LAHORE – At least 100 Pakistani workers were deported by Saudi authorities on Wednesday after being incarcerated for months.
The deportees arrived in Lahore via Saudi Airlines flight SV-734. Upon arrival, they were interrogated by immigration authorities and were later cleared.
In March, thousands of Pakistanis were imprisoned in Saudi Arabia and dozens were sentenced to death in the kingdom. Sixty-six Pakistanis were beheaded in the country between 2014 and 2017 alone, the report entitled “Caught in a Web” said.
In February 2017, at least 39,000 Pakistanis were deported from the kingdom within a span of four months, according to a Saudi Gazette report.
