• Burney criticizes child killings by US attack in Afghanistan
• Dead bodies of Pakistanis decaying on Oman mountains
• Latvian Court extended detention of 10 Pakistanis till Dec 27
• Burney Trust urges US to allow meeting prisoners in Guantanamo Bay
• Latvian govt releases 10 Pakistanis
• 388 more Pakistani prisoners arrive home from Muscat
• Camel Kids handed over to family
• Govt asked to pay attention towards women plight
• Burney trust to bring corpses of Pakistanis found in UAE sea water
• 5 more Jockey children meet their household due to Burney

Burney criticizes child killings by US attack in Afghanistan
Sunday December 07, 2003 (1421 PST)

ISLAMABAD, December 08 (Online): Renowned human and civil rights woker Ansar Burney, Advocate has strongly condemned the air attack of the United States forces in which about dozen innocents killed including 9 minor children.

In a statement issued here Sunday he asked for an independent inquiry by the United Nations Human Rights Commission and its results to be made public since the blunder killing of innocent children adds to a sense of fear and insecurity in the country following similar killings of innocents in the past.

"This incident, which follows similar incidents, adds to a sense of insecurity and fear in the country," Ansar Burney said.

"We demands to the United Nations that the responsible Army personals and murderers of innocent children should also bring to justice to combat terrorism", Ansar Burney demanded.

Dead bodies of Pakistanis decaying on Oman mountains;
1,026 more Pakistani prisoners arrives home
Wednesday December 10, 2003 (0500 PST)

KARACHI, December 11 (Online): The recently released another batch of one thousand and twenty six Pakistanis, who arrived back home on Wednesday, revealed that dozens of 'Dead Bodies' of Pakistanis, Indians, Bangladeshis, Sri Lankans and other nationals are lying on the boarder mountains of Muscat in Sultanate of Oman and some of them were even eaten by the Cannibals .

These released Pakistanis were talking with the newsmen at Ansar Burney Welfare Trust office here on Wednesday. These 1,026 Pakistanis smuggled to Muscat for slave labour, via Iran to go to Dubai and other Middle East and Arab countries, by the human smugglers, where they were arrested and sent to prisons. They spent several months in Jails in a worst condition of their life. These Pakistanis were released from Oman Jails and came back home only because of the hectic efforts of Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International and kind co-operation of Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Interior .

They arrive at Ghasbander, Keemari, in two Cargo Boats Al-Qaudri and Al-Farhan. Of them 526 came by Al-Qaudri and 500 came through Al-Farhan cargo boat. They revealed the same details as those who released before and arrives back home last month, that dozens 'Dead Bodies' of Innocent Pakistanis, Indians and other nationals are decaying on the mountains of Oman Boarders and some of them were even eaten by the Cannibals .

They further revealed that the human smugglers shot dead those unfortunates while asking them to run on mountains. In some cases those unfortunates died on high and long mountains because of hunger, thirst and other unavoidable circumstances or killed by the boarder security forces .

The rescued Pakistanis informed they were first taken to Iran and from Iran they were taken to Oman by boat where they were asked to leave the boat and to run away on the mountains. On those mountains they saw those dead bodies of many innocents, decaying and some even eaten by cannibals .

These Pakistanis were released from Oman jails and brought back to Pakistan only because of the hectic efforts of renowned human and civil rights crusader and Chairman 'Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International' Ansar Burney, Advocate, said a press statement issued here on Wednesday .

These 1,026 Pakistanis who return back to home on Wednesday, immediately after coming out from two different Boats, bow down and kissed the Pakistan's land. They thanked Almighty Allah .

Touching Scenes were witnessed at the Ghasbander Sea Port when these released prisoners came out from the Boats and Ansar Burney Trust's volunteers received them and provide them food, water, new clothes and in most of the cases cash money for their return to their respective homes in the different Districts in Pakistan .

"Today we are alive, free human beings and back to Pakistan only because of an 'Angel of God' Ansar Burney," said released prisoners while tear of happiness in their eyes .

At their arrival at Keemari the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International has made special arrangements for their food, drinking water and clothes, as they were very hungry, thirsty and sleepless on Boat since last three days .

Special arrangements were also made by the FIA immigration cell at the Ghasbander to clear these released Pakistanis as early as possible .

Human Rights activist Ansar Burney, Advocate and Mrs Shaheen Burney has thanked President Musharraf, Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Interior and the Director General of FIA for their kind cooperation with the Ansar Burney Trust in this regard .

