- Migrant workers, who make up nearly half the Gulf’s workforce, are facing heightened risks as the conflict escalates - ‘He kept asking me about Eid preparations, particularly about clothes and shoes for his daughters and son … I don’t know what Eid would be without him,’ says father of Pakistani man killed in Dubai KARACHI, Pakistan On what should be a time of celebration, families across Pakistan will instead be marking Eid in mourning, after their loved ones working in the Gulf were killed