Overcrowded prisons
- March 22
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- COVID19, News, Opinion & Editorial
(DAWN – Editorial) AS the country grapples with the grave challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the Islamabad High Court has taken a welcome initiative to provide relief to the overwhelmed
Prisoners and the pandemic
- March 22
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- COVID19, News, Opinion & Editorial
(THE NEWS – Foqia Sadiq Khan) The disease caused by the coronavirus is here in Pakistan. We need to think of the most vulnerable in our society. One group of people
Mentally-challenged prisoners in Pakistan not given due care, laments LHC CJ
- February 23
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- 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 of
محمد بن سلمان کے وعدے کے ایک برس بعد بھی سعودی جیلوں میں قید پاکستانیوں کی رہائی میں رکاوٹ کیا؟
- February 18
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- Migrant Workers, News, Opinion & Editorial
(بی بی سی اردو ) مجھے ڈیڑھ ماہ بعد معلوم ہوا کہ میری 62 سالہ بیمار ماں سعودی جیل میں قید ہیں۔ جس عورت نے میری والدہ کو جعل سازی
No one is listening: Pakistani mothers jailed in Saudi Arabia call for help
- February 17
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- 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 years.
More Pakistani prisoners in Gulf countries now than in 2014
- February 17
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- 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 ‘Migration,
How poor Pakistanis are tricked into becoming drug mules
- February 06
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- 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 lucrative
3,240 Pakistanis still in Saudi jails, NA told
- January 02
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- 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 session
Lost in migration
- December 18
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- 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 sources
Art installation draws attention to plight of Pakistani labourers imprisoned abroad
- December 18
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- 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 December