ISLAMABAD: The United States government has decided to deport 107 Pakistanis languishing in jails on the charges of terrorism, robbery, breaching of immigration laws, sexual harassments, selling of drugs and keeping false citizenship.
To this effect, top mandarins of the Interior Ministry in Pakistan and officials of Pakistan Embassy in Washington have completed dialogue with officials of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Department.
The US Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has requested the Pakistani embassy to allow a chartered flight to Islamabad for deportation of Pakistani nationals.
“In the United States of America, during the period from 1996 up to February 2018, some 107 Pakistanis got sentenced on various charges and in the list of criminals, one Pakistani — Kashif Nauman, facing charges of terrorism activities, is being deported from the US. The identity verification of 55 Pakistanis is in process with our foreign ministry,” revealed senior officials and documents pertaining to the deportation of Pakistanis from US.
However, officials said that all the required arrangements have been finalised to bring back some 107 criminal Pakistanis through a chartered flight on April 23.