It may be recall here that last month the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International managed to get release of more than 3500 stranded Pakistanis jailed in Muscat later Ansar Burney Trust with the help of Pakistan's Foreign Ministry, brought them back to Pakistan .

Vice Chairman of Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International, Syed Fahad Burney has said that for any further information the relatives of such prisoners could contact Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International at 6 Hassan Manzil, Arambagh Road, Karachi, Pakistan. Phone: (021) 2626274, 2628719, 2623382, 2623383 or on Mobile: 0300-8243459 .

"The Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International is also asked the Interior Ministry and other concern departments for the immediate arrest of those human smugglers to bring them to justice, who are playing with the lives of innocents and also giving bad name to Pakistan and its nationals," he added .

"Another group of about seven hundred stranded Pakistani prisoners from Oman is also expected to release and arrive back home in a coming week", he disclosed .

Latvian Court extended detention of 10 Pakistanis till Dec 27
Monday December 15, 2003 (1554 PST)

ISLAMABAD, December 16 (Online): The Secretary Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Latvia, J Reksna has said that the Northern District Court of Riga City has extended the detention of 10 Pakistani prisoners arrested on Terrorism charges, till 27th of Dec.

The Secretary Ministry of Interior of Latvia, J Reksna in his letter to Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International has informed that the arrest of 10 Pakistanis were made under Article 51 (1) paragraph 1, on 21st Nov, from the Hotel Aurora, at street 5 in Riga City on Terrorism charges.

"The ten citizens of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Mohammad Shafique Marllowe, Chaudhry Muhammad Mansha, Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqi, Mohammad Akmal Siddiqi, Muzaffar Hayyat Khan, Ateeq-ur-Rehman, Mohammad Zahid, Imran Malick, Ejaz Ahmed and Muhammad Akmal who entered Latvia on 15th Nov 03, via State Boarder Guard, Riga Department boarder checkpoint Airport, were arrested on 21st Nov on suspicion of terrorism", he said.

According to Latvian Police they have detained 10 Pakistani citizens, on November 21, fearing Pakistanis might have been preparing a terrorist attack targeting the visiting Israeli basketball team.

Meanwhile the Pakistan's human rights activist Ansar Burney, Advocate has strongly condemned the arrest of 10 Pakistani players of Taekwando on Terrorism charges and challenged their arrest in the District Court of Riga.

"These Pakistanis were innocent and not involved in any sort of crime or terrorism", Ansar Burney informed the Court as well as to the Interior Ministry.

In his application in the Latvian Court, Ansar Burney, Advocate has declared the arrest of 10 Pakistanis as illegal and said; this arrest has defamed Pakistan and its nationals and mount to be a discrimination between the human beings on country and religion basis, so he reserves the rights to challenge the same UN and other International levels on defamation charges against Latvia.

Ansar Burney warned if Latvia government failed to release 10 innocent Pakistanis soon he would have no other option except to challenge this illegal arrest and detention in the International Court of Justice, United Nations Human Rights Commission and other International platforms.

"These Pakistanis are innocent Taekwando players who went to Riga to participate in international games on an invitation from Latvia, with legal visas and completing all other legal formalities, but were arrested from their hotel on terrorism charges on a crime they had never committed". Ansar Burney informed the Court.

"Even no weapons or other hazardous materials were found during a search of their hotel." He added.

"The crime as far as Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International has come to know, on which these 10 Pakistani innocent players were arrested in Latvia is; they had return flight to Pakistan via Russia in a plane in which Israeli team was suppose to travel". Ansar Burney said.

Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International has collected, these 10 Pakistani players who went to Latvia, on 15th November stayed in a local hotel and took part in games. They got valid visas at the Riga Air port till 23rd November. When they made reservation for their return to Pakistan for 22nd by Aeroflot via Russia, they were arrested a day before their return on the fake terrorism charges.

"What a laughing joke that these Pakistanis arrested on a terrorism charge and the charge is that they were traveling in a flight in which Israeli Jews were suppose to travel". Burney added.

He said first of all no body knows who is traveling on which flight and even if know; Ansar Burney asked; 'since how long is it become a crime for Pakistanis or Muslims if they travel in such flights"?

Burney Trust urges US to allow meeting prisoners in Guantanamo Bay
Sunday December 21, 2003

ISLAMABAD, December 22 (Online): Pakistan's world-renowned human rights activist Ansar Burney, Advocate has reiterated that United States should allow Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International's lawyer team to meet innocent prisoners of circumstances in Guantanamo Bay.

