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Deported Pakistanis Blast US
ISLAMABAD — Around 2000 Pakistanis have been deported from the US since the 9/11 attacks, many of them accuse American authorities of inhuman treatment in confinement cells, including mental torture.
"I have been kept behind the bars for 11 months on the charge of misleading the immigration officials," Gul Maula, 54, told IslamOnline.net soon after he arrived
at Islamabad airport from the US on a chartered flight.
He claims he had been staying in the US, mostly in New York, for the last 32 years where he had an established business.
He had divorced his American wife a few years back and had a daughter who was still living there.
"I was kept in different prisons. After every few weeks, they used to shift me to some other prison. I was not allowed to even hire a lawyer to defend myself," he complained.
"I was charged with providing wrong information to the immigration officials when I had applied for the green card, whereas my point of view was that I had
not willfully committed any mistake.
"I had requested them many times to allow me to hire a lawyer, but they never listened to me."
Maula was accompanied by 71 other Pakistanis, including two women, who were deported by US authorities on charges of over-staying their visas, using forged documents or criminal activities.
Those in the last category were put behind bars by US authorities and later deported to Pakistan after their sentences had been completed.
Apparently shaken by the tiredness of an 18-hour non-stop flight, Maula said that all the deportees onboard had been handcuffed.
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at Islamabad airport from the US on a chartered flight.
He claims he had been staying in the US, mostly in New York, for the last 32 years where he had an established business.
He had divorced his American wife a few years back and had a daughter who was still living there.
"I was kept in different prisons. After every few weeks, they used to shift me to some other prison. I was not allowed to even hire a lawyer to defend myself," he complained.
"I was charged with providing wrong information to the immigration officials when I had applied for the green card, whereas my point of view was that I had
not willfully committed any mistake.
"I had requested them many times to allow me to hire a lawyer, but they never listened to me."
Maula was accompanied by 71 other Pakistanis, including two women, who were deported by US authorities on charges of over-staying their visas, using forged documents or criminal activities.
Those in the last category were put behind bars by US authorities and later deported to Pakistan after their sentences had been completed.
Apparently shaken by the tiredness of an 18-hour non-stop flight, Maula said that all the deportees onboard had been handcuffed.
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