The Pakistani government has blocked the passports of 4,000 citizens who have been arrested in Saudi Arabia for begging and involvement in other crimes.
Citing sources from Senate Standing Committee on Overseas
Pakistanis, Pakistan’s ProPakistani daily reported that the passports of the arrested Pakistanis have been blocked for seven years.
Approximately 60 percent of those detained are from the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.