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| Pakistan, Thailand effect transfer of 11 Pakistani prisoners |
| 2011-06-29 |
| [Dawn] A ceremony was held in Bangkok on Tuesday to formally affect the transfer of another 11 Pak prisoners to Pakistain in accordance with the Pakistain-Thailand Agreement on "Cooperation in the Transfer of Offenders and Enforcement of Penal Sentences." They're less capable of behaving themselves in somebody else's country than they are in their own, and they're not real well-behaved at home... These 11 prisoners are part of the second batch of 22 prisoners being transferred to Pakistain. The first group of 11 prisoners had arrived in Pakistain on 22 June 2011, according to a blurb issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here on Tuesday. The first batch of 8 prisoners was transferred to Pakistain in December 2010. At today's Transfer Ceremony, Pakistain's Ambassador to Thailand Sohail Mahmood represented the Pakistain Government. The Thai side was represented by Deputy Director General of the Department of Corrections, Thanis Sriyaphan. This transfer of offenders is the outcome of an inter-governmental process and represents close cooperation between Pakistain and Thailand in the consular field. Since the bilateral Agreement came into effect in December 2009, the two governments have made proactive efforts to ensure its fast-track implementation. In this context, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Interior, and Embassy of Pakistain in Bangkok have been working closely to advance this objective, the blurb added. |
| Posted by:Fred |