42
Ibid
43
“Guidelines For Streamlining The Institutional Mechanism For Implementing The Directive Of The Honourable
Supreme Court On Securing Release And Repatriation Of Pakistanis Detained/Imprisoned Abroad”. 2010. Available at: http://
www.mofa.gov.pk/documents/guidelines_sc.pdf. Accessed 13 April, 2019.
44
A First Information Report (F.I.R.) is a written document prepared by police organizations in Pakistan when they
receive information about the commission of a cognisable offence.
45
Control of Narcotics Substances Act 1997. ChapterVIII.57.1f. Available at: http://www.fmu.gov.pk/docs/laws/Control%20of%20Narcotic%20Substances%20Act.pdf. Accessed 13 April 2015.
46
Interview with members of Protectorate of Emigrants Office. 17 April 2018. Karachi (Translated from Urdu)
47
“Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children, supplementing the
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime”. 15 November 2000. Available at: https://www.ohchr.org/
en/professionalinterest/pages/protocoltraffickinginpersons.aspx. Accessed 13 April, 2019.
48
Umrah refers to a religious pilgrimage Muslims perform in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
49
Wafa Issa, “Police bust drug gang”. April 15, 2012. Available at: https://www.thenational.ae/uae/police-bust-druggang-1.388507. Accessed 10 April 2015.
50
Interview on February 1, 2018 in Faisalabad, Pakistan.