ISLAMABAD, May 13: The United States government has handed over three Pakistanis detained in its detention camp at the Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to the government of Pakistan on May 8.

According to a press release issued by the interior ministry, the three persons were identified as Jehan Wali, son of Wahdatullah, Shah Mohammad, son of Gul Mohammad (both from the NWFP), and Sahibzada Usman Ali, son of Sahibzada Mohammad Yusuf (belonging to Punjab).

The three persons, it said, would be handed over to the provincial governments concerned after medical check-ups, after which they would be escorted to their homes.

After the release of these three Pakistanis, the total number of Pakistanis released from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp increased to four.—APP