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Pakistan will not bow to kidnappers
Pakistan will not bow to the demands of kidnappers in Iraq who have threatened to behead a Pakistani driver they seized near Balad, north of Baghdad, the government said on Monday. A Pakistan Foreign Ministry statement named the hostage as Amjad Hafeez from Rawalakot. âThis Pakistani driver was employed by a company in Kuwait to ferry food supplies into Iraq,â a foreign ministry spokesman said. âOur liaison officer in Iraq is in touch with Iraqi authorities and the religious leaders to try and secure his release. The Pakistani government has a stand that we condemn all forms of terrorism and our policy is that we donât accede to any conditions or demands made by hostage takers.â In videotape aired on Al Arabiya television on Sunday the kidnappers said they would behead the captive.Posted by: Fred 2004-06-29 |
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