ISLAMABAD – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Pakistan Sunday agreed toconstitute a joint committee for resolving the issues of Pakistanislanguishing in the UAE jails at the earliest.The agreement to this effect was reached during a meeting between SpecialAssistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human ResourceDevelopment, Zulfikar Bukhari and Dubai Police Chief Major General AbdullahKhalifa Al Mari in Dubai, a message received here said.Both the sides held a detailed discussion over the problems being faced bythe Pakistanis imprisoned in the UAE prisons. They agreed to evolve amechanism for swift repatriation of the imprisoned Pakistanis, especiallythose who had completed their sentence.It was decided that in future, the data of prisoners would be shared by thetwo countries before completion of their sentence to ensure their timelyrepatriation to their respective home country.On the occasion, Zulfikar Bukhari said the exchange of data would helpPakistan make arrangements for the repatriation of prisoners in advance.The Dubai Police chief assured the SAPM that the data of prisoners would beshared in time.Zulfikar Bukhari said the government was fully cognizant of the issuesbeing faced by Pakistani prisoners and committed to bring back those who injails for petty crimes.The Dubai Police chief briefed the SAPM about the Standard OperatingProcedures (SOPs) of Dubai’s police and also apprised him of the facilitiesbeing provided to the prisoners.
Good news from PTI government for Pakistani workers in UAE
