KARACHI: In the past 48 hours, nearly 170 Pakistanis have been deported from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman, and a number of other nations; 24 of them were arrested when they arrived in Karachi.
Immigration sources claim that within 48 hours, Saudi officials deported 94 Pakistanis on a variety of offenses, including drug peddling, unlawful residency, blacklisting, begging, working without a sponsor, escaping from work, and breaching contracts.
Three people from Oman, one from Thailand, nine from Iraq, one each from the UK and Cyprus, four from Indonesia, and five from Mauritania were among the other people deported on suspicion of human smuggling.
In addition, one Pakistani was expelled from Tanzania and two others were deported from Qatar for lack of travel funds.
