I am angry at the Pakistani government. Raymond Davis killed two Pakistani citizens and he got off scot-free. Raymond Davis’ government helped him out. Javed is an innocent Pakistani and the Pakistani government is doing nothing to help him. 114 Nargis and her brother have lost complete faith in the Pakistani government’s commitment to their relative’s return. “They have not achieved anything”, she and her brother protested, “They do not care about the average Pakistani. No minister has ever spoken about Bagram; the government has never even held a press conference on this issue.” 115 Four years after he was released and returned to Pakistan, Jibran still feels like his government failed him: The Pakistani government does not care about average people. The government should have done a lot more to help me. They should have asked the US to prove that I am innocent or guilty. 116 Former detainees also criticize Pakistani officials for disrespectful treatment while they were in detention, for failing to provide them with desperately needed assistance, and for not even believing that they were Pakistani. Ayaz, released in 2011, recounted a 2009 visit by a Pakistani diplomat to the DFIP in which the Pakistani ambassador treated him rudely—and instead of ensuring Ayaz was being properly treated and offering assistance, was “interrogating me like the Americans.” 117 Jibran, another former detainee, shared a similar experience: In 2007 or 2008, I cannot remember, I was visited by a Pakistani diplomat. He was very rude. He asked me crudely where I was from. I told him Kohistan. He said that I am not Pakistani and that I cannot even speak Urdu. I told him to check and see where I am sending my ICRC letters; it’s an address in Pakistan. He dismissed me. The second time around someone else came. He was just as rude. He also said that I was not Pakistani and asked me for a proper letter with a proper address. 118 The Pakistani government’s treatment of detainees has angered their families as well. Hafeez, whose uncle Abdul Jabbar is in detention told JPP interviewers: Why are they locking him up like that? He is innocent. The Pakistani government should help him out. They need to help him get out of there. This is unfair. They are doing nothing to help him even though he is Pakistani. Why is the government not upholding his rights? 119 From detainees’ and their families’ perspectives, who simply want to understand where their cases stand, the Pakistani and U.S. governments are constantly pointing the finger at each other. 114 Justice Project Pakistan interview with Mubashar, December 2012 (real name, location withheld). Raymond Davis is a former CIA contractor who killed two Pakistani men in Lahore in 2011. See “CIA contractor Ray Davis freed over Pakistan killings”, BBC News, 16 March, 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia12757244. 115 Justice Project Pakistan interview with Nargis and Mukhtar, November 2012 (real names, locations withheld). 116 Justice Project Pakistan interview with Jibran, November 2012 (real name, location withheld). 117 Justice Project Pakistan interview with Ayaz, November 2012 (real name, location withheld). 118 Justice Project Pakistan interview with Jibran, November 2012 (real name, location withheld). 119 Justice Project Pakistan interview with Hafeez, December 2012 (real name, location withheld). 31

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