Pakistan Shi'ites deported from UAE return to lost jobs, frozen savings

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Pakistan Shi'ites deported from UAE return to lost jobs, frozen savings

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More than 100 Shi'ite Muslims deported from the UAE have returned to Pakistan's Chakwal district without jobs or access to their savings, prompting alarm in Pakistan's Shi'ite community and a Human Rights Watch investigation.

By Saad Sayeed and Mubasher Bukhari CHAKWAL, Pakistan, May 25 (Reuters) - In a cluster of villages in Pakistan's largely rural Chakwal district, more than 100 Shi'ite Muslims have returned from the United Arab Emirates without jobs, luggage or access to the savings they spent years building abroad. They are among potentially thousands of Shi'ites deported from the UAE to Pakistan during the Iran war, raising alarm in Pakistan's Shi'ite community and prompting Human Rights Watch to investigate.

World Security Conflict Politics Shi'ite Muslims deportation Pakistan UAE Human Rights Watch Chakwal employment savings frozen

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