Pakistanis detained in Bagram, Gitmo prisons

 

London: Reference reports carried by the British media regarding the plight of detainees kept in the prisons without trial at Guantanamo Bay and Bagram, Afghanistan, among whom, reportedly, there are a number of Pakistanis also. The Government of Pakistan is concerned over the plight of its nationals, detained in the two prisons, and deeply appreciates the efforts of the members of civil society who pursue the cause of providing relief to the aggrieved detainees.

 

Some sections of the press in their reports have tried to suggest that repatriation of the Pakistani detainees may face problems of acceptance by the Government. In this regard the High Commission wishes to dispel this impression as it would be wrong to assume that Government of Pakistan would ever decline to take back its nationals, especially those who have suffered the ordeal of detentions without trial on foreign soils.

 

 

January 11, 2012

 

Last updated: 12 January 2012