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Puntland students complain abuses by Somali ambassador to Islamabad
[Garowe Online] Students hailing from Puntland...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... studying in Pakistain are complaining about mistreatment by the Somali Ambassador to Islamabad Khadija Mohammed Al makhzoumi, Garowe Online reports. Some of the students, who spoke to Radio Garowe over the phone, said they are being mistreated and subjected to horrifying abuses, including unlawful arrests, intimidation and unkind discrimination. Abdikarim Hussein Mohammed, one of the students said during an interview with RG that they are facing difficult situation and major challenges in Pakistain, that need to be addressed very soon. Mohammed who is in Islamabad, has pointed out the Somali students in general have a problem with an increase of Visa fees and delays, and those hailing from Puntland endure a separate inequity in special. He added that they went to the embassy several times to meet ambassador Al makhzoumi over their complaints, but the result became the arrest of their representative for raising the issue. They lodged a complaint to the government of Pakistain, however, it decline to intervene in the situation, and noticed the students to ask the Federal government of Somalia to solve their problems. Posted by: Fred 2017-06-22 |
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