Update on Mukhtaran Bibi
Jun. 19th, 2005 06:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jebbypalFor those you who have been following the story, Kristof had encouraging news today. Mukhtaran Bibi has been freed finally from her "stay" with the Pakistani government and returned to her home village. While President Musharraf reports that she has been removed from the countries blacklist forbidding her travel, her passport was confiscated before she was freed.
And what does President Musharraf have to say about all this?
Mr. Musharraf admitted to reporters on Friday that he had ordered Ms. Mukhtaran placed on the blacklist. And although Pakistan had claimed that Ms. Mukhtaran had decided on her own not to go to the U.S. because her mother was sick (actually, she wasn't), the president in effect acknowledged that that was one more lie. "She was told not to go" to the U.S., Mr. Musharraf said, according to The Associated Press.
"I don't want to project a bad image of Pakistan." he explained.
And what does President Musharraf have to say about all this?
Mr. Musharraf admitted to reporters on Friday that he had ordered Ms. Mukhtaran placed on the blacklist. And although Pakistan had claimed that Ms. Mukhtaran had decided on her own not to go to the U.S. because her mother was sick (actually, she wasn't), the president in effect acknowledged that that was one more lie. "She was told not to go" to the U.S., Mr. Musharraf said, according to The Associated Press.
"I don't want to project a bad image of Pakistan." he explained.
