ISLAMABAD - As many as three hundred and fifteen Pakistanis languishing in Malaysian detainee camps despite completing their jail terms will return home on Wednesday after provision of financial and legal assistance from the government.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari told APP today (Thursday) that the Prime Minister directed to release the amount for bringing the stranded Pakistanis back.
Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari said the United Arab Emirates has also announced the release of around five hundred and seventy two Pakistani prisoners as part of a pardon from UAE President Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan during the holy month of Ramzan.