The member of the International Bar Association England and American Bar Association US, Ansar Burney, Advocate in a letter to US Secretary of States and US Ambassador at Islamabad, asked to respect the ruling of the court in the greater interest of Justice and Human Rights and allow 'Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International' team of lawyers and other International human rights NGO's including Amnesty International and Human Rights watch to meet the prisoners confined in US prison.

Meanwhile US appellant court ruled Thursday, Dec 18 that holding about 660 men at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba without trials runs counter to American ideals.

The federal appeals court in San Francisco said the men have the right to lawyers, as well as trials in US courts.

"Even in times of national emergency - indeed, particularly in such times -it is the obligation of the judicial branch to ensure the preservation of our constitutional values and to prevent the executive branch from running roughshod over the rights of citizens and aliens alike," Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote for the two-to-one majority.

The ruling contradicts a District of Columbia appeals court ruling, which found the men had no right to be handled through the U.S. legal system.

Meanwhile Ansar Burney also asked the Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Interior to contact US government and make arrangements to get permission for the visit of the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International team consisting on Lawyers to see innocent Pakistani prisoners in Guantanamo Bay cages.

Ansar Burney said that the innocent men, picked up in Pakistan and Afghanistan after the US attack in 2001, have been in legal limbo at the base where they are being held without being even charged.

"In the eyes of law and International charter of the human rights, such arrest and detention has become illegal confinement", human rights Angel Ansar Burney said.

"Even the US government says they are members of either the Taliban, the extremist group that used to rule Afghanistan, or Al-Qaeda, the Islamic militants who allegedly masterminded the attacks against the US on Sept 11, 2001, but they are not proved guilty so far for any terrorism or crime, so their detention since a long has become illegal", he maintained.

"We simply cannot accept the government's position that the executive branch possesses the unchecked authority to imprison indefinitely any persons, foreign citizens included, on territory under the sole jurisdiction and control of the United States without permitting such prisoners recourse of any kind to any judicial forum, or even access to counsel, regardless of the length or manner of their confinement," Judge Reinhardt wrote.

Ansar Burney said that even the children of 15 to 18 years old including one Omar, 16, are confined in US cages without any charge.

The eminent Lawyer, Ansar Burney, in his letters to the Secretary State and US Ambassador in Islamabad, also asked the US, that under what law the US government has detained hundreds of innocent human beings since a long, in the worst cages of Military forces in Guantanamo Bay, to decide their fate.

Ansar Burney, Advocate lauded the ruling of the US Appellate court, and said such act of US is now creating harassment in general public, and mount to be clear violation of the United Nations charter of Human Rights and murder of humanity.

Ansar Burney said that more than 600 innocents, including Pakistanis, Saudi Arabian, Yemenis, Kuwaitis, Iran's, Canadian, British and other nationals and handed them over to United States forces to decide their fate.

He also urges Pakistan government to bring all such prisoners from US custody back to Pakistan and make trial in Pakistan if necessary.

"Are these hundreds innocent prisoners, were not human beings to whom US is treating worst then animals? Ansar Burney further asked with the US.

He urged on US government to treat Pakistanis and other nationals as human beings and not treats innocents as animals or enemies.

"We have no sympathy what so ever with criminals and justice should definitely be done with terrorists and harden criminals, but we will not allow the illegal detention of innocents on the fake name of 'War against Terrorism', he added.

The Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International is now arranging their return seat confirmation for Lahore. All the players who belong from the Province of Punjab will arrive at Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore, hopefully within a day or two.

The release orders were issued by the Secretary of the Ministry of Interior of the State of Latvia, J. Reksna, on an application moved by the Pakistan's world-renowned 'human rights Angel' Ansar Burney, Advocate in which he challenged the arrest and charges of terrorism against 10 innocent Pakistani 'Taekwando players'.

According to Latvian Police they had detained 10 Pakistani citizens, on November 21, fearing Pakistanis might have been preparing a terrorist attack targeting the visiting Israeli basketball team.

The 'human rights Angel' Ansar Burney, Advocate had strongly condemned the arrest of 10 Pakistani players on Terrorism charges and immediately challenged the arrest in the District Court of Riga and Latvian Ministry of Interior.

In his application in the Interior Ministry, Ansar Burney, Advocate had declared the arrest of 10 Pakistanis as illegal and said; this arrest has gave a bad name to Pakistan and its nationals and mount to be a discrimination between the human beings on country and religion basis, so 'Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International' reserves the rights to challenge the same in the United Nations and other International levels on defamation charges against Latvian Government.

