Burney deported due to 'glitch' in airport look-out list

Leading Pakistani human rights advocate and former minister Ansar Burney was refused entry into India and deported to Dubai Friday night as he was on a “look-out notice” in Indian airports that had not been updated, an official said Saturday.
The government is trying to find out why the list had not been updated and why Burney's name figured in the list.
“We are trying to find out why the look-out list had not been updated in the airports' computers,” sources in the home ministry told IANS Saturday.
The government is also trying to find out why Burney's name figured in the “look-out notice”, which is normally meant for undesirable elements, suspect terrorists, people wanted in court cases and financial fraud.
“We don't know the reasons right now. We are trying to find out which agency of the government provided information for placing Burney on this list,” sources said.
Burney, who played a leading role in the release of Indian prisoner Kashmir Singh earlier and has also pushed for clemency for Sarabjit Singh, an Indian on death row in Pakistan, landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi Friday night only to find that he was not welcome here. He was immediately deported and put on an Emirates flight to Dubai. He had come here to attend a conference.
31/05/08 IANS/Business Standard

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