ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This report was researched, written, and edited by Mustafa Qadri, the Founder and
Executive Director of Equidem Research and Consulting, a specialist human rights
and labour rights investigations consultancy; Rumsha Shahzad, graduate student of
migration studies, specializing in labour migrant recruitment and welfare practices
in the South Asia - GCC migratory corridor; and Muhammad Usman, an Advocacy
Officer who specialises in migrant worker issues at Justice Project Pakistan.
Justice Project Pakistan would like to thank families who were willing to be
interviewed and provide vital information pertaining to Pakistanis imprisoned
abroad, officials in the Government of Pakistan who provided their crucial input,
and former prisoners who graciously shared their experiences.
Justice Project Pakistan would also like to thank senior investigator Sohail Yafat and
other investigators on the team who travelled throughout Pakistan to locate people
mentioned in the report and document their stories.