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| 40 Pakistanis to be released from Guantanamo Bay shortly |
| 2004-05-02 |
| 40 Pakistan nationals detained in Guantanamo Bay in the backdrop of September 11, 2001 events, are expected to be released shortly. âA delegation of the Interior Ministry headed by Brig Javed Cheema, interviewed these prisoners last year and expected release of the Pakistanis from the Camp X-ray is the net result of the talks with the US authorities,â Muhammad Sadiq, Deputy Chief of Pakistani Mission in Washington told to NNI here Sunday. These Pakistanis are innocent and have no linkage with al-Qaeda of Osama bin Laden or former rulers in Afghanistan, Taliban and the American authorities are very much convinced of their innocence. Muhammad Sadiq, further revealed to NNI that within next two weeks the announcement in this connection will be made that would also be carrying the exact number of the Pakistanis to be release from the Cuba. âThe process of confirmation of such Pakistanis is very important but time gaining as we donât want to bring home some one with nationality other than Pakistan,â Sadiq said. Earlier some Pakistaniâs detained in Cuba were already released âbut the number was insignificant. At present talks for the release of these Pakistanis are taking place in Washington as Brig Cheem who is head of crises management cell of the interior ministry. The fate of over 100 Pakistanis hanging in the bellows as the process of their identification and procedure of the US authorities is quite hard. The Pakistani delegations visits United States every year to talk on the subject, but nobody except one ever traveled to Cuba to investigate directly with the prisoners. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |