KARACHI, April 25: A batch of 623 Pakistani prisoners, released from the jails of Muscat, arrived here on Sunday morning. These Pakistanis were smuggled for slave labour to Muscat, where they were arrested. They had been in jails for the last several months.

Their return was made possible with the efforts and support of the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust, Interior Ministry and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After travelling in open sea for four days without food and drinking water on a cargo boat Al-Mohammadi 2, these Pakistanis reached Ghasbander at Keamari.

According to a statement issued by the Ansar Burney Trust, the returnees were given food and drinking water on their arrival. The trust provided new clothes and sleepers to them and some cash in most cases so that they could go to their hometowns. -APP