29 Bangladeshis released from Pakistan prisons returning home
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Star file photo
UNB, Dhaka
UNB, Dhaka
Twenty-nine Bangladeshi nationals, who were released from Malir and Karachi jails of Pakistan, are set to return to the country today.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a press release in this regard.
Eight more Bangladeshis are supposed to return to the country tomorrow after serving their jail terms at Malir prison in Pakistan s Sindh province. The eight expatriate workers legally employed on an Omani fishing boat were held by Pakistani coast guard for entering the country s water territory in the Arab sea. They will return to Bangladesh with the funding of foreign ministry, UNB said quoting the press release.
29 Bangladeshis return home from Pak prisons
Diplomatic Correspondent
23rd December, 2020 11:05:32
Twenty-nine Bangladeshi nationals, who were released from Malir and Karachi jails in Sindh province of Pakistan, returned home on Wednesday night, said the Foreign Ministry.
Another eight Bangladeshi nationals, released from Malir Jail, will return to the country today with financial assistance from the Foreign Ministry.
These eight expatriates were legal workers on a fishing boat in Oman. In May 2019, while they were fishing in the Arabian Sea adjacent to Oman, Pakistani Coast Guard held them as their fishing boat plunged into Pakistani waters due to strong current.
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen directly supervised the matter and gave the government approval for travel expenses including airfare considering their financial status to bring them back to the country as soon as possible.
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Twenty-nine B desh nationals return from Pakistan Karachi jails
Dhaka, Dec 23 (UNI) Twenty-nine Bangladeshi nationals, who were released from Malir and Karachi jails in Sindh province of Pakistan, will be brought back home on Wednesday.
The Foreign Ministry took the initiative to bring them back.
Besides, eight more Bangladeshis, who were released from Malir jail, will return home with the financial assistance of the Foreign Ministry on Thursday.
29 Bangladeshi nationals released from Pakistan jails return home
Diplomatic Correspondent
23rd December, 2020 09:27:33
Twenty-nine Bangladeshi nationals, released from Malir and Karachi jails in Sindh province of Pakistan, returned home on Wednesday (Dec 23) night, said the Foreign Ministry.
Besides, another eight Bangladeshi nationals, released from Malir Jail, will return to the country today (Thursday, Dec 24) with the funding of the Foreign Ministry.
These eight expatriates were legal workers on a fishing boat in Oman. In May 2019, while they were fishing in the Arabian Sea adjacent to Oman, Pakistani Coast Guard held them as their fishing boat plunged into Pakistani waters due to strong current.