Pakistani prisoners languishing in Thailand jails have threatened to commit suicide if treaty pertaining to the exchange of prisoners was not implemented till next month. Executive Director Global Foundation, Ulfat Kazmi on Wednesday said, "There are about 102 Pakistani prisoners in Thailand jails, who have threatened to commit suicide if government fails in bringing them back to Pakistan."
The prisoners have also urged the Supreme Court to take notice of the situation to save them from further agony, Kazmi said. Pakistan and Thailand have signed an agreement for exchange of prisoners but despite that prisoners were still waiting for its implementation, he said. Six Pakistani prisoners have lost their lives due to non-completion of file work by the government, he added.
Basharat Ali of Lahore, Muhammad Irshad of Gujranwala, Raja Imtiaz, Lahore, Mansoor Ahmed, Karachi, M. Rafiq Bhola of Gujrat, Haider Hussain Shah, Karachi, Rashid, Rawalpindi, Syed Sahms-ul-Hadi of Nowshehra, Nasir Imtiaz, Karachi, Liaquat Ali Karachi, Zulfiqar Ahmed Minhas, Lahore, Muhammad Afzaal, Attock, Naveed Butt, Lahore and Sajjad Hussain of Lahore have been awarded death penalty while Muhammad Ali, Ghulam Rasool, Pervez Ali, Habibullah of Larkana, Wazir Ali, Rahmdad, Ijaz Ahmed, Nawaz Khan of Peshawar, Saleem Mohi-ud-Din, Imran Nasim, Afzal Hanif Toor, Haroon Rashid Khan, Ghulam Mustafa of Lahore, Muhammad Mushtaq Javed Muhammad, Javed Akhtar, Asif Iqbal of Karachi, Muhammad Saleem of Mianwali, Ghulam Farid, Aabi Butt, Khaliq-uz-Zaman of Gujranwala, Muhammad Arshad of Toba Tek Singh and Risalat Khan of Nowshehra had been awarded 50-year imprisonment, Kazmi informed journalists.
Thai government in 2001 offered all countries to take their prisoners back under transfer of prisoners' treaty and more than 710 prisoners from 18 countries were sent back to their respective countries, Kazmi said, adding that Pakistani prisoners could not be released as the government has not shown any interest in their return.
He revealed that after 2001 six Pakistanis have lost their lives. Hanif Toor, Attaullah, Lajward Khan, Muddassar Iqbal committed suicide while Saeed Ahmed died due to AIDS, Mobin, Rehman Gull died due to cardiac arrest while Rafique Bhola lost his memory, he added.
Global Foundation informed Pakistan embassy in Bangkok, king of Thailand, the President of Pakistan, the Prime Minister, the Interior Minister and the Foreign Minister about the plight of prisoners. A delegation of Pakistan embassy visited Thai jails and compiled a report, he added.
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