Alert # 29: You may be Deported, Arrested & Detained if You DoNot Register

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Urge Your Local Bar Association to Take Action
The movement for the restoration of judiciary in Pakistan is gaining moment. The pressure to reinstate the original judicial system is building up as more bar associations around the world are demonstrating support for the legal community in Pakistan.

Demand the Restoration of Judicial System in Pakistan
For the last eight months Pakistanis are leading an effort to establish the rule of law in Pakistan. It has given rise to a genuine popular movement of Pakistanis in Pakistan, led by lawyers, human rights activists, and professionals in Pakistan.

Save Adamjee Public School in Karachi
All students of Adamjee Public School in Karachi are on hungerstrike. They have taken this unusual step to protect their 30-year-old school from the education merchants of Karachi. It is about time that Pakistanis and Pak-Americans ask hard questions about the educational opportunities for the poor of Pakistan.

You may be Deported, Arrested & Detained if You DoNot Register
All Pakistanis in the US must register between January 13, 2003 and February 21, 2003 who were inspected by INS and last admitted to to the US as a nonimmigrant on or before September 30, 2002; are male, born on or before January 13, 1987; and will be in the US at least until February 21, 2003.

A Chronology of the Kashmir Dispute

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December 28, 2002 | Alert #029

You may be Deported, Arrested & Detained if You DoNot Register

Assalamu Alaikum

All Pakistanis in the US must register between January 13, 2003 and February 21, 2003 who were inspected by INS and last admitted to to the US as a nonimmigrant on or before September 30, 2002; are male, born on or before January 13, 1987; and will be in the US at least until February 21, 2003.

Pakistan is among the 21 countries whose citizens are going through this new controversial registration process which has already been challenged in the court.

We suggest that those affected register early, before the deadline. Those of other countries who registered early did not face as much difficulty as those who showed up on the last day. According to Reuters news agency, 1,000 to 2,500 of these people were detained in very inhumane conditions until they were processed, sent to jail, or released on bond.

What You can Do:
o You can get the attached pdf enlarged through Kinko for better visibility in Masjid and stores
o Please post it in masjid and stores
o You may copy and distribute it as well
o email to as many friends as possible
o Have the Imam announce it o talk to other Muslims as well whose deadline may be even earlier.
o Get more information through http://www.YesPakistan.com/INS

Proper information could be an asset in this scary process.

Thank you & May Allah be with you.

Pakistani Ambassador to the US acknowledged that the US officials had not informed Pakistan before announcing the decision. Even on Dec. 16, when the decision was announced, the State Department had continued to assure the Embassy that Pakistan was not included in the list.