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#   giving him a court hearing as provided by law.
#   
#   "Of course, we are angry," said a video store owner.
#   
#   Pakistani newspapers have described the swift transfer as a loss for the
#   nation's prestige and the rule of law. The Lahore News said, "any person
#   who is sought by a foreign power, no matter what his crime, must have the
#   right to expect normal extradition proceedings before being whisked away
#   from his homeland."
#   
#   In the Kansi case, the government ignored a 1972 extradition law that
#   requires a Pakistan citizen to be given a hearing before a magistrate
#   and the chance to appeal to higher courts.
#
#   A prominent Pakistani, Hamid Gul, a retired army general who is a former
#   director of Pakistan's military intelligence agency, has said he will
#   challenge the Government's action in the Pakistan Supreme Court.
#   
#   When Pakistan demanded that a Pakistani Air Force pilot seized in New York
#   in April on heroin-smuggling charges be returned to face trial here,
#   American officials insisted United States extradition laws be followed.
#
#   Hamidullah Kansi said, "What is American law? Is it fair?
#   Does American law say you go anywhere and pick up anybody?"

According to the U.S. Supreme Court: yep.

We don't have to respect other countries' laws.



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