ISLAMABAD: Over 6,700 overseas Pakistani prisoners languishing in jails ofdifferent Gulf Countries.
A report presented by the Interior Ministry in the National Assembly onMonday raveled that as many as 6,738 overseas Pakistanis were languishingin jails of different Gulf countries.
The report states that the highest number of Pakistanis imprisoned abroadis in Saudi Arabia at 3, 184.
As per the report, 2,765 Pakistani expatriates were jailed in United ArabEmirates, 417 in Uman, 118 in Bahrain, 99 in Kuwait and 96 in Qatar
Earlier on January 13, a total of 10, 896 Pakistanis were languishing inprisons of 28 countries.
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Of them, according to data, 6,211 Pakistanis had been held guilty onvarious charges in absence of any kind of legal aid by Pakistan’sdiplomatic missions abroad, whereas 4, 500 had cases still pending againstthem.
Of the total, 4,120 Pakistani inmates face charges of drug smuggling, while1,195 had been detained for travelling without necessary documents and1,737 for abduction and theft.
The United Arab Emirates, Oman, China, India, Iraq, Kuwait, Malaysia,Turkey, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Qatar, Russia, Portugal, Norway, South Africa,Spain, Italy, Greece and France, Canada, Hungry, Australia, Bahrain andAfghanistan were among the countries where such a large number ofPakistanis are imprisoned.
