Mahmood Khan Achakzai said the government had not responded to the opposition’s demand for access to the PTI founder
ISLAMABAD:
More than 164,000 Pakistanis were deported from various Gulf countries during the past five years, according to official data presented in the National Assembly on Monday.
The Ministry of Interior informed the House that Saudi Arabia led the list with 108,029 deportations, followed by the United Arab Emirates with 40,497, Oman with 9,814, Qatar with 2,971 and Bahrain with 2,779 cases.
The data was presented during a stormy meeting where opposition members simultaneously escalated their protest over the denial of meetings with PTI founder Imran Khan and alleged restrictions on medical access.
The House, led by Deputy Speaker Ghulam Mustafa Shah, witnessed repeated sloganeering, a sit-in in front of the Speaker’s lectern and an unusually symbolic “parallel assembly” staged by opposition lawmakers led by Opposition Leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai.
Mahmood Khan Achakzai said the government had failed to respond to the opposition’s demands regarding access to the PTI founder and health issues.
He warned that the opposition would not allow Parliament to function or participate in the budget process. The opposition later staged a walkout and also pointed out the lack of a quorum.
Meanwhile, the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency also tabled its report in the House which revealed that more than 531,000 complaints were received between 2023 and today.
The report stated that over 5,700 cases were registered during this period, while 7,600 people were arrested over the past four years for cybercrime-related offences.
Separately, the rising cost of private healthcare in Islamabad was also raised in Parliament.
