Financial hardships are a common concern for all families of current detainees. Some families have been forced to sell their homes. Others have to make a choice between providing an education to their children or siblings or taking them out of school to save money or send them to work. Even after making these difficult sacrifices, many still find it challenging to meet their family’s needs. Gul Muhammad is the father of a current detainee, Kaleem, who disappeared from Pakistan at the age of 14. An ex-army officer, he works when and where he can, and is currently employed as a miner in Balochistan. With four remaining children to put through school, the burden of his son’s detention and the loss of financial support he provided his family are difficult for him to bear: My salary is PKR 14,000 PKR [$140] per month, but my rent is PKR 4,000 [$40] and the school fees of my children amount to PKR 4,500 PKR [$45].It is very difficult for me to juggle my expenses. I am the only one working. If my son was here he would have been able to help me. 70 Gul Nawaz is the brother of Abdul Jabbar, a Pashtun man of the Afridi tribe held since 2005. His family lives in a remote village in Khyber Agency in north-western Pakistan. Desperate to find work, Abdul Jabbar was invited by an Afghan friend to Afghanistan. When Abdul Jabbar reached Jalalabad, his friend falsely accused him of being a terrorist and handed him over to U.S. forces. As Gul Nawaz heavy-heartedly explained, he and his family have “lost one of the breadwinners in the family. I work when I can and one of my elder brothers works as well. My younger brother goes to school”, Gul Nawaz added, “He says he wants to work but we forbid him. It’s important that he get an education.” 71 Because of their deteriorating financial situation, Gul Nawaz and an elder brother have moved to Saudi Arabia, hoping to earn enough to sustain their family in Pakistan. Many have been forced to rely on the support of their local community and extended family to make ends meet. In 2002, Muhammad traveled to Afghanistan to find work. According to his family he was falsely accused as being a terrorist by a co-worker. He has been held since 2002 not knowing if or when he will be able to return to Pakistan. Muhammad’s mother and only brother live in a small, remote mountainous area in northern Pakistan. Their village is deep within the mountains accessible only by a dirt road, eight hours drive from the closest major town, Mansehra. They live in the same village as their extended family, where the “family, Jahanzeb [Muhammad’s cousin] in particular, help out with the rent, which is 3,000 PKR a month, and all other expenses.” 72 Muhammad’s maternal uncle, Imtisal, despairs at the far-reaching financial repercussions of Muhammad’s detention: “It is very difficult for me to see my sister in this state. I am a poor laborer; I have barely enough money to sustain myself. What can I do to help her?” 73 Families also face significant challenges in maintaining contact with loved ones in detention. Unlike relatives of Afghan detainees, families of Pakistani detainees are generally unable to visit their relatives at the DFIP. While the U.S. military provides detainee families with financial assistance to visit relatives, because of the significantly higher costs Pakistani families face in travelling to and from Afghanistan, such 70 Ibid. Justice Project Pakistan interview with Gul Nawaz, December 2012 (real name, location withheld). 72 Justice Project Pakistan interview with the cousin and uncle of Muhammad, November 2012 (names, locations withheld). 73 Justice Project Pakistan interview with Imtisal, November 2012 (real name, location withheld). 71 22