Pakistan, April 29 -- Saudi authorities have dismissed social media claims suggesting expatriates with expired iqamas will automatically be marked as "huroob" under a new residency system.

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Officials clarified that no such policy has been introduced and described the circulating reports as inaccurate and not based on any official announcement.

Under Saudi labour and residency regulations, huroob status is used to indicate that a foreign worker has absconded from employment. However, authorities stressed that this status cannot be assigned automatically due to an expired iqama alone.

Instead, a huroob case can only be initiated through a formal legal process by an employer or sponsor u...