Akbar

MEMORANDUM

Raja Aftab Akbar, a native and citizen of Pakistan, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). The IJ found Petitioner not to be credible and the BIA adopted its decision, also noting some of the inconsistencies, and concluding there was no “plausible and coherent” basis for his claim. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a) and deny the petition for review.

The record reflects many discrepancies between the objective evidence and Akbar’s testimony regarding the political situation in Pakistan between 1993 and 1996 that support the IJ’s adverse credibility determination. Cf. Duarte de Guinac v. INS, 179 F.3d 1156, 1162 (9th Cir.1999) (finding testimony credible when it is consistent with the objective documentary evidence). The BIA noted discrepancies were among the “constellation of problems” described by the IJ and not adequately addressed in the administrative appeal. The BIA additionally pointed to Akbar’s inadequate and non-responsive explanation of…