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Don't discriminate against Muslims, Musharraf tells immigration authorities ISLAMABAD, Wednesday (AFP) Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf urged the immigration authorities of developed nations to avoid discriminating against Muslims. Musharraf's comments come after the United States scrapped rules introduced after the September 11 terror attacks requiring visitors from 25 Middle Eastern countries to register at intervals with authorities. "In the post-911 period, while regulating international migration, immigration authorities of the developed countries should not target Muslim migrants as a group," a foreign ministry statement quoted Musharraf as saying during a meeting with officials of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The president said around 350,000 Pakistanis would seek employment abroad in 2004. He stressed the need for coordinated international efforts to stem human trafficking and illegal migration, the statement said. |
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