LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for the immediate release of Kacmaz family, ex-director of Pak-Turk school, including two young daughters, who were abducted in Lahore today. The family had been residing in Pakistan for a year, on UNHCR asylum seeker certificate, allowing them to stay in Pakistan till November 2017.
The family was picked up by over 20 armed people, including some women who were in plain clothes. The family was roughed-up, hooded, handcuffed and taken in a wagon. They were taken to a well-furnished house where several other interrogators were also present. A Turkish neighbour who protested was also picked-up but later released. He witnessed the entire episode including the abduction and brutality meted out to the Kacmaz family.
HRCP urged the government to immediately release the Kacmaz family and desist from deporting them, as there are credible reports of other Turkish educationists being arrested upon their arrival in Turkey and their subsequent torture.
LHC STAYS DEPORTATION:
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday stayed the deportation of a Turk teacher and his three family members from Pakistan.
Justice Shams Mehmmod Mirza passed the orders on a petition filed by Orhan Uygun – a Turk teacher, affiliated with the Pak-Turk School, against possible deportation of his colleague and his family.
During the hearing, petitioner’s counsel Asma Jehangir, arguing before the court, submitted that the petitioner and his colleagues were residing in Pakistan and they were allowed to stay till November 24, 2017, in the light of a statement, made by attorney general in a writ petition filed against their deportation.
She said that the petitioner tried to get an FIR registered with Sattu Katla Police but to no avail.
The counsel expressed apprehensions that petitioner’s colleague and his family would be deported in violation of the court orders.
At this, the court stayed the deportation of Turk teacher and his family and also sought reply from the federal government and SHO Sattu Katla till October 6.
