Help Pakistanis stranded in Libya

Letter August 26, 2014
The staff there are taking some of the bread home themselves instead of giving it to those who need it!

TRIPOLI, LIBYA: My friend and I recently took bread to the Pakistani Embassy school here in Libya and found about two thousand Pakistanis living there under appalling conditions. They have no food and water. The next day another friend took more bread there and was almost mobbed. The staff there are taking some of the bread home themselves instead of giving it to those who need it! They,the staff, are also cheating their own people by taking money from them, $300-$500 to make them think they are moving up on the list to go home.

This is outrageous on the part of those embassy staff members to take advantage of those in utmost difficulty. There is more, but maybe you need to find out for yourself. Your own people need help, where is your decency now when it is needed the most?

Stefan Benevides

Published in The Express Tribune, August 27th, 2014.

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