AAJ TV (26 July 2008)
ISLAMABAD ( 2008-07-26 20:51:38 ): Former Federal Minister for Human Rights and Chairman of the Ansar Burney Trust, Ansar Burney has strongly condemned the arrest of two innocent men in Kabul on 2nd July 08 due only to their Pakistani nationality; and demanded that they be immediately released.
According to information received by the Ansar Burney Trust from Kabul, the two Pakistani men named Syed Furqan Shah and Mohammad Inam Ullah were working as employees at the 5 stars Safi Landmark Hotel in Kabul when Afghan Security Police arrested them.
Ansar Burney said no reason for their arrest was provided, except that they were Pakistani nationals and looked suspicious.
Burney further said the arrest took place at 11am on the 2nd of July, at the Safi Landmark Hotel where Syed Furqan Shah was fulfilling his duties as General Manager and Mohammad Inam Ullah as Manager of the hotel.
Ansar Burney Trust, which has already established contact with family members, has demanded with Afghan Government that reasons for the arrest of these two Pakistanis be provided immediately.
He also senior lawyer has already written to the Afghan President Hamid Karzai, demanding that the Afghan Government provide a list of all Pakistanis being held in Afghanistan; while the Trust has sought permission from the United States and Afghan Governments to be allowed Ansar Burney Trust team to visit Bagram Prison in search of missing and illegally detained Pakistanis and other nationals.
On Saturday, Ansar Burney wrote once again to the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad demanding that reasons for the arrest of these two Pakistanis be provided, along with a list of all Pakistanis being held in Afghan Prisons.
Burney in his letter stated that unless this information was provided, he would raise this issue of illegal arrest and detention of persons based on their nationality at the international platforms.
The Ansar Burney Trust has also appealed to the Pakistani government to take interest in the illegal arrest and detention of Pakistanis all over the world.
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