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A Pakistani delivery rider has earned praise from UAE authority for removing road barrier from busy roundabout.
As per details, a Pakistani delivery rider Waqas Sarwar pulled over when he saw a road barrier lying across a busy roundabout, he picked it up, and dragged it to the side. Prior to his viral video, he didn’t give it any thought.
His deed of goodwill was noted by no less than the UAE’s Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization (Mohre). On the microblogging website X (Twitter), Mohre acknowledged the Deliveroo rider’s “good work” on Thursday.
تابعت #وزارة_الموارد_البشرية_والتوطين الفيديو الذي ظهر فيه السيد وقاس سروار وهو يقوم بإزالة حواجز من الشارع حمايةً للسائقين، وقام سعادة خليل الخوري، وكيل الوزارة لشؤون الموارد البشرية باستقباله وتكريمه وشكره على الخطوة الخيّرة التي قام بها.
نفتخر بوقّاس وكل من يقوم بعمل الخير.… pic.twitter.com/aau37izYjs
— وزارة الموارد البشرية والتوطين (@MOHRE_UAE) August 10, 2023
“We have watched the video in which Mr Waqas Sarwar appeared as he removed barriers from the street to protect drivers, and His Excellency Khalil Al-Khoury, Undersecretary for Human Resources Affairs, received him, honored him and thanked him for the good step he took. We are proud of Waqqas and everyone who does good work,” the ministry tweeted.
The video shows Sarwar picking up a white road barrier that appeared to have been blown by strong winds towards the middle of a busy roundabout. The expat then dragged the barrier to the side.
In Sarwar’s conversation with Mohre, he said he never thought someone was filming him.
“I just did what I thought was the right thing,” he said. “When I took a left in the roundabout, I saw a block and I decided to stop my bike. I parked my bike (on the side) and then I cleared the road.”
Earlier this month, Dubai’s Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum met with another hero delivery rider, Pakistani expat Abdul Ghafoor.
Ghafoor also went viral after a video showed him removing two concrete blocks from a road.
On his Instagram story, Sheikh Hamdan posted a photo with his arm around Ghafoor, who was seen dressed in a blue and white T-shirt and blue jeans. He wrote: “An honour to meet you Abdul Ghafoor, a true example to be followed.”