Hundreds of Pakistani Shiite Muslims deported from the UAE are returning to Pakistan without jobs or access to their savings, sparking alarm within the community. Human Rights Watch is investigating the deportations, which are occurring during heightened regional tensions.

In a cluster of villages in Pakistan’s largely ⁠rural Chakwal district, more than 100 Shiite 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 Shiite community and prompting Human Rights Watch to investigate. Journalists reviewed immigration documents, visa-status screenshots and...