The Foreign Ministry informed the Senate standing committee on interior and narcotics control on Tuesday that around 7,912 Pakistani prisoners are imprisoned in different foreign countries and the committee directed the ministry to provide legal assistance to the Pakistani prisoners.
According to the ministry, 346 Pakistani prisoners are imprisoned in Afghan jails for offences related to terrorism, pro-Taliban activities, counterfeit currency, murder, theft, fake national identity cards (NIC), drugs, rape and illegal stay.
In Saudia Arabia, 1,920 Pakistanis are in jails for drug trafficking, theft and rape.
In Australia and Austria, 274 Pakistani are imprisoned and 17 in Canada but the countries’ governments have kept the exact information about these prisoners and their charges, private.
In Azerbaijan and Bahrain, 64 Pakistani prisoners are in different jails for involvement in the offences of drug trafficking, fake currency, fraud and murder.
The committee was informed that in 252 Pakistani are imprisoned in Bangladesh and Iran for violation of immigration laws, overstay, border crossing and other cases and in Belgium, eight Pakistanis prisoners are in jail for the offences of drug trafficking, forgery and other cases.
According to the documents of the Foreign Ministry, 206 Pakistani prisoners are jailed in China where they are facing charges of drug smuggling, robbery, murder, fraud and illegal business whereas one Pakistani is jailed in Cambodia on the charge of drug trafficking.
In Denmark and France, 95 Pakistani are in jails and the exact information about the prisoners and their charges is not provided by the countries’ governments due to privacy laws.
In Germany, 16 Pakistanis are in jails for offences of forged documents, sexual assault and guardianship issues and 70 Pakistanis in Greek jails are charged with the offence of illegal immigration.
In India, 386 Pakistani are jailed for offences of violation of immigration laws, overstay and border crossing and in Indonesia, five Pakistani are imprisoned for drug trafficking.
In Iraq, 87 Pakistanis are in jails for offences of forging documents, illegal entry and drug matters.
In Ireland and Italy, 129 Pakistanis are jailed for murder, rape, drug smuggling and the violation of immigration laws.
In Japan, Kenya, Jordan and South Korea, 23 Pakistanis are imprisoned for sexual assault, murder and rape.
In Kuwait, 265 Pakistanis are in jails for drug trafficking, adultery, theft, illegal immigration and forgery and in Lebanon, four Pakistanis are in jails on charges of murder, forgery and illegal stay.
In Malaysia, 225 Pakistani are jailed for drug trafficking, theft, murder and forgery. In Maldives, Morocco and Nepal, 38 Pakistanis are in jail for drug trafficking, theft, forgery and fake currency.
In Oman, 629 Pakistanis are imprisoned for offences of murder, drug trafficking, illegal entry, robbery, forgery, violation of labour and residence laws. In Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Sweden, Serbia, South Africa and Russia, 68 Pakistanis are in jails for murder, drug trafficking, theft, rape, illegal stay, forgery and other crimes.
In Spain, 146 Pakistani prisoners are in jails on charges of sexual assault, financial fraud, theft, violation of foreign citizen law, drug trafficking and murder and in Sri Lanka, 56 Pakistanis are imprisoned on charges of drug trafficking, fake currency and forgery.
In Switzerland, Singapore, Tajikistan and Thailand 75 Pakistanis are jailed for murder, dealing in fake currency, drug trafficking and forgery.
In Turkey, 60 Pakistanis are jailed for illegal entry and 335 Pakistani prisoners are in United Kingdom jails for sexual offence, theft, fraud, rape and murder.
In the United States, 102 Pakistanis are jailed for violating immigration laws, sexual assault, murder, overstay, illegal entry, fraud, theft and marriage fraud.
In Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Yemen, 19 Pakistanis are jailed for committing murder, drug trafficking, violating trade regulations and illegal stay.
In the United Arab Emirates, 1,800 Pakistanis are imprisoned for illegal stay, drug trafficking, forgery, fraud, theft and traffic rules’ violation.
