ISLAMABAD – Over 8,600 Pakistani prisoners, who were languishing in jailsof different countries, have been released and rejoined their familiesduring the last one and half years due to persistent efforts of thePakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.
According to the details shared by Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis andHuman Resource Development on its social media pages, the United ArabEmirates released some 3,023 Pakistanis and topped among the countries thatfreed Pakistani prisoners during the PTI government’s tenure.
Followed by the UAE, Saudi Arabia released some 2,020 Pakistani prisonerswhile 1,500 freed from Malaysia, 668 from Iraq, 106 from Qatar andmultitude of prisoners from other countries.
The government had also arranged two special chartered flights forrepatriating a large number of Pakistanis who availed an amnesty scheme inMalaysia against expiry of their travel documents.
An official source in the Overseas Ministry told APP that it was the firstgovernment in the history of the country that had made concentrated effortsfor the release of overseas Pakistanis from foreign jails.
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Sharing another news, he said some 8,284 illegally migrated Pakistanis hadreturned home from Malaysia under a four-month ‘Back4good’ amnesty schemelaunched in August last year.
He said the credit for release of such a large number of Pakistanis fromforeign jails went to Prime Minister Imran Khan as a number of countriesfreed many of Pakistani prisoners due to the PM’s goodwill.
