LAHORE - A writ petition was filed in the Lahore High Court against executions, Pakistani workers were facing in Saudi Arabia on Thursday.
Justice Project Pakistan (JPP), a non-profit law firm, through Barrister Sarah Belal had filed the petition on behalf of the affected families.  The petitioner stated that Saudi Arabia recently beheaded many people from Pakistan which caused serious panic to families.
Barrister Sarah Belal, executive director of JPP, said in past few weeks alone, Saudi Arabia beheaded nine Pakistanis ‘wrongfully’ convicted by Saudi courts, with many more Pakistanis in danger of being executed any day now.
She stated it was astounding how Pakistan government openly allowed for its citizens to be killed on foreign soil while simultaneously profiting from their hard work.
She submitted that the petition clarified the role of the government in failing to protect the fundamental rights of its citizens imprisoned in the Middle East.
The petitioners requested the court to compel the government to provide support to those Pakistanis currently in jail in gulf countries and facing imminent execution, she adds.