27 April 2026

The Kafala Death Ledger


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 repatriation of his body. His brother, who holds dual British-Pakistani citizenship, flew to Saudi Arabia at his own expense and spent weeks negotiating with hospitals, police, and the employer to retrieve the body. China Comserve had promised him both compensation and access to CCTV footage of the incident. Neither arrived.

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