PR. No.111/2008

Date: 02/05/2008

13 MORE PAKISTANI NATIONALS RECOVERED IN IRAN

13 Pakistani nationals including 7 men, 5 women, and 1 child have been recovered by the Iranian Security Forces near Chabahar of the Seistan and Balochistan Province of the Islamic Republic of Iran. These Pakistanis were brought to Zahidan on 30 th April, 2008 and were handed over to Pakistan 's Consulate Zahidan on May 1, 2008 and subsequently repatriated to Pakistan at Pak-Iran border at Taftan.

These 13 Pakistanis are among 40 Pakistani peasants who were lured to Iran by human traffickers for provision of jobs. The other 27 Pakistanis have already reached Pakistan .

Islamabad

02 May, 2008