He, in his application also warned Latvian government, if it failed to release 10 innocent Pakistanis soon he would have no other option except to challenge this illegal arrest and detention in the International Court of Justice, United Nations Human Rights Commission and other International platforms.

These Pakistanis were innocent 'Taekwando players' who went to Riga to participate in international games on an invitation from Latvia, with legal visas and completing all other legal formalities, but were arrested from their hotel on terrorism charges on a crime they had never committed.

The crime as far as Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International had come to know, on which these 10 Pakistani players were arrested in Latvia is; they had return flight to Pakistan via Russia in a plane in which Israeli team was suppose to travel.

The 10 Pakistani players who went to Latvia, on 15th November stayed in a local hotel and took part in games. They got valid visas at the Riga Air port till 23rd November. When they made reservation for their return to Pakistan for 22nd by Aeroflot via Russia, they were arrested a day before their return on the fake terrorism charges.

It may be recall here that in the last two months alone the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International succeeded in getting the release of more than Five thousand Pakistanis from Middle East Jails and brought them backs to Pakistan, which is become a historical record.

Meanwhile Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International is also working to collect dead bodies for burial as recently released Pakistanis who already arrives Pakistan, revealed that several 'Dead Bodies' of Innocent Pakistanis, Indians, Bangladeshis, Sri Lankan and other nationals are decaying on the mountains of Oman and some of them were even eaten by the Cannibals.

Thousands of poor and distressed Pakistanis are still detained in foreign jails, waiting for their release.

The innocent prisoners of circumstances in thousands were also released from Yemen, Syria, Tanzania, Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey and Countries of Middle East and Arab region, only due to the hectic efforts of Ansar Burney.

The groups of fake agents took innocent Pakistanis to foreign countries on dreams of better future, after taking huge amounts of money and leave them there helpless and sometimes took them to dessert and shoot them.

388 more Pakistani prisoners arrive home from Muscat
Thursday January 29, 2004

KARACHI, January 30 (Online): Another group of Three Hundred and Eighty Eight (388) Pakistani prisoners, smuggled to Oman by human smugglers for slave labour, and arrested few months back in Muscat, arrive back to home by Sea on Thursday morning.

These Pakistanis were released from Oman Jails and brought back to Pakistan only because of the hectic efforts of renowned human and civil rights crusader and Chairman ‘Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International’ Ansar Burney, Advocate as his efforts once again become fruitful.

Those who return back to Pakistan immediately after coming from Boat MV Al-Qaudri bow down and kissed the Pakistan’s land. They thanked Almighty Allah and were very grateful to human rights activist Ansar Burney, Advocate, says a press release issued by the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust.

These Pakistani prisoners arrive at Ghasbander, Keemari, in a Cargo Boat Al-Qaudri. At the Ghasbander, Keemari, even of heavy rain and cold in Karachi on Thursday, the Vice Chairman of Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International Syed Fahad Burney, in-charge Syed Sarim Burney, Advocate Qadeer Hussain, Miss Mehnaz Anwar, Advocate and other volunteers received them.

Touching Scenes were witnessed at the Ghasbander Sea Port when these released prisoners came out from the Boats and when Ansar Burney Trust’s Vice Chairman Syed Fahad Burney, In-Charge Syed Sarim Burney, Qadir Hussain, Miss Mehnaz Anwar, Advocate and other volunteers received them and provide them food, water, new clothes and in most of the cases cash money for their return to their respective homes in the different Districts in Pakistan.

At their arrival at Keemari even rain and cold in Karachi on Thursday the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International has made special arrangements for their food, drinking water and clothes, as they were very hungry, thirsty and sleepless on Boat since last three days.

Special arrangements were also made by the FIA immigration at the Ghasbander to clear these released Pakistanis as early as possible.

These Pakistanis were smuggled to Muscat via Iran to go to Dubai and other Middle East and Arab countries for slave labour by the cruel human smugglers, few months before, where these innocents were arrested and sent to prisons. They released from the Muscat Jails four days ago and arrive back home after four days journey in sea.

A group of about seven hundred stranded Pakistani prisoners from Libya is also expected to release and arrive back home in a coming weeks”, Syed Fahad Burney also disclosed this on Thursday.

Camel Kids handed over to family
Saturday February 07, 2004

KARACHI, February 08 (Online): The two innocent camel jockey brothers, Mohammad Ashraf 7 and Mohammad Akram 5 years old, who returned to Pakistan a few days back from the United Arab Emirates, were handed over to their mother by the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International.

