakistani nationals, who had died of natural causes, were lying at various hospitals in Saudi Arabia, therefore, the government should take steps to bring them home and end the growing uncertainty among their family members. Our correspondent

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A woman, who was admitted to the isolation ward of the Mufti Mehmood Memorial Teaching Hospital and her swabs sent to a laboratory in Peshawar for coronavirus test, died here on Wednesday.

According to details, a woman hailing from Kulachi tehsil was admitted to the isolation ward of the Mufti Mehmood Memorial Teaching Hospital for a suspected coronavirus ailment some three days ago.

Her swabs were later sent to a laboratory in Peshawar for coronavirus test, which result was still awaited. However, the ailing woman died despite the hectic efforts of doctors to save her life.

It was learnt that the body was not handed over to her relatives as the health and district administration authorities wanted to perform her last rituals as per the health protocols.