Over 17,000 Pakistanis imprisoned abroad, Senate panel told

ISLAMABAD: As many as 17,321 Pakistanis are currently detained in prisons in different countries of the world, with a majority of them detained in jails of Middle East countries, officials informed a parliamentary committee here on Monday. The meeting of Senate Standing Committee on Overseas Pakista­nis and Human Resource Deve­l­o­pment was held to discuss problems […]