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Arrested students in UK punished for being Pakistanis: Parents

April 12, 2009

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Parent of two of the students arrested in Britain have said that their children, studying in foreign countries, are being punished due to their Pakistani nationality.

The arrests have left a question mark on their future life, the somber-looking parent told newsmen at a press conference in press club here on Sunday.

It may be reminded here that 11 Pakistani students were arrested in Britain on April 8 over suspicion of plotting terrorism.

“We spent million of rupees to seek study visas for our children so that they could get higher education in Britain,” parent of the two arrested students, Muhammad Ramzan and Abdul Wahab, said.

They said: “Our children are being punished for non-committed sins because they hail from Pakistan.”

“We called on the government to provide education and security to our children as only a few months are left in completion of their study program,” they further said.

“Our children should not be deported and given the chance to complete the study there.”