Overseas ministry finalises arrangements to repatriate Pakistani prisoners from Malaysia

ISLAMABAD, May 27 (APP):The Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development has finalized the arrangements to repatriate as many as 315 Pakistanis languishing in Malaysian detainee camps on completion of their jail terms on May 29.
Everything was on track and the ministry had completed its home work regarding their repatriation, a senior official told APP on Monday.
He said the Community Welfare Attache of Pakistan in Malaysia had collected the required documents of every returning prisoner and was assigned to gather all of them at the airport in time.
The official said the Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource development Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari would receive the released prisoners at the Islamabad International Airport in person.
The families of freed prisoners had already informed by the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) about their return.
Earlier, talking to APP, Zulfikar Bukhari shared this news and said that the government would bear all the expenses to be incurred on their repatriation.
“Thanks a lot to the Almighty, 315 Pakistani prisoners, who could not afford to buy air tickets, will be spending Eid-ul-Fitr with their families in Pakistan,” Zulfi remarked.
He said,”the credit goes to Prime Minister Imran Khan,” who had ordered a quick action in this regard.
He said, the prime minister directed the Bait-ul-Mal and Foreign Office to release Rs 40 million and Rs 10 million respectively for bringing the stranded Pakistanis back.
Meanwhile, Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment (BEOE) Director General Kashif Noor said the prisoners would be airlifted through a Boeing 777 of the Pakistan International Airlines and the OPF had signed an agreement with the PIA in that regard, he added.