Sami Sheikh: PPP

Sami Sheikh Dept: Sami Sheikh's parents were denied refugee status in 2009 and are living in the United States. At the time that his parents' application to remain in Canada was denied, Sheikh and his sisters were allowed to stay until all their appeals were exhausted, according to CBC. The family said it feared threats from the PPP's political opponents, members of Pakistan's Muttahida Qaumi Movement MQM and the lawyer for a 24-year-old Montreal man set to be deported to Pakistan says sending Dubai-born Sami Sheikh to his parents' native country could put his life in danger. The family's bid for refugee status was based on the father's claim that he and his family were at risk because of his past involvement in the PPP, the Pakistan People's Party. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.