Governments of Denmark and Pakistan should investigate into the incident of maltreatment meted out to a handicapped Pakistani national residing in Copenhagen by the Abu Dhabi airport authorities.
Hussain Naqi of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan made this demand in the presence of the victim Agha Naveed during a press conference here on Saturday.
Naqi maintained that the issue needs to be highlighted, a many dual national Pakistanis have received maltreatment abroad after the 9/11 and it was vital to raise voice against such injustices.
Agha Naveed informed the newsmen that he was travelling to Lahore from Copenhagen via Abu Dhabi on Gulf Airways. "On arrival at the Abu Dhabi airport his passport and ticket was taken by the security force without any justification. Later I was barred from travelling to Lahore on a connected flight on a absurd pretext that the plane captain has raised an objection that he was unfit to travel on the plane since he could not walk," he added.
According to him, he was taken to a medical officer who had initially declared him fit to travel but later change his stance and said that he was unfit to travel. He was forcefully taken to a hospital where he was given lethal injections and drips, which has taken tall of his health. They had kept him in captive for three days without food, and only after taking a huge sum of money and valuables from him permitted him to travel to Lahore.
He demanded of the governments of Denmark and Pakistan to provide him the justice and added that he would knock all the doors to get the justice. He alleged that somebody was trying to settle a score with him, since he had been writing hard-hitting articles in the Pakistani national dailies.