​‘Our only crime is being Shia’: Pakistani workers say UAE surveillance led to deportations

​‘Our only crime is being Shia’: Pakistani workers say UAE surveillance led to deportations Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 05/13/2026 - 17:12 Thousands of Pakistani Shia Muslims have been deported from UAE during the Iran war, but profiling of the minority community started much earlier A man holds a portrait of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the Yaum-e-Ali procession in Hyderabad, Pakistan, in the holy month of Ramadan on 11 March 2026 (Jan Ali Laghari/Pacific Press/Sipa USA) Off The first deportations passed almos