Pakistan

Two weeks ago, hundreds of British Police officers conducted raids in Northern England and arrested 12 Pakistani students. The British Prime Minister Mr. Gordon Brown termed it as unearthing of a "Very Big Terrorist Plot". Now, the British Police have decided to deport 9 out of 12 of the arrested students to Pakistan. One of them had been handed over to Britain's Border Control Agency for deportation earlier. Remaining two are being retained for further questioning. The deportation of ten of the twelve arrested men has been ordered on grounds of national security. British security agencies had earlier claimed that they had foiled a major imminent attack which might have caused mass casualties. Britain would certainly not have released these men if there was even a semblance of a proof available against these men regarding their involvement in terrorist activities. It appears that the deportation is being resorted to as a face saving of the police action at a very high scale. Is it fair? Shouldn't it have been more prudent for the British government, claimants of being champions of freedom and human rights, to accept the facts, release these individuals with grace and generosity, and allowed them to continue their studies? But who cares, as they say, "Might is right".

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