Pakistan’s Ambassador to the Kingdom Muhammad Naeem Khan has urged his countrymen to respect the laws of the host country and stay calm in the wake of the ongoing police raids to apprehend undocumented workers.

Khan was speaking at function organized by Pakistan Writers Club (PWC) in Riyadh to commemorate the 136th birth anniversary of poet philosopher Allama Iqbal.

The envoy, outlining the measures taken by his mission in Riyadh and Jeddah to help those who had failed to regularize their status during the amnesty period, said: “We have devised a new form to register all such workers. The idea is to know the number of such cases and the nature of their status.”

Khan said the information collected would help the mission to get a fair idea of Pakistani expats who were left out of the amnesty ambit.



“I therefore urge all such workers to register themselves, without any further delay, by filling in the forms that are available at more than 80 locations throughout the Kingdom,” he said.

Khan paid rich tributes to Allama Iqbal and said he was a poet who belonged to the entire Islamic world. “His collection of poetry, writings and his philosophy is still a source of inspiration for all Muslims especially the present day youths,” he said.

Khan appreciated Iqbal for his contribution toward the concept of a new homeland for the Muslims of the then British India.

“Based on this concept and idea, our father of the nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah could secure a separate homeland for us,” Khan added.