Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s husband, or possibly brother, or maybe both, was deported to Pakistan to face charges there. According to the Pakistani Foreign Minister, Bustata al-Tirole, Mr. Omar is on their government’s most-wanted list.
“He’s a bad man,” said Tirole, “he must be held accountable for his many crimes against the people of Pakistan and Kazakhstan.” He didn’t elaborate, but he did assure the US State Department that he would be treated fairly and humanely as the full-citizen husband of a United States Congresswoman. Unfortunately for him, the US doesn’t require foreign countries to promise not to execute prisoners; they only have to promise to do it as quickly and painlessly as possible.
In Qatar, Afghanistan, where Omar will be held until his trial in Delhi, Pakistan, protests are already underway to free the man, whose crimes they say “don’t fit the charges.” Omar is charged with treasonous fraud and calculated contempt for refusing to pay a debt for more than thirty years.
The government has determined that Omar’s callous actions cost a local company hundreds, if not thousands in the 1980s, which translates to millions in lost tax revenue over 35 years, adjusted for inflation. Minister Tirole says that many could have gone to saving the lives of millions in the country who have died of hunger over that time.
In Qatar, Afghanistan, where Omar will be held until his trial in Delhi, Pakistan, protests are already underway to free the man, whose crimes they say “don’t fit the charges.” Omar is charged with treasonous fraud and calculated contempt for refusing to pay a debt for more than thirty years.
The government has determined that Omar’s callous actions cost a local company hundreds, if not thousands in the 1980s, which translates to millions in lost tax revenue over 35 years, adjusted for inflation. Minister Tirole says that many could have gone to saving the lives of millions in the country who have died of hunger over that time.
