Mahmood Khan Achakzai said the government had failed to respond to opposition demands regarding access to PTI founder
ISLAMABAD:
More than 164,000 Pakistanis were deported from various Gulf countries over the past five years, according to official data presented in the National Assembly on Monday.
The Ministry of Interior informed the House that Saudi Arabia led the list with 108,029 deportations, followed by the United Arab Emirates with 40,497, Oman with 9,814, Qatar with 2,971 and Bahrain with 2,779 cases.
The data was tabled during a stormy sitting that simultaneously saw opposition members escalate their protest over the denial of meetings with PTI founder Imran Khan and alleged restrictions on medical access.
The House, presided over by Deputy Speaker Ghulam Mustafa Shah, witnessed repeated sloganeering, a sit-in in front of the speaker’s dais, and an unusual symbolic “parallel assembly” staged by opposition lawmakers led by Opposition Leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai.
Speaking on the floor, Mahmood Khan Achakzai said the government had failed to respond to opposition demands regarding access to the PTI founder and healthcare concerns.
He warned that the opposition would not allow the House to function or participate in the budget process. The opposition later staged a walkout and also pointed out the lack of a quorum.
Meanwhile, the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency also submitted its report in the House, revealing that more than 531,000 complaints were received between 2023 and the present.
The report stated that over 5,700 cases were registered during this period, while 7,600 individuals were arrested over the past four years in connection with cybercrime-related offences.
Separately, the rising cost of private healthcare in Islamabad was also taken up in the House.
