Pakistan – UAE working on inking an important agreement

*ISLAMABAD – Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed towork on prisoner repatriation programme to allow Pakistanis jailed in theEmirates for petty crimes to return home.*

The UAE Ambassador to Pakistan, Hamad Al Zaabi, and Special Assistant tothe Prime Minister Imran Khan on Overseas Pakistanis, Zulfikar Bukhari, metto discuss the agreement over the weekend.

“The Pakistan Embassy in the UAE has completed the paperwork for variousPakistanis prisoners in UAE jails and soon the two sides will takepractical steps on this issue,” said Abid Al Ghafoor, UAE Embassy officialheading Media and Political affairs in Islamabad, quoted *The National*.

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More than 1,200 Pakistanis are currently locked up in UAE jails for pettycrimes including bounced cheques and unpaid bills, according to thePakistan ambassador to the UAE, Moazzam Khan.