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20,000 Pakistanis imprisoned in foreign jails, NA told

  • September 04
  • jpp
  • News, Overseas Pakistani
(ARY NEWS) ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly has been informed that over 20,000 Pakistanis are currently imprisoned in 88 countries worldwide, ARY News reported. As per details, it was revealed...
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Mentally-challenged prisoners in Pakistan not given due care, laments LHC CJ

  • February 23
  • jpp
  • Migrant Workers, News, Overseas Pakistani
(THE NEWS) LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Mamoon Rashid Sheikh on Saturday lamented that mentally-ill prisoners in Pakistan were not given due consideration and care. He said provision...
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No one is listening: Pakistani mothers jailed in Saudi Arabia call for help

  • February 17
  • jpp
  • Migrant Workers, News, Overseas Pakistani
(MIDDLE EAST EYE – Suddaf Chaudry) Mohamed Saeed sits on a bed, looking at pictures of his mother who has been held in a Saudi jail for the past three...
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More Pakistani prisoners in Gulf countries now than in 2014

  • February 17
  • jpp
  • Migrant Workers, News, Overseas Pakistani
(SAMAA TV) There has been an increase in the number of prisoners abroad since 2014, especially in Gulf countries, according to a Justice Project Pakistan report. The report titled...
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How poor Pakistanis are tricked into becoming drug mules

  • February 06
  • jpp
  • Migrant Workers, News, Overseas Pakistani
(THE ECONOMIST) THE LAST time Abdul Haq saw his son, the young man was bound for a new life, with a work visa in his new passport and a...
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3,240 Pakistanis still in Saudi jails, NA told

  • January 02
  • jpp
  • Migrant Workers, News, Overseas Pakistani
(PAKISTAN TODAY – Staff Report) ISLAMABAD: A total of 3,240 Pakistani nationals are still languishing in the prisons of Saudi Arabia, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi informed the National Assembly’s...
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Lost in migration

  • December 18
  • jpp
  • Migrant Workers, News, Opinion & Editorial, Overseas Pakistani
(THE NEWS – Malaika Raza) Migrant workers are an integral part of Pakistan’s economy and the labour market. Remittances from the overseas workforce are not only one of the major...
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Art installation draws attention to plight of Pakistani labourers imprisoned abroad

  • December 18
  • jpp
  • Migrant Workers, News, Overseas Pakistani
(DAWN – Sheharyar Rizwan) An art installation, titled ‘Lost/Un-found’, was inaugurated on Wednesday at the Fatima Jinnah Park in Islamabad, commemorating the International Migrants Day observed every year on...
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Broken lives

  • December 18
  • jpp
  • Migrant Workers, News, Opinion & Editorial, Overseas Pakistani
(DAWN – Sana Farrukh) A PAKISTANI in a foreign jail is not an uncommon phenomenon. Approximately 11,000 of us are imprisoned around the world. We cannot acknowledge International Migrants Day...
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JPP slams beheading of Pakistani prisoner in S. Arabia

  • September 13
  • jpp
  • Death Row, News, Overseas Pakistani
(DAWN – Staff Reporter) LAHORE: The Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) denounced the beheading of yet another Pakistani citizen, Mohammad Imran, in Shumaisi prison of Jeddah on Thursday. Read more…...
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