SC's review board orders govt to release 38 foreign inmates
Earlier, 35 men and four women belonging to India, Africa, Kenya, Bangladesh, and other countries were produced before the review board proceeding with the matter at Supreme Court's Lahore Registry. The review board also directed to provide food and medical facilities to the prisoners and ordered to send them back to their respective countries immediately.
Superintendent Kot Lakhpat Jail and other relevant officials along with a team of doctors who examined the foreign prisoners, were also present in the court.
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