Thursday, March 18, 2010
British PM thanks Pakistan over boy's kidnapping
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LONDON: Prime Minister Gordon Brown thanked Pakistan on Thursday for helping secure the release of a five-year-old British boy after a 12-day kidnapping ordeal.
"People of course are very, very happy that this potentially tragic story is ending in Sahil coming back to our country today," he said, referring to Sahil Saeed, who was flying home after being reunited with his father.
"I think we have got to recognise the exceptional role played by Greater Manchester Police and thank the Pakistan government," he added, speaking in the child's home town of Oldham, near Manchester in northern England.
Sahil was reunited with his father, Raja Naqqash Saeed, in Islamabad before they headed back to Britain, days after the boy's uncle dropped off a ransom of 110,000 pounds (168,000 dollars) in Paris.
"It's obviously been a very anxious time for everybody and the whole country has been following this sad episode, where a five-year-old to be separated from his family is really a very terrible experience," Brown said.
"We have got to have some understanding of what people have been going through, particularly Sahil, who hopefully will get back to enjoying his life."
"People of course are very, very happy that this potentially tragic story is ending in Sahil coming back to our country today," he said, referring to Sahil Saeed, who was flying home after being reunited with his father.
"I think we have got to recognise the exceptional role played by Greater Manchester Police and thank the Pakistan government," he added, speaking in the child's home town of Oldham, near Manchester in northern England.
Sahil was reunited with his father, Raja Naqqash Saeed, in Islamabad before they headed back to Britain, days after the boy's uncle dropped off a ransom of 110,000 pounds (168,000 dollars) in Paris.
"It's obviously been a very anxious time for everybody and the whole country has been following this sad episode, where a five-year-old to be separated from his family is really a very terrible experience," Brown said.
"We have got to have some understanding of what people have been going through, particularly Sahil, who hopefully will get back to enjoying his life."
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