RAWALPINDI, June 27: One hundred and thirty-one Pakistanis, including a woman, detained in various US jails, following the Sept 11 attacks on New York and Washington, arrived here on Thursday evening after being deported.

More would be arriving in a few days, it has been learnt.

The deportees narrated horrifying tales of harassment and torture during their detention and 20-hour flight. A chartered Portuguese airliner brought them to Islamabad.

Everyone of them was shackled in the plane and were not allowed to move, not even to use the toilet.

On arrival, they were given Rs500 each for conveyance, and led out of the airport building though an uncommon exit. Their relatives had been kept unaware of their deportation.

A man, originally from Gujrat, said during detention they were subjected to third-degree methods of interrogation.

Pakistanis in general, he said, are treated contemptuously in the US. Anyone caught speeding is suspected of being a terrorist and is detained for deportation.

Arshad Malik, who spent 15 years in the US doing construction business, was detained by the FBI for nine month, and was never produced before a court. He was kept in isolation during the entire period and was humiliated all the time by the jail staff and other prisoners, he said.

Nazar Ali, who had lived in the US for five years and was detained on charges of overstaying, said, the Pakistani consulate staff was no help to him.

Arshad Jawad, whose family is still in the US, had similar complaint about the consulate staff.

Zahid said the US jails were full of Pakistanis, and that they were not told about their deportation until after being seated in the chartered plane.

Mofeed said that he possessed genuine documents, but was arrested and deported.

Shafiq Ahmad said that in the jails they were made to eat pork and were not allowed to say prayers. He also claimed being a resident of the US.