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Prisoner transfer deal with Pakistan to be finalised

Pakistan requests UAE for grace period to convert passports into machine-readable ones.


Abu Dhabi: The UAE and Pakistan are in talks to finalise an agreement to transfer prisoners between the two countries.

This was discussed during a meeting between Lieutenant General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, and A. Rehman Malek, the Pakistani Minister of Interior, in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.

Malek told Gulf News on Tuesday in an exclusive interview that Pakistan requested the UAE to grant a one year grace period to convert all Pakistani handwritten passports into machine readable passports (MRPs).

As Gulf News reported on September 15, the UAE had stopped issuing visas to Pakistanis holding handwritten passports, as part of the measures to control fake passports .

Serving terms

"The Pakistani cabinet will endorse an agreement on prisoners within a couple of weeks and the agreement will be signed by the two countries soon," Malek said.

"I have invited Shaikh Saif to visit Pakistan for signing the agreement," he said.

It will enable around 2,500 Pakistani inmates in the UAE to serve their sentences in their home country, the minister said.

A few Emirati prisoners [the number was not readily available] who are in Pakistani jails will also be able to serve their sentences in UAE jails, he said.

Asked about the details of the criminal charges against Pakistani inmates in the UAE jails, he said they have been involved in several types of crimes, including petty crimes but details were not readily available with him.

Most of the Emirati convicts in Pakistani jails had been arrested in Pakistan after committing some sorts of crimes in the UAE and fleeing the country, Malek said.

"But the exact number of UAE inmates and nature of the charges against them are not readily available with me," he said.

As Gulf News reported recently the UAE and India are also negotiating a similar agreement on transferring the prisoners.

gulfnews : Prisoner transfer deal with Pakistan to be finalised
 
February 28, 2012

UAE-Pakistan pact allows rehabilitation of convicts

Prisoner extradition treaty between UAE and Pakistan helps families visit imprisoned relatives

The UAE and Pakistan on Sunday signed a prisoner extradition treaty.

The treaty was signed by Lieutenant General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, and Rahman Malek, Interior Minister of Pakistan.

According to the agreement, a person sentenced to more than six months imprisonment, will have the option to serve his jail term in his home country.

This will also allow for prisoner rehabilitation and reintegration into their original society, and allow families to visit their imprisoned relatives, which will therefore ensure family stability, and ease the mental and livelihood stress of both families and prisoners. A similar agreement has already been signed between the UAE and India recently.

Shaikh Saif stated that the agreement is in line with the directives of the UAE's wise leadership to provide all means of social stability and cohesion. He added that is also in line with the leadership's efforts to alleviate the suffering of various segments of society, including inmates in punitive and correctional establishments, within a humanitarian and civilised framework, and consolidating the principles of an efficient correctional and rehabilitative process.

Malek praised the efforts exerted by both governments and their contributions towards achieving international criminal justice, combating all forms of crime, in addition to their keenness to enforce the law in a way that takes into consideration international human rights and treaties regarding this matter.

The signing of the agreement was attended by Eisa Abdullah Al Basha, UAE Ambassador to Pakistan; Jameel Ahmad Khan, Pakistani Ambassador to the UAE, and other senior officials.

Agreement hailed

According to a spokesperson of the Pakistan Embassy, around 1,400 Pakistanis detained in UAE jails will benefit from the a prisoner exchange agreement.

However, there is no confirmation whether any UAE national is in jail in Pakistan. The lists of the prisoners, currently serving their sentence in the UAE jails, will be prepared by the UAE Embassy in coordination with the UAE authorities concerned for extradition purposes.

Community members hailed the decision and called it another step towards bringing both countries closer.

Rizwan Fancy, community welfare secretary at the Pakistan Association in Dubai, said that it is very good step. "Normally, most of the people jailed here are also deported at the end of the term. It will be good to send them back earlier as their relatives can also meet them there," he added.

Fancy who often visits jail facilities to help prisoners in minor affairs and to get air tickets for them, said the prisoners are treated very well here and he hoped that similar treatment will be given in Pakistani jails.

gulfnews : UAE-Pakistan pact allows rehabilitation of convicts
 
This is largely to safeguard the Emarati terrorist from caught fighting alongside talibans from brutal treatment of CIA and ISI.

So we catch the Arab terrorist and then simply give it back to U A E excellent we are in Good hands.

Most Pakistanis blame RAW CIA or Mossad for the destruction of Pakistan, they will be stupid enough to spend a dime on Pakistani missions all they have to do is sit back and watch.Pakistani Generals and politicians have left no doubt they are out to destroy her.
 

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