21 December 2003 01:59
Latvian govt releases 10 Pakistanis
RIGA, Dec 21: Latvian Government has withdrawn its charges of terrorism against 10 Pakistani 'Taekwando
players', thanks to the persistent efforts of human rights activist Ansar Burney.The ten Pakistani citizens,
Mohammad Shafique Marllowe, Chaudhry Muhammad Mansha, Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqi, Mohammad Akmal Siddiqi, Muzaffar Hayyat
Khan, Ateeq-ur-Rehman, Mohammad Zahid, Imran Malick, Ejaz Ahmed and Muhammad Akmal, who entered Latvia on 15th Nov, via
Riga Airport, were arrested on 21st Nov on suspicion of terrorism.The Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International is now
arranging their return seat confirmation for Lahore. All the players who belong from the Province of Punjab will arrive
at Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore, hopefully within a day or two.The release orders were issued by the
Secretary of the Ministry of Interior of the State of Latvia, J. Reksna, on an application moved by the Pakistan's
world-renowned 'human rights Angel' Ansar Burney, Advocate in which he challenged the arrest and charges of
terrorism against 10 innocent Pakistani 'Taekwando players'.According to Latvian Police they had detained 10
Pakistani citizens, on November 21, fearing Pakistanis might have been preparing a terrorist attack targeting the
visiting Israeli basketball team.The 'human rights Angel' Ansar Burney, Advocate had strongly condemned the
arrest of 10 Pakistani players on Terrorism charges and immediately challenged the arrest in the District Court of Riga
and Latvian Ministry of Interior. In his application in the Interior Ministry, Ansar Burney, Advocate had declared the
arrest of 10 Pakistanis as illegal and said; this arrest has gave a bad name to Pakistan and its nationals and mount to
be a discrimination between the human beings on country and religion basis, so 'Ansar Burney Welfare Trust
International' reserves the rights to challenge the same in the United Nations and other International levels on
defamation charges against Latvian Government. He, in his application also warned Latvian government, if it failed to
release 10 innocent Pakistanis soon he would have no other option except to challenge this illegal arrest and detention
in the International Court of Justice, United Nations Human Rights Commission and other International platforms. These
Pakistanis were innocent 'Taekwando players' who went to Riga to participate in international games on an
invitation from Latvia, with legal visas and completing all other legal formalities, but were arrested from their hotel
on terrorism charges on a crime they had never committed.The crime as far as Ansar Burney Welfare Trust Internatioal had
come to know, on which these 10 Pakistani players were arrested in Latvia is; they had return flight to Pakistan via
Russia in a plane in which Israeli team was suppose to travel.The 10 Pakistani players who went to Latvia, on 15th
November stayed in a local hotel and took part in games. They got valid visas at the Riga Air port till 23rd November.
When they made reservation for their return to Pakistan for 22nd by Aeroflot via Russia, they were arrested a day before
their return on the fake terrorism charges.It may be recall here that in the last two months alone the Ansar Burney
Welfare Trust International succeeded in getting the release of more than Five thousand Pakistanis from Middle East
Jails and brought them backs to Pakistan, which is become a historical record.Meanwhile Ansar Burney Welfare Trust
International is also working to collect dead bodies for burial as recently released Pakistanis who already arrives
Pakistan, revealed that several 'Dead Bodies' of Innocent Pakistanis, Indians, Bangladeshis, Sri Lankan and
other nationals are decaying on the mountains of Oman and some of them were even eaten by the Cannibals. Thousands of
poor and distressed Pakistanis are still detained in foreign jails, waiting for their release.The innocent prisoners of
circumstances in thousands were also released from Yemen, Syria, Tanzania, Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey and Countries of
Middle East and Arab region, only due to the hectic efforts of Ansar Burney.The groups of fake agents took innocent
Pakistanis to foreign countries on dreams of better future, after taking huge amounts of money and leave them there
helpless and sometimes took them to dessert and shoot them.
PPI
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