Pakistani Activist Gulalai Ismail "Escapes" To US, Seeks Political Asylum

[TomSea]

Pakistani Activist Gulalai Ismail "Escapes" To US, Seeks Political Asylum
Ismail has launched a research and advocacy group called Voices for Peace and Democracy aimed at protecting women in the conflict-hit zones of the world.
World | Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: September 20, 2019 08:58 IST


Gulalai Ismail is currently residing with her sister in Brooklyn, New York, Dawn News reported..

Pakistani rights activist Gulalai Ismail "escaped" authorities in Islamabad last month and has reached the US, where she has applied for political asylum, a media report said.

Dawn news quoted The New York Times as saying in its report on Thursday that the 32-year-old is currently residing with her sister in Brooklyn, New York.

She did not disclose how she managed to leave the country. All she told the American newspaper was: "I didn't fly out of any airport."

Read more at: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/pak-activist-gulalai-ismail-escapes-to-us-seeks-political-asylum-2104080

[PeteS in CA]

Gee, I wonder what neighboring country might be so POed at Pakistan as to help a dissident escape.