Legal Opinion
Mohammad Alyas v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, 1
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 19, 2005No. 03-3207PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
Mohammad Alyas, a native and citizen of Pakistan, petitions this court for review of an order entered by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the decision of an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) to deny Alyas’s applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. After careful review, we deny Alyas’s petition for review.
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In 1996, Alyas joined the Pakistan People’s Party (“PPP”), one of two major political parties in Pakistan. The PPP’s rival party is the Pakistan Muslim League (“PML”). Alyas’s father, the owner of a dry…
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