ISLAMABAD – PTM leader Gulalai Ismail manages to escape Pakistan, seekpolitical asylum in United States.
Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) Gulalai Ismail was wanted by lawenforcement agencies for her alleged involvement in ‘anti-state activities.
However she has managed to escape Pakistan and has sought asylum in theUnited States after she managed to escape to New York last month, *NewYork Times*linkreportedon Thursday.
“She is now staying with her sister in Brooklyn and has applied forpolitical asylum in the United States,” the report added.
Gulalai didn’t reveal how she escaped the country.
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“I didn’t fly out of any airport,” she commented on her journey.
“I can’t tell you anymore,” she said in an interview this week. “My exitstory will put many lives at risk.”
She has been accused of treason, though human rights defenders said thatthe allegations were bogus and that she was being targeted for highlightingabuses allegedly committed by Pakistani military.
