(THE NATION – Fida Hussnain)
LAHORE – Justice Project Pakistan, a non-profit organisation working for prisoners’ rights, on Monday informed the Lahore High Court that at least 67 Pakistanis have been executed in Saudi Arabia since 2017, eight of them this year.
Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Yawar Ali was hearing the case. According to the report prepared by Justice Project Pakistan and Human Rights Watch, so far, 2,795 Pakistani citizens have been detained in Saudi Arabia and at least 9,360 Pakistanis were detained in prisons all over the world, with 5,798 in Gulf countries alone. Barrister Sarah Belal had been fighting the case for the rights of the prisoners detained in prisons of the other countries. She filed the petition on behalf of 10 Pakistani prisoners languishing in the jails of Saudi Arabia.
