Dr. Farooq Sattar Demands of US Government in a letter to US Ambassador in Pakistan, under MQM USA Initiative, to Stop the Deportation
and Arrest of Pakistanis under Deportation Orders and Grant of TPS in the Wake of Flood Disaster in Pakistan

Communication & Media Cell, MQM USA; New York; October 11, 2010: The Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Affairs Dr. Farooq Sattar has demanded of the US Government in a letter written to the US ambassador in Pakistan Anne Patterson that was delivered to the ambassador personally by the minister, that in the wake of the recent flood disaster in Pakistan, the deportation and the arrest of Pakistanis under the deportation orders should be stopped and all those Pakistanis should be granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The letter says that at a time when the flood has disrupted the whole economy of Pakistan, it is apprehended that it will get worse in the coming days. The letter says that in this situation the deportation of Pakistanis will be a burden on Pakistan’s economy, and the deportees will remain in a fix when they will not find any financial stability and future for them in Pakistan. The federal minister referred to the US policy granting the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to those who cannot return to their native country safely if deported. The minister requested the Homeland Security Department to take into consideration the said policy, look into this matter on humanitarian grounds, and immediately stop the deportation, and release the Pakistanis from detention centers who are at different stages under deportation orders. Before this, the member of the Central Organizing Committee MQM USA Gul Mohammad had met with a group of Pakistani and Pakistani-American Organizations on this issue and had assured them that MQM USA will take this matter up to the proper authorities, and shortly after that the office-bearers of MQM USA had contacted Dr. Farooq Sattar to take up this matter on priority basis. In the meantime the Central Organizer Kamal Zafar and the members of the Central Organizing Committee MQM USA, have extended their gratitude, on behalf of the Pakistani community in USA to the federal minister for putting this matter to the US officials, and assured the members of the Pakistani community that they will always stand to their side whenever help is needed.