London: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf sold innocent people of his country as prisoners to the US detention centre in Guantanamo Bay in exchange of millions of dollars, a top British official alleged, but the charge has been denied by the former military ruler.
Delivering a lecture on “Forgotten prisoners of Guantanamo Bay”, organised by Institute of Policy Studies here, UK Legal Director Zachary Katznelson said as many as 66 per cent of the prisoners in the Guantanamo camp were picked up from Pakistan during last six years in exchange of millions of dollars accepted by Musharraf.
He said it was President Musharraf who sold the innocent people of his country without any charge being proved against them. “Not a single charge has been proved against these prisoners till now,” he said, according to The News.
In Islamabad, a spokesman for Musharraf today denied the charge.
Zachary said that 20 per cent of the prisoners were handed over by the Afghanistan government while rest of 14 per cent were handed over by other countries. “Not a single trial had been conducted since the opening of Guantanamo Bay in 2002,” he said.
