Body of Bangladeshi expatriate worker accidentally lands up in Pakistan

In a tragic case of mistaken identity, the body of a Bangladesh expatriate worker was mistakenly repatriated to Pakistan from Saudia Arabia. The matter came to light after the relatives of a road accident victim received the mortal remains of someone else at Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar on Saturday, reports the Saudi Gazette. Quoting community sources, the Saudi Gazette said it all started at the mortuary in a hospital in the Eastern Province when a person not related to the family identified the wrong corpse for repatriation to Pakistan. Driver Nizamullah family was waiting for his body, when the coffin carrying the body of the Bangladeshi worker arrived in Peshawar. The relatives were shocked when they found the body of some other person in the coffin and refused to accept the body. Later, the body was flown back to the Kingdom. According to the report, the authorities are now working to repatriate the right body. However, the cost of double repatriation is posing a problem as the sponsor is not willing to bear additional cost. The airline charged SR1,833 to fly back the dead body to the Kingdom. The expenses were borne by some community members with the hope that Pakistan Embassy or the sponsor would reimburse it. Pakistan Embassy is working to repatriate the body of Nizamullah in a day or two, a senior diplomat told Saudi Gazette on Monday.