Over 2,400 Pakistani prisoners freed from Saudi Arabia, UAE.

ISLAMABAD -- More than 2,400 Pakistani prisoners, languishing in jails of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have been released during the last one year due to efforts of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.

'Pakistan achieves release of 1,245 prisoners from Saudi Arabia and 1,200 from the Emirates during the first year of the PTI government which is unprecedented,' an official source in the ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (OPHED) told reporter.

When the PTI government came to power, he said there were some 3,300 Pakistanis imprisoned in Saudi jails while 2,521 were facing jail terms in UAE.

However, the government had made sure release of some 38 per cent and 48 per cent of total Pakistani prisoners languishing in Saudi Arabia and the UAE's jails, respectively, he added.

He said the government had extended financial and legal...