The way this guy presented the whole argument is simply pathetic!
This is what he wrote about our Saif:
Soon after, we learned of Mohammed Saif ur Rahman, a Pakistani interning at a hotel in Santiago, Chile, where he was arrested with traces of explosives on his hands and in his personal effects. While he has denied any attempt to blow up the US embassy where he had apparently been invited to discuss the cancellation of his visa, one does not innocently acquire gunpowder traces under normal circumstances.
and the he continues with the usual Dawn newspaper stuff about all the negatives in Pakistan.
So who has the heart of darkness? You decide.
In Chile it has been proven through investigation that there were no traces of any chemical residues on Saif’s hands or body, since the alleged chemical tetryl upon contact with skin causes dermitis which Saif did not catch. You can well figure out how the chemical resides came on Saif’s documents that were handled by the US embassy security staff.
This email is in reference to an article you wrote that was published in
Dawn on Saturday, 15 May, 2010.
You stated the following regarding our Saif without much investigation:
“Soon after, we learned of Mohammed Saif ur Rahman, a Pakistani interning at
a hotel in Santiago, Chile, where he was arrested with traces of explosives
on his hands and in his personal effects. While he has denied any attempt to
blow up the US embassy where he had apparently been invited to discuss the
cancellation of his visa, one does not innocently acquire gunpowder traces
under normal circumstances.”
When you wrote that the investigations were going on and still are. Your
writing has not only hurt the family but it has also displayed low
journalistic standards. Your article gives a general impression that Saif
was not innocent.
You may be astonished to learn that in Chile it has been proven that there
were no traces of any chemical residues on Saif’s hands or body, since the
alleged chemical tetryl upon contact with skin causes dermitis which Saif
did not catch. You can well figure out how the chemical resides came on
Saif’s documents that were handled by the US embassy security staff.
To learn more about what happened and to rectify how you presented the whole
case against an innocent Pakistani, do visit the blog set up by Saif’s
famliy and friends: http://innocentsaif.wordpress.com/
If you are interested you may write about the reality of what happened the
trauma our family went through.