The Kafala Death Ledger

Every Pakistani government has negotiated with Riyadh over remittances, defence, and energy. None has asked for a cause-of-death clause.

Abdul Wali Skandar Khan was twenty-five years old. He was a civil engineer and the father of two children. On December 28, 2023, a guardrail collapsed at the NEOM construction site in Saudi Arabia. He fell. He was working for China Comserve, a contractor on the project. Saudi authorities did not conduct an investigation. The company did not organise rep…