Two innocent brothers stayed in the UAE for more than two years where they were made to work as ‘Camel Jockeys’. On their arrival the Judicial Magisterial Court of Fareed Anwar Qazi, had given the boys in custody of Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International, as their parents were yet to be located by the Trust at the time they returned home onboard.

Talking to newsmen at the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International office, Ashraf said, “I had been riding the camels for two years and fell down several times and once sustained a serious injury”.

Akram said, “Our employer used to beat me up on losing a race. Some time they used children for sex as well”.

“We were supposed to made a very good food for camels but we were not allowed to even taste that food”, Akram said.

“We were not allowed to sleep properly and not allowed to eat good food. We were living in a iron tents even in a hot temperatures of above 50 degree, some times blood comes out from our mouth and nose and some times from stomachs but no one to hear our hue and cry”, Akram added.

“Ashraf said, “We had spent two years like hell as camel jockeys in a worst kind of circumstances we are unable to tell any one”.

Halima wife of Sher Mohammad the mother of two camel jockeys who received her children at the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International office, said that “we are very poor and later lost my children.

“My two children were kidnapped while they were playing out side their home in Rahim Yar Khan and more than two years passed when I was traced and informed by Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International that they found these children in UAE and brought them back”, said Halima.

Halima said I saw my two children after a time of more than two years. She thanked ‘human rights Angel’ Ansar Burney because of whom only she was able sees her children alive again.

Vice Chairman of the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International, Syed Fahad Burney said that Ansar Burney is in on a trip of Arab and Middle East countries in search of 9 dead bodies of innocent Pakistanis to whom human smuggler agents drowned in the deep seawater near Dubai as well as he is also visiting Camel jockeys camps to find kidnapped children from these camps.

“A group of six/seven camel-kids was also expected to arrive home soon”, Fahad Burney added.

Govt asked to pay attention towards women plight
Monday February 23, 2004

ISLAMABAD, February 24 (Online): Vice Chairperson of the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International, Shaheen Burney has asked government to pay attention towards the inhuman and cruel treatment of the male dominating society on women in Pakistan.

She sent a letter to President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zaffarullah Khan Jamali in this regard.

“There are so many instances of cruelty towards females in Pakistan”, Mrs. Burney said in her letter.

She said with sorrow and grief that on Saturday 7th of February, in a village nearby Sargodha, both legs of an innocent married woman were amputated by her brother-in-law in the name of honor (Karo-Kari).

”Her bother-in-law, Farman Ali, with the support of his friend roped innocent Musarat Sultana of Chak 75-NB, whose husband Ehsan lives abroad, on a chorpoy (bed) before carrying out the amputation of her both legs”, She added.

“our society has become so deaf and dumb and even senseless, that have no respect of humanity and human rights as Ms Musarrat Sultana, screamed and shouted for help, cried like any thing, but no one came to help her on her hue and cry,” she maintained.

The accused, Farman Ali was arrested in the evening. He alleged that Sultana had illicit relations with a villager; but according to the victim Ms Musarrat Sultana, who was admitted to the DHQ Hospital, Sargodha, the attack occurred because the accused wanted to marry her sister. And when she rejected the proposal, Farman Ali and his mother took it as an insult and amputated her both legs.

Shaheen Burney demanded the authorities to punish those responsible and bring justice to the innocent woman.

She also demanded the attention of the President and Prime Minister on another shocking incident of shame that is the marriage of a sixty years old man with only four years old girl in Dera Ghazi Khan.

According to the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International, the Nikah registrar Qadir Bux recited the Nikah of bridegroom Muhammad Asghar 60, with Hasina, 4, in January 2004.

The innocent little girl was wedded to a 60-year-old man in exchange for her father, Nazar Hussain’s 2nd marriage.

The Nikah registrar Qadir Bux and father of the girl Nazar Hussain had showed the age of Hasina as 16 years, while she was actually only four year old.

“The mother of 4 years old Hasina, Aisha Mai, has two daughters.

Her husband had sought her permission for a second marriage so that he could have a male baby. But Aisha Mai refused to do so.

Upon this he become angry and kicked her out of their home.

However, he kept her minor daughters in his custody.

Later in exchange of his 4 years old daughter with a sixty years old man he managed to have a girl for his second marriage, she said.

Shaheen Burney said that in January another heinous crime was committed - on the directives of Jirga a seven-year-old girl, Aziza Bibi, was wedded to a 40 years old man in Baluchistan.

