Over 4,637 Pakistani prisoners repatriated from different countries

ISLAMABAD: Over 4,637 Pakistani prisoners, languishing in jails of different countries, have been repatriated over the past year due to the efforts of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, said Zulfi Bukhari.

Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development while talking to media persons he said that more than 3,400 Pakistani prisoners have been released and repatriated from jails in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates during the last one year.

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From September 2018 to September 2019, he said Pakistan had secured the release of 1,594 prisoners from Saudi Arabia and 1,873 more from the UAE.

“Apart from Saudi Arabia and UAE, a total of 53 Pakistani prisoners were released from jails in Qatar,” he added.

With input from INP

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