Families of 11000 Pakistanis jailed in GCC countries seek release thru PM

The families of Pakistanis imprisoned in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states appealed to the prime minister to bring as many as 11,000 citizens home.

They said the PML-N government had done nothing for the prisoners, but in Prime Minister Imran Khan’s first address to the nation he spoke of the rights of overseas Pakistanis and gave them the hope that their loved ones would return soon.
They said that Pakistan lacks a policy under which the state can give citizens legal support, due to which Pakistanis abroad have to rely on lawyers provided by states where they are imprisoned. They also do not get interpreters in their trials.
The families had come to the capital from Mardan, Muzaffarabad, Peshawar and other cities, to urge Mr Khan to take up the matter with Saudi Arabia and other GCC countries so Pakistanis may be brought back and allowed to complete their prison terms in Pakistani jails.