258 deported Pakistanis arrive from Saudi Arabia

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Web Desk

December 20, 2020

The repatriated citizens arrived in Pakistan today. Photo: Geo. tv/File
  • A Saudi flight carrying 258 Pakistanis deported from Saudi Arabia reached Multan.
  • Possible criminal records of deported Pakistanis are being scruitinsed upon their arrival.

Pakistani nationals deported from Saudi Arabia arrived in the country via a Saudi airline on Sunday. The airline, carrying 258 Pakistanis deported from Saudi Arabia, reached Multan.

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The deported Pakistanis were allegedly involved in criminal activities, according to the Saudi government. A team of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested the suspects and took them into their custody. 

Earlier on Wednesday, a flight carrying 30 Pakistanis deported from Greece reached Islamabad, while 139 deportees from Saudi Arabia allegedly involved in criminal activities had arrived in Multan.

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The foreign ministry, on a request from the Embassy of Greece, had asked the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to allow the flight to land on Pakistani soil.