Islamabad Nov 14: A group of 605 Pakistani prisoners, smuggled to Oman by human traffickers and arrested in Muscat, returned today. After spending several months in jails allegedly in miserable conditions, the prisoners were released three days ago due to the efforts by a Pakistan social welfare organisatioin, Ansar Burney welfare trust international.

Another group of 723 stranded Pakistanis jailed in Muscat was brought to Pakistan last month.

The freed prisoners revealed that hundreds of Pakistanis are still confined in Muscat jails on their illegal entry into Oman, a trust statement said here. "They also alleged that several 'dead bodies' of innocent Pakistanis are decaying on the mountains of Muscat and some of them were even eaten by the cannibals", the statement said.

Touching scenes were witnessed at the Ghasbander, Sea Port at Keemari in Karachi when the prisoners arrived.

The trust said groups of fake agents took innocent Pakistanis to foreign countries on a dream of better future after taking huge amount of money and left them there helpless and sometimes even killed them.

Bureau Report