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Pakistan Senate body calls for closure of Guantanamo Bay prison, Islam and the West, NewAgeIslam.com

Islam and the West
Pakistan Senate body calls for closure of Guantanamo Bay prison
By Iftikhar A. Khan
July 20, 2008

The committee underlined the need for coordinated efforts to find if there was any woman detained in Bagram or the Guantanamo Bay.

They asked the ministries of interior, foreign affairs and human rights to take up the matter with the US intelligence agencies.

Secretaries to the ministries of interior, law and justice and human rights and senior officials of the foreign ministry informed the committee about the steps taken to trace the woman reportedly tortured at the Bagram detention centre.

The committee was informed that the interior ministry had approached the ministry of foreign affairs to take up the issue with the US officials and authorities at the Bagram military base.

Foreign ministry officials informed the committee that the matter was being pursued vigorously. Senators Mushahid, Mohammad Abbas Komaili, Mohammad Ali Durrani, Hafiz Abdul Rashid, Nasar Khan and Dr Mohammad Said attended the meeting.

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