153 Pakistani nationals languishing in Afghan's jails

PESHAWAR: A non-governmental social organization has issued a statistical report in which it said that more than 153 Pakistani nationals were languishing in the Afghan jails since long, LASS report.

The Pakistani citizens, detained by Afghan authorities for not holding proper travel documents, have been languishing in various jails and detention centers in Afghanistan.

The report issued by Lego-Academic and Social Services (LASS), a non-government organisation for Pak-Afghan prisoners’ relief.said that citizens hailing from the four provinces of Pakistan were in the miserable conditions in the prisons.

The reported published in newspapers by the LASS Managing Director Professor Abdullah Jan Khalil said a number of Pakistani citizens arrested by Afghan authorities were languishing in various prisons and detention centres in a miserable condition.

Professor Abdullah Jan Khalil, who was in Afghanistan for two weeks has recently returned home has urged Pakistani citizens not to travel out of Pakistan without proper travel documents.according to him the list of prisoners acquired by the social worker from the officials of Pakistan embassy in Afghanistan revealed that out of 153 prisoners, 92 belonged to the NWFP and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, 47 hailed from Punjab, six from Sindh, seven from Balochistan and one from Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

prof, Abdullah Jan khalil deplored the indifference and cruel attitude of Afghan authorities to the Pakistani prisoners. He explained that these prisoners included those Pakistanis, who traveled to the neighbouring country for employment without holding any valid passport.