Meanwhile Mrs. Burney requested the government’s most urgent attention into these matters and other such cruelties towards women in Pakistan while vowed to continue fighting for women’s rights even of several life threats.

Burney trust to bring corpses of Pakistanis found in UAE sea water
Tuesday February 24, 2004

KARACHI, Feb 25 (Online): The human and civil rights organization Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International (ABWTI), is finalising all necessary arrangements to bring the corpses of Pakistanis, drowned in UAE sea water by human traffickers .

The trust is looking to contact the bereaved families in this regard.

Syed Fahad Burney, Vice Chairman of the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International has asked media to help ABWTI in searching the families in Pakistan so trust could be established to bring several dead bodies back to Pakistan for burial after their identification. The bodies of several unfortunate Pakistanis were found after hectic efforts of two months time from the Arabian Sea in collaboration with UAE government .

The Chairman of the Trust and world-renowned human rights activist Ansar Burney, Advocate has said that several dead bodies have been found in UAE sea water to whom the team of Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International was in search since last two months .

“Now with the co-operation of UAE government, we are bringing these bodies to Pakistan and are in search of bereaved families, so unfortunate families could be able to bury their loved ones in Pakistan”, Ansar Burney added .

He said the Trust is waiting to get the pictures from the relatives of those who were thrown by human smugglers and drowned in deep sea some two months ago .

He said in this regard a team of Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International is ready to go to Dubai to bring these dead bodies of innocent Pakistanis back to hand them over to their unfortunate families for burial .

After having come to know that human smugglers thrown 9 Pakistanis into sea water and drowned them the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International immediately contacted the UAE government and its Ambassador and Consul General in Pakistan and requested to help Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International in searching of nine dead bodies of Pakistani immigrants drowned by human smugglers somewhere close to Arabian Sea .

The only eyewitness survived had revealed to Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International that human smugglers in the waters closed to Dubai drowned his nine companions of Mandi-Bahauddin, Sargodha and Punjab .

After having come to know the sad incident Ansar Burney, Advocate immediately established a contact with the authorities in Dubai as well as Islamabad to help in searching the dead bodies of ill-fated Pakistanis. The agent took these innocents on a dream journey of brighter future in Middle East but showed them the way to the valley of death .

“They drowned in front of me before they died, we all were crying for help to save our lives but no one heard our hue and cry. Fortunately Almighty Allah saved my life and I managed to reach Dubai”, informed only survival Qamar Zaman to ABWIT .

5 more Jockey children meet their household due to Burney
Friday March 05, 2004

KARACHI, March 5: Five more innocent camel jockey children, three of them real brothers, who were returned Pakistan a few days back from the United Arab Emirates, only because of the efforts of Ansar Burney, were handed over to their parents by the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International on Friday .

The Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International searched the parents of innocent camel jocekey children in Punjab and interior of Sindh .

The Five children Usman 4, Ghullam 6, Murtaza 5, Shabbir 7 and Kamil 8 stayed in the UAE for more than two years where they were made to work as ‘Camel Jockeys’ .

Talking to newsmen at the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International office, Usman said, “I had spent miserable time like hell and been riding the camels for the last two years and fell down several times and twice sustained serious injury” .

Ghullam said, “Our employer used me and other children for sex as well” .

“We were supposed to made a very good food for camels but we were not allowed to even taste that food”, Murtaza said .

“We were not allowed to sleep properly and not allowed to eat good food. We were living in a iron tents even in a hot temperatures of above 50 degree, some times blood comes out from our mouth and nose and some times from stomachs but no one to hear our hue and cry”, Shabbir said with tears in his eyes .

“Kamil said, “We had spent two years like hell as camel jockeys in a worst kind of circumstances we are unable to tell any one” .

Salma wife of Mohammad Khan the mother of three camel jockeys who received her three children at the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International office, said that “we are very poor and later lost our children .

“My three children were kidnapped while they were working out side their home in Dera Ghazi Khan and more than two years passed when I was traced and informed by Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International that they found these children in UAE and brought them back to Pakistan”, said Halima .

Ms Salma said I saw my three children after a time of more than two years. She thanked ‘human rights Angel’ Ansar Burney because of whom only she was able sees her children alive again .

Vice Chairman of the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International, Syed Fahad Burney said that ‘human rights Angel’ Ansar Burney is again going on a trip of Arab and Middle East countries in search of dead bodies of innocent Pakistanis to whom human smuggler agents drowned in the deep seawater near Dubai as well as he is also visiting Camel jockeys camps to find other kidnapped children from these camps .