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KARACHI (March 07 2010): A delegation of tribal parliamentarians refused to go through scanner at Washington Airport and are coming back to Pakistan in protest, Aaj News reported. According to the channel, a six-man delegation was visiting the United States on the invitation of US State Department. The delegation included Sajid Hussain Toori, Abbas Afridi, Hafiz Muhammad Rasheed, Akhundzada Chattan, Kamran Khan and Jawad Khan, the channel added.

Business Recorder [Pakistan's First Financial Daily]
 
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Pak delegation refuses scanning at US airport, returns home

Daily Times Monitor

LAHORE: A six-member delegation of the National Assembly and Senate returned to Pakistan in protest after refusing a body scan at the Dulles International Airport, located 40 kilometres west of Washington, a private TV channel reported on Saturday.

Talking to the channel, head of the delegation Senator Abbas Khan Afridi said they were asked for a body-scan but they refused, as they considered it an insult to parliamentarians of a sovereign country. He said they were informed before their arrival in the US that they would not face any such discrimination during their visit. The delegation had reached the US on February 28 for a 15-day visit.

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
 
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^^and its gud to come back if you find them against your values

Yes, ofcourse. If they disagree with US lawcode, they have the freedom to leave and thatz the way it should be. But I was wondering, didnt they know about the high security alert and tharough scanning in US? they could've avoided a trip.
 
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well according to my above post, they were apparently 'informed before their arrival in the US that they would not face any such discrimination during their visit'
 
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FATA members did not travel to US on official visit: NA

According to Sources of National Assembly, the Parliamentary delegation comprised on members Parliament of FATA did not go to the United States on an official visit.
Sources of Assembly told that the visit of FATA members was arranged by US Aid and US embassy and they could tell better about matters related to screening.
Meanwhile, sources of the United States said that the routine checking of these members was carried out and the process of screening was not carried out.
The NA members of FATA have decided to raise the issue in the next session of the National Assembly.
The FATA members Parliament while talking to media after their arrival said that they gone to the United States on the visit of US State Department but they cancelled their visit in protest as they were asked for screening.
Senator Abbas Afridi who led the delegation told that the visit started from February 28 and they spent 6 days in Washington and held important meetings with high US officials.
He said that they were asked for screening when they left Washington to another state, adding they were assured that screening would not be carried out.

FATA members did not travel to US on official visit: NA | Pakistan | News | Newspaper | Daily | English | Online

They spent 6 days in Washington and received the payment and gifts.

Unofficial visit, now they want to confuse the people and considered it an insult to parliamentarians of a sovereign country.
This is the story of so called parliamentarians of FATA.
We know how they come to parliament.
:hitwall::hitwall:
:cheers:
 
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xebex...dear if that foreign tomorrow says all women would be checked by male security as per their law would a Indian or Pakistani woman go through such process? I leave it you..

The only way we can humiliate these rats is when on daily basis they enter embassies/diplomatic enclave in Islamabad they are regularly on entering and going out scanned with the same scanners even if it's ambassadors..better let ISI do it lol..
 
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Yes, ofcourse. If they disagree with US lawcode, they have the freedom to leave and thatz the way it should be. But I was wondering, didnt they know about the high security alert and tharough scanning in US? they could've avoided a trip.
read the bold part

Pak delegation refuses scanning at US airport, returns home

Daily Times Monitor

LAHORE: A six-member delegation of the National Assembly and Senate returned to Pakistan in protest after refusing a body scan at the Dulles International Airport, located 40 kilometres west of Washington, a private TV channel reported on Saturday.

Talking to the channel, head of the delegation Senator Abbas Khan Afridi said they were asked for a body-scan but they refused, as they considered it an insult to parliamentarians of a sovereign country. He said they were informed before their arrival in the US that they would not face any such discrimination during their visit. The delegation had reached the US on February 28 for a 15-day visit.

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
 
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Welldone! I am happy

at least we have somebody who can raise a voice against these cheap third class machines/scanners
 
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Great! The MPs do not have to go to US anyway. If we need to talk telephone and video conferencing is fine. If in person meetings are required then the US delegation can come to Pakistan.
 
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