43 Pakistani prisoners deported from SL

High Commissioner of Pakistan Major General (Retd) Muhammad Saad Khattak is seen addressing the Pakistani prisoners before their deportation to Islamabad yesterday    

By T.K.G. Kapila  

Forty-three Pakistani prisoners convicted of drug offences in Sri Lanka were deported to Islamabad in Pakistan from the Bandaranaike International Airport on a special flight last morning.  

An airport official said that the prisoners were convicted by the Sri Lankan High Court and were in various prisons for a period of 10 to 15 years.  

The Pakistani government had sent a special aircraft with 86 security personnel to the BIA last night to fly them back to their native country.