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Danish NGOs, volunteers fleeing Pak
 Danish non-government organisations and volunteers engaged in relief activities in earthquake-hit areas have started wrapping up their projects after the angry Pakistani reaction to caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (More than 50 Danish volunteers were working here and over half have left, he said. I know five Danish volunteers working in Mansehra who left last week and five others are preparing to fly back in a few days, he added. The official said the remaining volunteers would also leave soon, adding that their departure would be a huge setback to relief activities in Pakistan. The volunteers would have stayed if the protests here had been peaceful, he said. Already, European volunteers in NWFP and Azad Kashmir were working under fear of jihadi organisations and the cartoons issue has added fuel to the fire. Posted by: Fred 2006-02-22 |
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