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Updated: July 21, 2023 11:49 PM IS
Islamabad (Pakistan), July 21 (ANI): PakistanChina’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday that more than 12,000 Pakistani citizens are in prisons in other nations, Pakistan-as reported by The Express Tribune. PakistanThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs shared the details of the Pakistanhe is imprisoned in foreign jails in the lower house of parliament.
According to the news report, most of these prisoners are in Arab nations. PakistanChinese Foreign Ministry in the statistics presented to the lower house of parliament said that about 6,200 Pakistani citizens are incarcerated in the prisons of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabiareported the Express Tribune.
According to the documents, a total of 1,612 Pakistani citizens are incarcerated in Abu Dhabi prisons, 1,596 in Riyadh, 1,504 in Jeddah and 1,488 in Dubai. According to the documents, 811 PakistanThey were imprisoned in Greece, 329 in Turkey, 672 in Iraq, 275 in the United Kingdomand 209 in Qatar.
The documents further revealed that 239 PakistanThey were imprisoned in China, 115 in Spain, 98 in the US208 in Manama, 151 in Malaysia, 13 in Afghanistan, 21 in the Maldives, 119 in Germany, 115 in Spain, 94 in Sri Lanka, 55 in Kuwait, 44 in Australia, 32 in Denmark, 12 in Jordan and eight in Nigeria, according to The Express Tribune.
A big number of Pakistanis incarcerated in Saudi jails is convicted or charged with drug smuggling. These people are the most difficult to free, as most of them have been caught with drugs, The Express Tribune reported.
Many young people in Pakistan They have been migrating to European nations keeping in mind the rising prices in the countries. at least 350 Pakistan the citizens were aboard an overloaded boat that capsized and sank in the open sea off Greece in June, according to reports.
The 400-capacity fishing boat was carrying more than 700 people when it sank on June 14. Pakistan Home Minister Rana Sanaullah told parliament. He further said that 281 families had contacted the government for help, The Express Tribune reported.
Pakistan He has said that he has arrested several human traffickers and their agents. According to the authorities, these human traffickers would have loaded around US8,000 D a person to take them to Europe illegally by sea route after legally flying to Dubai, Egypt and Libya. (ME TOO)